[Fwd: Re: Solar power [was RE: [SC.LUG] Going Green.]]

[Jason Lucas]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 18:20 +0100, Richard Smedley wrote:
> > Also, have a google on solar power in th UK. I recently got some
solar panels to run my
> > Optimate trickle charger on. I'm even tempted to think about putting
solar panels on my
> >  house and selling the surplus back to the grid. That's not as nuts
as it sounds, there
> >  are grants available and energy providers must buy a specific
amount of energy from
> >  "green" sources. 
> 
> Hmm - solar power isn't brilliantly efficient for electricity, but it
> is great for water heating. You can half your bill with roof-top
> panels :-)
> 
> That said, solar electric panels continue to improve.
> 
> > Oh, while I'm having a rant.. 
> 
> Andy, ranting, never ;-P

yup, I'm all for renewable energy and I really like to hear about
efforts made towards it in the Linux community. (oh, by-the-way, I've
just joined the Green Party.) Hey, one of us was going to do it!

Jason,
Open Source Advocate in the Green Party. 

>  - Richard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> SC mailing list
> SC at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sc

-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: Jason Lucas <jason.lucas7 at ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: Solar power [was RE: [SC.LUG] Going Green.]
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:50:41 +0100
Size: 1750
Url: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/sc/attachments/20060726/4a1a1fe4/attachment.mht