Household Charge Poll Tax History Lesson
Updated: 2012-02-29 19:13:00
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Wednesday , February 29, 2012 Household Charge Poll Tax History Lesson It All Ended in Tears In 1987 Margaret Thatcher went about implementing a community charge a type of taxation involving every citizen . She proudly described the tax as the flagship of her administration . The community charge was quickly renamed the Poll Tax after the infamous medieval tax which sparked the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381. However , mass non-payment of the hated poll tax , with some 18
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skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Tuesday , February 28, 2012 EU Treaty Referendum and the Household Charge What's the Betting In 1982 the then Irish Minister for Finance John Bruton failed to get his budget through the Dáil , which in turn led to the fall of the Fine Gael Labour Coalition Government . A single item in a budget vote brought down a . government That budget aimed to put 18 VAT on children’s shoes and was defeated . The people were incensed and that led to independent members of the Irish
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Monday , February 27, 2012 Stove Quality Chromium in Grates Baffles A Quick Note to Clarify a Point on Stove Quality Chromium Content A very important point of quality in any solid fuel stove , is the chromium content of the fire grates , firebox liners , and baffles . A high chromium content means that grates , liners and baffles can withstand the greater heat from smokeless coals etc . and thus will last a much longer time before they buckle or burn . out To date , I
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Friday , February 24, 2012 Huge Growth in Solid Fuel Stoves Tens of 1000's of Irish Turn to Solid Fuel Old Fashioned Reliable Stoves In my last posting I discussed that I had been given a figure of 40,000 stoves sold in Ireland in a 12 month period , and how I had tried to get some official verification of this . figure The nearest I have come towards a verification is taken from a press release from Stanley Stoves . The statement says that demand in Ireland has grown by
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Wednesday , February 22, 2012 Huge Growth in Solid Fuel Stoves in Ireland Huge Growth in the Numbers of Solid Fuel Stoves in Ireland Chinese Stove Foundry Most Cast Iron Stoves sold in Ireland are Chinese It has been suggested to me that some 40,000 stoves were sold in Ireland in a 12 month period . I have tried to verify this figure by contacting the ESRI and SEAI statistical people , who were very helpful , but were unable to help , I also contacted the solid fuel
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Monday , February 20, 2012 Stoves Doors Air Adjustments and Efficiency Letters : say Can I leave my Stove Door Open I have recently had a couple of letters about the basics of how to handle a stove . One asked , can I leave the door open Another said they leave the door open so to let the heat out and so the glass does not get . dirty Sure you can leave the stove door open just the same as you can let your car door open when driving at 70 miles and hour . Some people are
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Saturday , February 18, 2012 Mulberry Insert Stove and Fireplace door I had an opportunity to closely examine the Mulberry insert stove recently . Additionally I had a look at the new Mulberry fire-front made with a back-boiler in . mind The Mulberry is distinguished by the bay window effect of having the firebox protrude from the front , this gives two effects , 1 It allows a much wider angle of view of the fire , but more importantly , 2 It exposes a larger area of
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Wednesday , February 15, 2012 Smoking Stoves Downdraught and Cowls I have written , fairly extensively , about down draughts , pressure zones , smoking fires and stoves , and some of the means of fixing those . problems One item that helps , in a lot of cases , is the Anti-Downdraught Cowl This type of cowl utilises the Venturi effect . If you want to find out more look up my previous posts on the subject The problem is the cost of anti-downdraught cowls . Up to fairly
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Monday , February 13, 2012 Review Smokeless Coals Calco Hi-Lite Cosyglo Price v s Quality Smokeless Coals With the heavy Irish government double taxation on heating oil bringing the price to 900 per 1000L fill , coal has emerged as an economic alternative for domestic . heating Yea Yea I know a sustainable energy blog promoting coal With fuel poverty soaring towards 50 in Ireland , I have had a complete change of mind and heart . I now am inclined to say let the fat cats
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Thursday , February 09, 2012 A Lesson in Wood Briquettes Eco Logs Wood Briquettes Good Briquettes The lesson for today my dear brethren is Know your Briquettes so let us begin with the basics . nbsp Extruded Wood Briquettes or Eco Logs as they are sometimes called come in TWO distinct types : 1. Those which are solid , and 2. Those with holes through the . centre Both types are classified as briquettes but are made using fundamentally different techniques . Both types
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Thursday , February 02, 2012 Wood Briquettes Eco Logs 4th Look A 4th Look at Wood Fuels this time Compressed Heat Treated Briquettes So I have come to take a closer look at the burn characteristics of the 3rd type of wood briquette I have tried . It is the hexagonal heat-treated dark type of wood briquette . Some of this type have a hole through the centre and other types don't have this feature . I would think the type without the hole would burn a bit slower and this I
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Thursday , February 02, 2012 Wood Briquettes Eco Logs A 2nd Look at some characteristics of Wood Briquettes I has been suggested to me that my initial assessment of some wood products was not scientific and was inaccurate . I do not aim to be a scientific authority , or indeed any sort of authority on the subjects I write about . The opinions are my honest impressions , backed up in any way I can with some bit of . science So today I take a closer look at one type of
skip to main skip to sidebar Sustainable Energy author Ireland SEAI A personal and critical look at Sustainable Energy generally . Topics include : Energy Efficiency , Insulation , Wind Turbines , Wave and Water Power , CFL and LED Lighting , SEI Grant Schemes , Wood Pellet Heating , Solar Energy Technology , BioMass . etc Thursday , February 02, 2012 Wood Briquettes Eco Logs 3rd look A 3rd Look at Wood Briquettes I decided to take a closer look at the round type of pale coloured compressed wood briquette in order to give a fair comparison between . types As you can see in the above photos , I have again taken a roughly 14cm piece of the eco log and placed it on a hot fire . After 30 minutes approximately , it has expanded to almost . 29cm The picture above show the burn 30 minutes in