It is my impression that wind power projects are complex and thus expensive. Solar has the obstacle of much cloud cover in Eire. I am in the process of building a drag type windmill (sheet) as it has the highest starting torque and the least demands on skill of assembly. I also think it is the cheapest. I am building it larger to compensate for the lower wind velocity nearer the ground. When you consider the cost of a tower and the large area needed in case of it falling a larger machine closer to the ground makes sense to me. The people don't need a 10 bn fine. Things are hard enough already. I would think 10bn put into insulation and replacing old low efficiency eqpt would be far better
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, does the Carbon tax not level out playing field for renewable energy sources as will push forwards development and grants for projects. Here in Ireland we currently have to pay VAT @21% on all our plant (biomass and pellet heating systems) which makes the fossil alternative look cheap by comparison. When we introduce carbon tax on use fossil we will make this technology more attractive to all users and hence open both carbon sequestion to being viable and economical way to generate income as well as diverting capital away from fossil towards renewables. In EU fines still going ahead if Kyoto targets not reached, e.g. Ireland now 30% over target and facing Euro10bn fine. dD _________________________________________________________________ Sign up for eircom broadband now and get a free two month trial.* Phone 1850 73 00 73 or visit http://home.eircom.net/broadbandoffer _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
