David Bradley wrote:
On 06 Nov 2005 20:34:10 GMT, Adrian wrote:

David Bradley ) gurgled happily, sounding
much
like they were saying :

Progress would have been served if
the route had been electrified with zero polluting,

Such a thing doesn't yet exist.

Please explain further. In my book a trolleybus IS zero
polluting.

Your book is - at best - skimpy.

Where does the electricity come from?

As a former CEGB / NGC employer I can answer that question in
exceptional detail. In can see where you are coming from by
suggesting that the production of electricity is sometimes less
than enviromental friendly but equally can be derived from
renewable sources such as wind power or hydro sources. The power
might even have been provided from another country but however it
was produced, and where ever it originated from, the product does
not come with any kind of labelling for your average user to be
able to determine its source.

EDF in France, who I believe supply some electricity to the UK via the
cables under the Channel, do in fact declare on their bills to customers
in France the source of the electricity they provide. The 2004 figures
which appear on this year's bills make interesting reading:
83.4% nuclear
7.6% hydro-electric
3.8% gas
3.1% coal
1.3% oil
0.5% "other renewables" (presumably tides, wind)
0.3% other

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Richard J.
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