I wondered about burning stuff - rubbish, particularly, as we have so much! - and I understood that there is now a move to make powerstations that are powered with a kind of mega-maize. That seemed nicely circular : carbon dioxide absorbed by maize-> powerstation-> carbon dioxide free -> maize again.
But I haven't heard anything at all about that since I stumbled over the report on some obscure radio station. It does sound cheaper and safer than nuclear though. All you seem to hear about is wind, which isn't reliable enough.
Our old family house in Shirwell had solar panels (well, it still does). They are pretty good for heating water, even in the winter - but we don't really get enough sun in the UK to generate electricity from it, I believe. I'm thinking we might get them here one day, though being on the north side of a hill, they might not work so well.
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Date: 2005-11-30 04:58 pm (UTC)But I haven't heard anything at all about that since I stumbled over the report on some obscure radio station. It does sound cheaper and safer than nuclear though. All you seem to hear about is wind, which isn't reliable enough.
Our old family house in Shirwell had solar panels (well, it still does). They are pretty good for heating water, even in the winter - but we don't really get enough sun in the UK to generate electricity from it, I believe. I'm thinking we might get them here one day, though being on the north side of a hill, they might not work so well.