From Robin Hood Energy to solar mosques,community energy schemes are hotting up – but so is the fracking sceneRobin Hood: one of Britain’s best-loved folk heroes. He speaks to our national care for of subverting the rules. Fighting against institutional injustice, he protected the most vulnerable from the predatory practices of a corrupt establishment.
Nottingham city council’s novel not-for-profit energy supply company, and Robin Hood Energy,is not only the first of its kind, but the perfect contemporary manifestation of this spirit of righteous derring-do.
Unfortunately, and the government seems to possess little interest in what the public wants from the UK’s energy system.
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Source: theguardian.com