News From Nutty Norwich
By Paul Homewood
h/t Dave Ward
More tales from the nutters in Norwich!
Apparently, the solar panels are to be hidden behind parapets on the roof, so they cannot be seen at street level.
I wonder how much sunlight will also be blocked?
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/electric_car_puts_pupils_on_the_road_to_learning_1_3921657
Meanwhile, primary schoolchildren are being fed propaganda extolling electric cars.
Queens Hill Primary School and Nursery youngsters were given a guided tour of the vehicle and explanation behind how it is different to a fuel car.
Inclusion leader at the school, Chris Georgiou, organised for the car to be lent to the school – from Robinsons Motor Group on Barker Street in Norwich – as part of an ongoing school programme.
Mr Georgiou said: “The science and technology involved in the car supports our current ‘light-bulb moment’ curriculum theme that our children are passionately studying across the school.
“At Queen’s Hill Primary we make every effort to inspire our children and to accelerate their learning – bringing an electric vehicle in to school supported our aims in this respect.”
The children were taught how the electric cars have been engineered to be safe for the environment. And they were given practical lessons with it – for instance, comparing cost per mile of electric to petrol.
Mr Georgiou added: “The day was absolutely fantastic. The children had a variety of interesting questions and just as many great ideas.”
Nine-year-old Sophie Perkins said: “I think it is amazing that the car can do 100 miles on just one charge.”
Oscar Haden added: “The car was so awesome – I wish I had one.”
Heaven knows what an “inclusion leader” is!
I wonder if he explained that running costs are only lower, because the price of petrol includes a huge dollop of tax? Or told the little girl that a petrol car would go 600 miles and take a minute to fill up, instead of eight hours?
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
Solar panels on the Council Houses:
“The scheme is meant to be “tenure blind” – so there is no visual difference between the private homes and the council homes.
But, because the council homes will have solar panels on to further reduce bills for tenants, thought has had to be given to how to stop those being obvious.
Brenda Arthur, leader of Norwich City Council, revealed: “The solar panels will be hidden behind parapets on the roof, so they will not be visible from street level.””
So, now, council-house-spotters look for parapets, rather than solar panels, to distinguish between the two!
The electric car:
I wonder if the kids were warned that as they’re very quiet, they could accidentally get mown down by one if they weren’t visually alert all the time?
From Norwich, whose burghers decided that an avenue of horse chestnut trees should be cut down – ‘cos its kids weren’t educated enough to be alert for traffic for the few weeks they’d spend collecting conkers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1387961.stm
Solar panels on the Council Houses:
“The scheme is meant to be “tenure blind” – so there is no visual difference between the private homes and the council homes.”
I suppose the council was too dim to insist all homes had solar panels, whereby saving the cost of the parapets.
Excellent point! All you have to do is drive around and note where the parapets are—those that just “suddenly appeared”!
I wonder if the “inclusion leader” can tell the kiddies about the first electric cars and where they were developed. This automotive history is a decade plus short of 200 years.
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/History-Of-Electric-Vehicles.htm
So, for Chris Georgiou – History is a great teacher. Have a go at explaining it to the kiddies.
Open that image in a new window, please.
Seems they have and are still suffering from the same problem after 200 years development. Limited range.
But won’t it be obvious which are the council houses ? The ones with sofa in the front garden etc.
And why does the estate have to be Tenure blind, is there some payback for the cost of ensuring that ?
– Shocking that so many of the commenters seem to think solar panels are economic/ecological.
What is an “inclusion leader” ? A person responsible for EXCLUDING non-green/left views.
In the same way that a BBC Diversity Officer’s job is to ensure that BBC output does’t DIVERSE from the Green/Left narrative
(inclusion leader will mostly be about helping teachers include ‘foreign’ kids, I suppose, a useful job)
– Electric cars like wind/solar are magic that’s why they need massive subsidies. (but petrol cars prove faster, the next Citroen will do 100Km for 2litres.)
– This weeks Radio 5Live Tech prog was an hour long electric car advert featuring Twat Lewelyn Jones. No one ever mentions that 1 person in electric car is massively inefficient compared to a scooter or not travelling.
oops Petrol cars improve faster
Never mind the conkers, Norwich is too near to the nuts at UEA.
They should just shift them onto the road surface. (Sarc.)
http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml
“…youngsters were given a[n]…explanation behind (sic) how it is different to a fuel car…”
A “fuel” car?
Because electric cars run on magic, clearly. And need no fuel.
Or at least, as far as primary school teachers know, they do.