"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:07:23 UTC, Grunff wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:

If you burn veg oil in your boiler, your net CO2 contribution is
almost
zero (processing/transport costs mean it isn't *zero*). This is a far
'greener' way of heating your house than using electricity derived
from
any source other than nuclear.


Wind.

I did think about mentioning it, but it isn't really a viable
alternative - how much of our energy could realistically come from wind?

Depends how many birds you're prepared to chop up! They're just
installing a load of them (wind turbines, not birds) out to sea right
here...

Come to that, what about hydro?

I always thought it best to use wind to pump water to a mountain top lake
and use the water for hydro power on-demand. Wind may produce a lot during
the night when demand is low.


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