Comments on: Off the Grid: Microgeneration – the Spark of Endarkenment http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/06/off-grid-microgeneration-spark-of.html Challenging Climate Orthodoxy Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:45:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Daniel McGrath http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/06/off-grid-microgeneration-spark-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-367 Daniel McGrath Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:09:00 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/off-the-grid-microgeneration-the-spark-of-endarkenment/#comment-367 Cervantes' Don Quixote seems appropriate. Should we all return to being powered by windmills that blithering fools can tilt at? Cervantes’ Don Quixote seems appropriate. Should we all return to being powered by windmills that blithering fools can tilt at?

]]> By: Alex Cull http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/06/off-grid-microgeneration-spark-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-366 Alex Cull Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/off-the-grid-microgeneration-the-spark-of-endarkenment/#comment-366 Fred, you beat me to it! Yes, Mao's "Great Leap Forward", which ended up costing millions of lives, is an appallingly apt example of the triumph of political delusions over common sense. Here's a link to a history website which goes into more detail - much here that will be uncomfortably familiar to those of us following the glorious war on climate change.<br/><br/>http://tinyurl.com/4f9yat Fred, you beat me to it! Yes, Mao’s “Great Leap Forward”, which ended up costing millions of lives, is an appallingly apt example of the triumph of political delusions over common sense. Here’s a link to a history website which goes into more detail – much here that will be uncomfortably familiar to those of us following the glorious war on climate change.

http://tinyurl.com/4f9yat

]]> By: Fred http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/06/off-grid-microgeneration-spark-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-365 Fred Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:47:00 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/off-the-grid-microgeneration-the-spark-of-endarkenment/#comment-365 Reminds me of Mao's catastrophic attempt to increase steel output in China by having millions of mini-smelters in backyards all across the country.<br/><br/><br/>Doomed to failure. Reminds me of Mao’s catastrophic attempt to increase steel output in China by having millions of mini-smelters in backyards all across the country.

Doomed to failure.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/06/off-grid-microgeneration-spark-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-364 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:13:00 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/off-the-grid-microgeneration-the-spark-of-endarkenment/#comment-364 According to the House of Commons <br/>http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080423/text/80423w0016.htm<br/>as of April 2008 there are 22,507,086 <br/>dwellings in England.<br/>Of course many of these will be flats, the majority will be in areas unsuitable for wind generation and since solar requires a south facing aspect I would guess that rules out at least 75%.<br/>9 million is optimistic I would say. According to the House of Commons
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080423/text/80423w0016.htm
as of April 2008 there are 22,507,086
dwellings in England.
Of course many of these will be flats, the majority will be in areas unsuitable for wind generation and since solar requires a south facing aspect I would guess that rules out at least 75%.
9 million is optimistic I would say.

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