A lot of hot air
In March there was an article on the BBC News website, “Power from the people“, about microgeneration to which Angela Young, London, commented:
When B&Q starts stocking them they will have arrived.
That day has come, it appears, with wind turbines and solar panels going on sale next week (at about £1,600 although there’s a grant available). In theory, it seems, these devices pay for themselves in 6 to 10 years.
That’s “in theory”, though. According to one consultant quoted by the Observer, “‘We found the performance of them is on average between 10 and 25 per cent of what the manufacturers are claiming”
If that’s the case, though, something that’ll pay for itself in 24 years (at best) is a lot less attractive financially. I’d consider this myself were Norfolk not due to be under water in twenty years’ time (I’ve started a programme to evolve gills, just in case).
October 1st, 2006 at 12:12 pm
See now, you could have bought one of these things instead of your car! Wot, you got no social conscience or sumfink??