ECO-BLING Home Turbines and Solar

Cardew

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6994439.ece

choille

There is a lot of so called eco bling - I suppose.

In Scotland the Building regs are such that new build has to have so much insulation that they are warm houses & need much less heating - same with new build extensions. Possibly the same for England?
Of course we also have hydro electric here.

People do have personal choices about what type of energy & how much they use. If someone chooses to stick a turbine on their roof, then unless it doesn't comply with planning then there is little that anyone can do about that.
I think that most people are driven by costs & most sane people will attempt to cut their energy consumption, especially now that energy prices are costly.

I have lived in a house that was powered by a huge turbine - no mains where I used to live. It was expensive & no way did it ever save any money - but it was crucial because of where we lived.
Now I am on a restricted mains supply & when the house is up it will be powered (inpart) by a home made micro-hydro system, but that is because we can, have a water fall on the croft.
I do think that a lot of 'green stuff' is a fad for some & yes - possibly 'green bling' is a good phrase, but there are many people about that are commited to reducing their carbon foot-print in the whole of their life style. Actually don't have a big carbon footprint. And a lot of that doesn't involve buying a gadget/object - quite the opposite in fact. It involves not buying, not consuming.