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Old 29th Sep 2011, 06:48
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IO540
 
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Around the edges, there is a lot you can do.

I know a bloke who lives in the north and he has loads of photovoltaic panels and a 6kW wind turbine. Being where he is, the turbine obviously runs at 100% output 24/7 He could easily run his (specially built) house and an electric car off that lot. Or an electric plane.

But most people don't have that option. Wind turbines make a lot of noise; it needs to be a few hundred m away from the nearest neighbour.

And he spent several hundred k on the technology.
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