House with solar panels beneath electricity pylon at Ormes Meadow
Introduction
The photograph on this page of House with solar panels beneath electricity pylon at Ormes Meadow by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.
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House with solar panels beneath electricity pylon at Ormes Meadow
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 21 Sep 2011
What interested me about this scene was the idea of an eco-intelligent householder who has installed solar panels on his/her roof and yet lives in the daunting shadow of a pylon that helps to convey energy that is largely made from non-renewable fuels. The contrast is stark and perhaps ironic.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.341584
Longitude
-1.365847