The Isle of Eigg

The remote Scottish island of Eigg is one of the first energy self-sufficient communities in the world. earthrise meets the energy-conscious islanders and discovers that a sense of community is key to the scheme's success.

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• Science & Tech
• Documentary
• Nature

Tags:

• russell beard
• scotland
• Earthrise
• renewable energy
• Eigg
• al Jazeera
• environment
• youtube
• isle of eigg
• AJE
• aljazeera
• eco
• energy

[packleader1215]

Cave people would piss and shit themselves if they saw this.

[HighlandHorseman]

Not a local accent in sight ???

[aspieresearchmom]

no pollution, the island will be pristine and a healthy place to live and visit :)

[dharmaatdawn]

@arscill1 maybe its the reason why its happening in small communities

[DurzaGaiden]

@arscill1 That too.

[arscill1]

@DurzaGaiden Not at all, you just think locally rather than nationally. The reason this doesn't happen on a global scale is that the big earners of the present system don't want this to happen.

[mercedescl]

@stretch34318 If they are economical and viable energy solutions, people will all adopt to them like gasoline and diesel.

[stretch34318]

All of it was initially paid for by gov't grants, so the Scottish tax payers paid for this renewable energy haven that only a handful of people use. How efficient. The battery bank and the pv cells are the biggest waste. How many sunny days do they get in Scotland? They don't care though, its not their money.

[EdyPegasus]

i guessed wind power with the wind blowing through the dudes hair ... xD

[ccdimage]

Fail to mention that they have a standby diesel generation plant.