British Gas Advice Fail

British Gas managing director Phil Bentley says: 'Religious buildings are particularly well suited to solar power as they tend to have large south-facing roofs which receive direct sunlight for the main part of the day.'The energy giant has calculated that churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious centres could make savings of up to £5m a year on their electricity bills by using power generated from their own solar panels, and cut CO2 emissions by around 42,000 tonnes.

FAIL - Sorry but the idea is almost a complete none starter because most of Britain's religious buildings are listed by National Heritage and it would be illegal to make the modifications required to install such systems. When they will not let you install secondary double glazing in such buildings then they are not going to give permission to installing solar panels that would effect the buildings look completely. Bear in mind a great many of these buildings where constructed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the biggest problems in this country is we have powerful figures like Mr Bentley who cannot think a problem through, but most of them are politicians.

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