Parris Goes Green

Matthew Parris describes his experiments with green energy generation. Lots of good stuff there, only one minor complaint:

I love wind turbines. I love their elegant functionality. I love the
gentle whoosh they make, like a giant bird’s wings. I love the idea of
free energy.

Earlier:

Over a few glasses of wine with my electricity-boffin friend Andrew
last Sunday, I decided to aim next — with his help — for
self-sufficiency in the property’s energy use. Why? Because I think we
actually could. It won’t be cheap; it won’t — yet — make economic sense.

’T’ain’t free and doesn’t make economic sense. Difficult to see how it’s free then.

5 responses

  1. Laughing Cavalier Avatar
    Laughing Cavalier

    If gas and electricity prices keep rising at the rate that they have been (gas up 45% this year) what doesn’t make economic sense today might very soon do so.

  2. dearieme Avatar
    dearieme

    He said he loved the IDEA of free energy. Me too. And free lollipops, gobstoppers, aniseed balls and Cowan’s Highland Toffee.

  3. Overly Literal Avatar
    Overly Literal

    The wind energy is free, it’s the conversion to a useful form that costs money 😉

  4. I agree wholeheartedly with Matthew Parris about one thing: wind turbines are glorious, especially whole wind-farms of them, marching like a troop of Goliaths over a long hill, windmills worth tilting at. They are even more uplifting than huge electricity pylons. They add true grandeur to a landscape. Even Mr Parris’s lone Colossus will adorn the view.
    Brian
    http://www.barder.com/ephems/

  5. B's Freak Avatar
    B’s Freak

    Maybe we should send him a copy of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

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