“I do wish some of you correspondent would read what others write before being critical. For instance I said that Gas was cheaper than electricity when it comes to heating water. But the fact is that gas orelectricity are cheaper than sunlight, when you consider the capitol cost of installing solar collectors , & the huge payback time. Also the lack of sunlight in places like Grimsby.
As for Thorium it is a much more common element than Uranium. It is also capable of producing a lot more energy per unit mass.”

“Neil, Surely what you mean to say is just *years* away, unless you are suggesting that the source of Thorium reactors can be found many millions of miles out into the cosmos - a light year is just the distance light travels.... in a year! (sorry I had to post that fists as I am now going to....and I can hardly bring myself to do it... agree with you and counter Jim!

Jim, said "wouldn't natural gas be cheaper" - what as source of energy over the sun - Jim really?!?!

OK so lets say that you were lucky enough to live over an untapped gas pocket and could afford the rights to extract it and then have enough land to build a drilling rig, sink a well, extract and process it....in fact I'll just stop there actually, nuff said.”

“Some times it takes more than one try to post a comment . Here we go again:
Neil you live in never never land. A change in the average persons life style will do nothing for the environment(that's if it needed changing) The energy users are not the average Joe, but Industry Transportation. & Utilities. Back off on them & your life style goes to hell. I agree that small reactors are a few years away, but they are being developed. It's years not light years. Meanwhile carry on as we are we are not doing a damn thing to cause Global warming.”

“I live in the real world,Jim. Thorium reactors are light years away from occurring. We therefore have to use current technology more efficiently,which we patently do not do. Only small changes in lifestyle create huge savings to our environment.”

“Neil I am not trying to say it. I am saying it. All of the technology we presently have will not make an iota of difference.While I am at it I will say that wind power is a completely expensive bust, The future for power generation is in small Thorium Reactors. There will be little or no waste to dispose of.”

“"anthr"....no,cannot pronounce that,Jim. Are you trying to suggest mankinds activities are not THE major contributor to climate change?”

“Hadyn! Wouldn't Natural Gas be a cheaper alternative than electricity for heating. water. With all the lack of sunshine that you have had around Lincolnshire you must have had some pretty cool baths.There is certainly nothing wrong with insulating roof spaces if you can, & if you can recover the capital cost in energy saving in about 5years. This whole 10% thing is not going to a damn thing for the the planet It is a drop in the bucket. Any way Anthropogenic Global Warming does not exist.”

“I would love to have my loft insulated. I have the insulation all ready and waiting to go in but when we had the roof replaced a couple of years ago the firm who did it quite kindly left most of the rubble in the loft (no wonder they only used one skip!). This was only discovered earlier this year when we went to put the insulation in. And before you all say 'why didn't you check it at the time?' Answer - I couldn't. I was pregnant and wouldn't have got through the loft hatch even if I could climb the ladder. Not only that but when the quote from the roofing firm included 'removal of rubble' I assumed that they would remove it into the skip rather than into my loft. Silly me! Now I can't afford to pay someone to remove it all and with a toddler to look after and a job to hold down I don't have the time or the energy to do it myself.”

“Hi Haydn
I have just sent the company "ashadegreener" a message from their website.
Hopefully I will receive a visit from them.
Is there anything I will have to pay for during, and when installed?
Thanks Haydn”

“My 'gas/heating' bill for April till October will be NIL, as I invested in solar water heating so my boiler is turned off, as the radiators do not demand heat, but hot water is still required for washing.

Also if you have a true south facing roofline, ashadegreener may install PV solar panels on your house for free.

PV panels harness the sun to replace the power you normally draw from the grid for all your electricity not just hot water. Ashadegreener receive the Government payback, reckoned to be £200 a year, but you get your electricity for free and any excess ashadegreener sell as you don't own the panels they do!”