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GOOD NEWS
GLASTONBURY’S
BIGGEST
FAN
SAY WHAT?
“Nobody made a greater mistake than
he who did nothing because he could
only do a little.”
Edmund Burke
Alongside Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del
Rey, Sir Elton John and Cat Stevens,
revellers at this year’s Glastonbury
Festival rocked out to the sounds
of… wind powered music!
No, of course we don’t mean hippie
stuff like windchimes and pan flutes
When the 8m long blades get
spinning, they can generate a
whopping 300kWh of power a day.
This power will be fed into a mini
grid providing clean energy to food
stalls in William’s Green field, near
the iconic Pyramid stage.
just before the opening act, making
And what’s more, this lanky dogooder will start a tour of its very
own as its owners are kindly
allowing communities across the UK
to temporarily host the turbine after
Glasto, as part of a ‘try before you
buy’ scheme.
this year’s festival the greenest yet.
Nice one Octopus Energy!
- Glastonbury turned a sustainable
leaf and installed their very own
pink and purple 28-metre tall wind
turbine at Worthy Farm.
Octopus Energy erected the turbine
ONLY JOKING!
A climate scientist and a climate
change denier walk into a bar.
The denier says, bartender, show
me your strongest whiskey. The
bartender says, this one here. It’s
95 percent alcohol. The denier
slams down his fist and leaves the
bar in a hurry. The scientist says,
you know, that’s the problem with
these guys. You show them the
proof, and they still don’t buy it.
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