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Re: Domestic wind turbine


  • Subject: Re: Domestic wind turbine
  • From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:04:50 -0000


hehehe!! i like the idea of a wind turbine, giving back to the
environment but going on Mark's =A3100 a month usage and ignoring the
standing charges thats around 1400 kWh's a month! so assuming a wind
turbine makes 50 kWh's a month! hehe here we go,=20

we only need 28 of them to sort out his monthly bill!!! all for the
princely sum of =A356,000! wonder if they will do a discount!

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...> wrote:
>
> > That sounds about right, so on those figures, 600kWh per year is
gonna
> > save him =A342 a year, its going to take him 47 years to get his
=A3200=
0
> > back assuming that he has no maintenance costs in the meantime!
> >
> > Am I thinking this the right way? I think its a great idea, I'd
love
> > one but it would have to make financial sense!
>=20
> Don't think of it from a purely financial point of view though...
>=20
> ...just think of all those sleepless nights you and your neighbours
can
> enjoy listening to your private windfarm swooshing away all through
the
> night. :-D
>=20
> Phil
>









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