"David Hansen" wrote in message
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In some ways changing attitudes to energy use is at least as
important as anything else. The Sustainable Development Commission
looked at the way local power sources change attitudes in
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=239 from which
the quote 'It seems that micro-generation provides a tangible hook
to engage householders emotionally with the issue of energy use.
Householders described the sheer pleasure of creation and of
self-sufficiency: "It's like growing your own vegetables"' is a good
one.

I couldn't have put it better!

Mary