Bonos Ego wrote:
Hello all,

This is my first ever post here (thanks to Philip Eden for the link).

Without getting into the debate about Israel / Lebanon / Oil etc, here
are my thoughts on global warming and renewable energy.

If for the purpose of this discussion, we accept that global warming
has taken place and is attributable to man because of the burning of
fossil fuels, the two questions are;

Q1. How do we first stop it getting any worse?
Q2. If, and how do we reverse it?

A1.
Install solar panels & a mini wind turbine on each and every home in
the UK, Europe, United States, Rest of the World etc, connect them all
to a local storage unit and a national grid to store any unused energy
for a later date when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow.

Now most families can't afford the initial outlay for the equipment,
the energy companies aren't interested because they don't think there
is any money to be made, and last of all the government will loose
income from taxes such as the climate levy.

We can also make use of tidal flows and wave power.

It doesn't have to be like this.

If the energy companies paid for the equipment using subsidies from
the governments, then leased the equipment to home owners in the form
of rental income, they could still get their monthly charge of say
£30-£40 per household.
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I've got the scope here for wind (plenty of turbine room), solar (south
facing roof) and solar water heating - I just can't afford the install
costs.