Tips on how to be energy efficent and ideas on alternative ways to create energy.
The Domestic Energy Conservation Exhibition in Ballina, County Mayo demonstrates the effectiveness of alternative energy sources.
Ballina Junior Chamber is behind the three day Domestic Energy Conservation Exhibition held in the Town Hall.
Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Chairperson of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Professor Charles Dillon highlights the energy problem facing everybody,
Our annual fuel bill for imported energy is several hundred million pounds.
He believes,
A conservation effort could save 10 percent of this.
There are plenty of ideas on energy conservation and alternative forms of energy at the exhibition. Cathal Quinn who uses windmills on his farm at Killala demonstrates the effectiveness of wind power. The windmills carry water to the lake from a sump,
The reclaimed land is used mainly for grazing animals and for growing vegetables.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 12 November 1979. The reporter is Deirdre Purcell.
