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I used to work on an industrial estate run by a social enterprise who tried to keep it as eco as possible. There was a wind turbine to supply the units as much as possible, but sadly the site was next to a train line and every time a train went past it scared all the birds and they flew straight into the turbine blades. Turbine had to be decommissioned, was pretty sad (but not as a sad as a pile of bodies every ten mins)
And you still have to pay the standing charge, right? I'd happily disconnect myself from the grid, fuck those pricks... I was also thinking about wind turbines, we live close to the water so there's always a breeze around here... Not researched domestic options yet, will have to have a gander...