On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:35:14 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

Some bloke down south spent an absolute fortune installing a wind
turbine for his house and he doesn't generate enough electricity to
power a shaver.

Evidence?

http://www.warwickwindtrials.org.uk/8.html

http://www.warwickwindtrials.org.uk/...t+May+2008.pdf

The average energy produced per day is "lower than predicted". Across
all sites it amounts to 200Wh per day but 100Wh per day are consumed
by the controller. On many urban sites the controller consumed more
power than the windmill produced.

The NOABL predicted wind speed was optimistic by up to 64%.

There have been noise issues on some sites and quite a number of
equipment replacements