Showing the Fist to Those Who Claim that Clean Energy Isn't Profitable

I have written about Ecotricity website: http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/ before. Dale Vince, the owner, is prone to a little hyperbole, but his talk of a "wind powered car" is nowhere near as untrustworthy as the lies that self-appointed "experts" seem to have come out with to tell the world that clean energy would never be profitable. This entry at Treehugger points out that Vince is one of Britain's richest men: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/uk-wind-entrepreneur-rich-list.php We have also seen, in past posts, that the electricity sold by his companies is, in fact, cheaper than that which is sold by the soot producers. So why the continued crap in the media about clean energy being more expensive? My feeling is that this is because some self-important jerks have a need to lie in order to get media-time. These are usually people who love the sound of their own voice, and they also love seeing their names in print. If terrorists need to be denied the "oxygen of publicity" as Ronald Reagan put it, then these pathological liars about Green Energy deserve to be denied this even more.

Which brings me to another big lie - that green energy is expensive. Check this link out from Instructables via Treehugger about making a solar cooker using defective CDs: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/build-a-solar-cooker.php

Solar Powered Gadgets do NOT have to be expensive

I have this post from the British Telegraph newspaper which describes an invention that has been widely talked about in the media over here, though I have not seen it reported in any Indian newspaper yet: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5128004/Cardboard-cooker-wins-global-climate-change-competition.html I think that the design of a cheap solar heater to boil water to purify it could just as easily be used to cook rice or boil vegetables or meat, for example. I remember similar cookers being sold in Chennai at the Chintamani Co-operative stores some decades in the past but am not sure if they are still sold there. In any case, the UP and Haryana state governments make and sell solar cookers which cost a lot more. Perhaps, there is time for someone to look at making cheap ones and selling them? No need to worry about gas cylinder delivery delays, kerosene, etc . . . Hope this opportunity for entrepreneurs finds a sympathetic ear here!