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| Read through the case against wind farms and then tell me you still think they're a good thing.....just because they're sustainable doesn't mean they're environmentally sound. http://www.countryguardian.net/case.htm Wind Turbines vs. Energy Saving - a case study There are 1,628,000 houses in the UK with pitched roof and no roof insulation* 3780 kWh of energy are lost by each such house each year.* Insulation to 1990 Building Regulations standard would save 3375 kWh p.a.* The annual output of a 750 kW turbine is 1.64 m units. Insulating 485 houses would save that amount of energy each year. New funding arrangements will give wind energy a subsidy of 2p per unit. The annual subsidy of the turbine will be £32,850. The cost of insulation is a one-off £122 per house, say £60,000 for 485 houses. Over the 100 year life of the houses, the energy saving cost averages £600 pa Saving pollution by insulation is 55 times more cost-effective than saving it by wind turbines! *Source: Pilkington Insulation, UK Mineral Wool Association Reply | with quote | Posted by smallblueplanet 2nd January 2005ce 00:16 In reply to: Re: Devastation in pictures (nigelswift) |
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