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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
charles wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Java Jive wrote:

There are some examples of the sort of thing I meant here ...

http://www.windandsun.co.uk/Projects...ct-gallery.htm

... from which, although this isn't one of the ones I remember
hearing about previously, it'll certainly do:

http://www.windandsun.co.uk/Projects/eigg.htm

"2008 has seen the Hebridean isle of Eigg literally come out of the
dark ages, with one of the greenest power schemes in the country, a
£1.5m solar, wind and hydro generating station. Eigg residents have
gone from lacking a technology that defines the modern age, to
possessing one that the rest of us are still struggling to develop. It
is an inspiring example."


Its utter bull****, and I bet it was funded by EU grants.

No it really happened - but the story only briefly mentions the "back up
diesel generation".


I didn' mena it hadn't happened. I meant the way it was reported.."Eigg
residents have gone from lacking a technology that defines the modern
age, to possessing one that the rest of us are still struggling to
develop"

Should have read "to possessing one that the rest of us are still
struggling to avoid"

but, in their isolated position, it's probably a sensible way to go. They
aren't using electricity to power factories - only a few homes. The
alternative was to have the ferry bringing drums of diesel every day.

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