Dorset Against Rural Turbines
Assessing the facts and acting before it's too late.
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More energy is being wasted than ever. In fact, up to 25% of the electricity we use is currently being wasted - compare this with the 10% the government wants from renewable sources (a recent EU study showed we could save 18% of our power consumption if we implemented changes to our energy requirements and usage)
DART are pro renewable energy sources because, whatever the pros and cons of the global warming debate, fossil fuels are a finite source of power at best. However it is important to realise the best way to reduce the use of fossil fuels is simply to use less power, and the best way to do this would be to cutting our own consumption levels, not least through increased education.
Rather than pouring millions of your money into wind energy for no effect we could pay for or subsidise lagging, greater roof and wall insulation, low energy bulbs and solar water heating. These simple measures would add less than 10% of the cost of building an average new house.
DART are pro renewable energy sources because, whatever the pros and cons of the global warming debate, fossil fuels are a finite source of power at best. However it is important to realise the best way to reduce the use of fossil fuels is simply to use less power, and the best way to do this would be to cutting our own consumption levels, not least through increased education.
Rather than pouring millions of your money into wind energy for no effect we could pay for or subsidise lagging, greater roof and wall insulation, low energy bulbs and solar water heating. These simple measures would add less than 10% of the cost of building an average new house.