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It is good to see that some politicians are taking the issue of renewable energy seriously. David Cameron and some other members of his shadow cabinet took a “lunchtime challenge” to switch their household electricity supplies to renewable providers online. In just over 4 minutes the switch was made to a company sourcing its power from a wind-farm. This \u201cchallenge\u201d was used as a way to demonstrate how easy it can be to support the prevention of climate change.<\/p>\n

This switch over will soon see the modern Conservative HQ office block on Victoria Street, Westminster become entirely carbon neutral, demonstrating that it may not just be a gimmick. However, gimmick or not it still gives much needed publicity to the potential that is out there for alternative power sources.<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t you give it a go?<\/p>\n

For more information click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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