On 3 Sep, 08:27, Tony Dragon
btinternet.com> wrote:> Doug wrote:
>> On 3 Sep, 07:43, Tony Dragon
btinternet.com> wrote:>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> Told you so! If you think you can offset your wasteful and harmful car
>>>> use by sticking up solar panels, wind generators, planting trees and
>>>> carbon trading then think again. Just take your foot off the metal and
>>>> keep it off.
>>>> "Solar panels are one of the least cost-effective ways of combating
>>>> climate change and will take 100 years to pay back their installation
>>>> costs, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) warned
>>>> yesterday..."
>>>> "...Solar panels for heating and power and wind turbines generating
>>>> between 3kW and 5kW merited two stars. Smaller 1.5kW turbines of the
>>>> type installed on roofs paid back in 25 years, received a three-star
>>>> rating.
>>>> By contrast, cavity wall insulation had a five-star rating: spending
>>>> £440 would save £145 a year in fuel bills, paying back in three years,
>>>> while an investment of £325 in extra loft insulation would save £60
>>>> annually, paying back in five years..."
>>>> More:
>>>>
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/solar-panels-...
>>>> --
>>>> World Carfree Network
>>>>
http://www.worldcarfree.net/
>>>> Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
>>> So far I had not considered solar heating & wind generation as a means
>>> of transport, could you advise me on the procedure.
>>> Unfortunately my car does not have cavity walls, so that would be of no
>>> use.
>
>> Some of the motorists who dominate this transport newsgroup, such as
>> Filth for example, try to claim they are offsetting their massive
>> carbon release from their cars by erecting solar panels, burning wood,
>> planting trees, or by paying carbon traders, etc, and they fondly
>> imagine this makes them somehow carbon neutral, which is utter
>> nonsense.
>
>> As for alternative modes of travel, it is best not to travel at all
>> and I would suggest using the internet to shop and work as much as
>> possible. If you must travel then walk or use a bicycle or maybe an
>> electric train. If you are old and infirm you could use an electric
>> mobility buggy for shopping, which has the advantage that it can be
>> driven on pavements and around supermarkets.
>
>
> How would I use the internet for work Doug?
>
For a start, instead of asking me try Googling the question instead.
It doesn't take long to gain familiarity with the internet so stick
with it and give it a go.
