Phonebox Magazine 5
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L e t t e r s
L e t t e r s
Write to: The Editor,
Phonebox Magazine, Unit 2 Stanley Court, Olney, Bucks MK46 5NH
Email: ron@olney.co.uk Tel: 01234 713298
Dear Ed
Perambulating around town the surface area of roofs receiving solar heating is obvious as is their
potential to reduce exposure to future energy shocks.
New legislation recently regulated by Parliament means no planning permissions are required for solar
or ground source heat pumps.
Listed buildings and conservation areas are exempted, advice should be sought from MK Council.
There are many variables to consider when making a decision on the economics of incorporating
energy collection into your exploitation of energy.
The energy saving trust website has a guide to help you assess options.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/renewableselector/start/
Previously the capital cost of these exotic alternatives has persuaded the sapient to wait for the market
to expand.
If you have a modern well insulated home and are considering replacing a conventional boiler a simple
ground source heat pump is now comparable over the installations typical life time with the most
efficient gas boiler.
Combining a ground source heat pump with a photovoltaic roof installation will be the optimum
collection strategy early next year.
Government proposals for feed in tariffs will fill the gap between the cost of photovoltaic from April
2010 to grid parity ~2020.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/corporate/Corporate-and-media-site/Media-centre/Latest-
news/Government-news/New-proposals-for-clean-energy-cashback-feed-in-tariffs
More at the Olney-Transition website.
http://groups.google.com/group/olney-transition
Yours faithfully
Makhno's ghost
Dear Editor
I was interested to read the article
Etc & Etc or even less by Geoff
Bacchus and agreed with his
sentiments on the decline of the
English language. However I felt
compelled to write as I spotted a
howler in his last paragraph! A
split infinitive! I know that these
days grammar does not seem to
be important, but I had correct
English dinned into me at school
and at home and the sentence
...need for politics to JUST get
out of the way... leapt off the
page! Did anybody else spot this
lapse?
Regards
Hilary O'Dell (Mrs), Stevington
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