Nuclear falling out.
Weatherlawyer
due to be all offline in 20 years time, BLiar's cabinet is considering
OKaying a few more replacements.
Meanwhile here is a chance for a few in suitable areas of the UK to cut
electrickery bills by a third:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/4378598.stm
(Videos may require RealPlayer.)
Apparently under ideal conditions with a wind generator costing well
over £1500 (at he moment but the companies hope that customer take up
will help drop the price to about that sum) an home owner can start
making savings of up to 37% of his annual electricity bill.
He might be able to get a government subsidy of about £1000 on his set
up. But the draw-back is that he still needs mains for days that the
wind does not blow strongly enough.
And of course they don't produce to their full potential if the wind
does blow, as they need a cut-out against overloading. (So although
resale of overproduction to the National Grid is touted, it is a
minimal package that not even the most fervent ecologist goes into
detail about.)
No doubt the Great British public is going to be sold whatever the
Great British Government sells them. As per usual.
So how do the Aussie Outbackers manage? Or Prairie Farmers in the bold
North West?
The stuff mentioned in the above site produces about 1KW/hr if that is
the correct term. The National Grid get paid about 1.7 pence for that
much I believe. So I doubt they will be paying much for any excess
supply. Not as much as you will be charged for it by them, I imagine.