Re: Windfarms and railways - blade hazard?

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:59:43 +0100 someone who may be Graeme Wall
<rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote this:-

>AFAIK
>the only actual working, as opposed to experimental, geothermal project is
>here in Southanpton. However, I believe it used purely for space-heating,
>not power generation.

It is only (central) government that is fixated on electricity
generation and largely tries to ignore other forms of energy
consumption. Others, including the Sustainable Development
Commission, are interested in other forms of energy consumption.

Why there is the fixation I don't know. However, it does mean
(central) government can try and ignore questions to do with
transport and heating that they may not want to answer. One of the
best ways of saving energy is probably to fit solar water heaters to
many buildings, but support for this is not great.


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