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Government funding/rebate for houses to be fitted with windmills
Feb 21 2008, 3:15 PM EST
The Government already rebates certain environmental-saving devices such as water tanks for houses, LPG tanks for cars, etc. that not only help to save the environment but can also reduce everyday costs for the public who participate in these programs. Windmills are a well established method of producing electricity, and small-scale windmills have been made for single houses to augment the mains supply, in some cases producing enough power to feed the house completely, with some left to feed back into the mains to be distributed to the rest of the neighbourhood. Not only does mean reducing (or even halting altogether) the overall cost for the consumer for electricity, but it is a green (zero carbon footprint) and viable (it works, and it works NOW) energy source proven in its effectiveness by the large amount of power fed into mains systems by large wind farms. Propose that the Government rebates at least a percentage of the cost to buy and install such small-scale wind turbines on houses to protect the environment and reduce the cost of daily living while doing so.
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1. RE: Government funding/rebate for houses to be fitted with windmills
Feb 23 2008, 9:10 AM EST
My understanding of windmiles is that they are not suitable for installation near structures such as houses due to wind turbulence. Imo, this idea is only going to be viable on properties in rural areas where there is adequate space.
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2. RE: Government funding/rebate for houses to be fitted with windmills
Feb 23 2008, 6:52 PM EST
No, there are windmill designs for urban areas, even downtown ... like the Turby from Holland.http://www.turby.nl/ 2 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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3. RE: Government funding/rebate for houses to be fitted with windmills
Jun 1 2008, 4:23 AM EDT
Wind turbines all have the same inherent problem….. noise. Talk to anybody adjacent to a “Wind Farm” what they think. So apart from the Visual Pollution when a well meaning neighbour erects one that is right in the middle of your view and the very reason you purchased your high priced home you also now have the noise of dozens of them around your home. Everybody wants to remove street power lines and poles. What would Streets of these look like!! Sorry but Solar has to be the way for Australia. Old-Bonez 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
