On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:22:20 -0000, "Doctor Evil"
wrote:


"Grunff" wrote in message
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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?

The government aims for 20-25% and around 30% of homes (not 30% of power) to
have a Stirling engine mCHP boiler giving distributed power generation. The
first 500 are being installed now.


The government aims for all sorts of things, but doesn't even seem to
be able to manage to do so correctly in the toilet.




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..andy

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