B&Q pulls wind turbines from shelves | Business | guardian.co.uk

B&Q, the DIY chain, has withdrawn wind turbines from sale amid evidence they do not work as efficiently as had been thought. The £1,900 micro-turbines went on sale at the 320-store chain in October 2006. The company said they would generate up to 1kW of electricity, wired directly into a ring main to reduce the amount of power a household needed to buy.

But last month a survey by energy consultants Encraft warned that home turbines generated only a fraction of the energy promised by manufacturers, and in some cases used more electricity than they made.

The results of the study, which tested different types of turbines in different locations, showed the worst performing devices provided less energy than needed for a conventional lightbulb for an hour, or even to power the turbine's own electronics.

On average the turbines surveyed provided enough electricity to light an energy-efficient house, but this still only represented 5%-10% of the manufacturers' claims, said Encraft. B&Q said it had decided to withdraw the turbines as a result of the study and after "many months of customer feedback".

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE FLIERS. - Tangled Blog - A TANGLED WEB

...What an eco-fascist.

I am not surprised that Kensington socialists like Turner would like to limit the flights we take, all in the name of saving the planet, of course. This is all part of their totalitarian mindset. They want to watch us 24/7 with their network surveillance network, they want to control our incomes, they want to limit the size of our families, they want to remove every aspect of our Christian heritage, and of course they want to stop us leaving their laboratory. Time we threw these scum out of power. And of course as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Turner has already proven to us just how competent he is as Britain has gone from faux boom to total bust under his watch.