Chris Goodman

Fareham, Hampshire

Advisor

Use of voltaic cell panels to provide electrical power should long have been phased in by local authorities when replacing or installing new street lighting. The additional costs would soon be recovered by reduced running costs and, as mooted in the article, could well provide the basis for an wi-fi network. Possibly an ISP would accept responsibility for maintaining the lights in return for a very low network rental.

Diversifying a little, it is surely time the "green" government introduced good subsidies for installation of domestic solar powered voltaic panels to meet or even exceed domestic requirement.