Comments on: links for 2008-04-30 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-30/ Raising Bernard Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: graybo http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1933 graybo Thu, 01 May 2008 09:21:32 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-30/#comment-1933 <p>I saw a thing on TV with Sarah Beeny the other day (so it must be true) in which she said that currently available (see what I did there?) wind turbines aren't up to much and don't generate that much electricity, particularly if you are in a built-up area. She had an example of the type that David Cameron has famously installed on his home.</p> <p>She reckons it is better to wait a few years for the technology to improve. Or, if you can't wait, go for solar heating of your water which is comparitively cheap to install and technologically more advanced.</p> I saw a thing on TV with Sarah Beeny the other day (so it must be true) in which she said that currently available (see what I did there?) wind turbines aren’t up to much and don’t generate that much electricity, particularly if you are in a built-up area. She had an example of the type that David Cameron has famously installed on his home.

She reckons it is better to wait a few years for the technology to improve. Or, if you can’t wait, go for solar heating of your water which is comparitively cheap to install and technologically more advanced.

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