Mary Fisher wrote:
"BRG" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"woodglass" wrote in message
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"Sunny" wrote in message
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Thought my website: www.heatmyhome.co.uk may come in handy for you
DIY solar enthusiasts.

Does anybody here really believe that it's cost effective to
install solar panels in the uk ?

Financial cost isn't the only consideration.

Mary,

Still a rather expensive waste of time though installing these things

We don't think so.

Where there muck there's brass eh?

(along with windmills stuck on the roof or huge windfarms in the
countryside) - and you still have to rely on nuclear/coal/gas/oil
fired power stations to maintain a reliable and constant supply of
electricity.

Aye, well there's the rub. Folk want constant power but not what they
consider to be unsightly sources.

But the other 'rub' is that it's *NOT* a constant source of power - even if
you cover your small holding with the damn things!

Try powering a factory with wind or solar power and see what
happens!

It used to be done stisfactory with water power.

Not "satisfactory" Mary, there are recorded instances of factories using
water power having to close in times of drought - and that's why they *ALL*
converted to steam-power and then progressed to electricity or simply went
bankrupt!

Why not try doing without most of the things the factories produce?

Could you live without the textiles to produce your clothes, the
manufacturing systems that are used to produce the bulk of the food you eat
and all the medicines you use when you are ill - and that's just the
basics - what about life's little luxuries, the ability to sit at your
computer and converse with the world at large, or the fridge and the freezer
in the corner, or the car that you use to nip out for an evenings
socialising - or just to pop out and mechanically milk the odd cow or two?
(For the single minded here, I mean cattle and nowt else)! :-)

BRG