seasidegirl wrote:Oddsox I agree that in those days labour was cheap and now it isn't but don't agree that heat isn't expensive now. Especially for people who haven't yet got wind and solar this could be a useful solution. For starting seeds, which need consistent temperature which might not always happen if not windy and sun doesn't shine at night. Ok I suppose you can store electricity in a battery but we don't all have this technology.
Umm, it wasn't me that said that, it was that Scottish bloke.
Also I probably should have pointed out that growing stuff out of season is my hobby, and as with other hobbies the expenses are usually ignored or at least quietly forgotten about.
The difference with this hobby though is you get to eat something tasty in the end (hopefully)
EDIT.
The only reason I am using a wind turbine is because I have one surplus to requirements and I like to play with things like that.
But as the heating cable is only 37 watts, if I were to use it on mains electricity and it was on all the time, it would cost me 9 cents a day to run at our hyper-inflated Irish electricity prices.
Not exactly expensive.