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Originally Posted by onionade in the long term and if you reduce your fuel consumption (by producing a large percentage of your energy needs yourself) then it is possible at least to recupourate some of the costs no !?) |
I quite agree and think it is a good idea and would definately consider solar panels but you need to raise the money in the first place before you can recupourate it which if you need a mortgage is based on salary not fuel bills.
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Originally Posted by onionade i think your missing the point, solar power by itself is not the answer, it has to be both, working together, and im not certain but people probably said the same thing about tv aerials and sattelite dishes, whats the difference, people already have lots of things sticking out of their holmes, and it still amazes me that some people are that concerned with how their house looks that they wont adopt a wind turbine (but will almost definitely have 1 or the 2 of the afforementioned signal receivers hanging from their house!!!) eye sore! they are elegant examples of how innovative humans can be.
the old argument also that they kill birds is complete tosh as cats kill 100,000's more birds each year than anything else known (as any cat owner knows) |
I don't remember saying that solar power by itself was the answer (I know that these roof panels cannot run an entire house) all I said was I prefer solar panels to wind turbines. And I quite agree that a satellite dish/aerials etc sticking out of a roof is as much an eyesore as a windmill, but you have to admit that wind turbines do not seem to be a popular addition to our landscape and every time a new set are announced there are complaints that they will be a blott on the landscape like those proposed for the lake district. But until you can change the majorities views on these matters then they are never going to be viable.