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Default The new unit of electrical power: 'the home'



As we are all too painfully and expensively aware, so-called 'renewable energy' ('renewable' because it starts up
anew after the sun comes up, the wind starts blowing again, and the tide turns) is always quoted in terms of the
number of 'homes' it could power, carefully avoiding the question of whether this is a 1-bed flat or a 4-bed
detached, or something befitting a subsidy-farm beneficiary.

On TV last night, a 20MW windmill was said to power 11000 'homes'.

This is about 1800W, or not enough to boil a kettle, operate the dishwasher, wash your smelly clothes, or cook a
proper meal serially, let alone in parallel.

Better lay in that genny sooner rather than later, as green (as in 'green with envy at those countries that haven't
bought into the dream') policies cripple us all :-(

Is there any sight of Global Warming starting up again, after a 15-year lay-off?

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