Her Majesty goes Geothermal at Buck House
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 08.22.05
Richard Branson did it. Elton John did it. It seems that going geothermal for heating is the British equivalent of driving a Prius- the thing to do to show you care. Now Queen Elisabeth is installing a geothermal system in Buckingham Palace. One source said: "Now the Queen will no longer have to go around switching off the radiators." She is also making Balmoral Castle self-sufficient by installing a private hydroelectric plant. ::Times Online
MGR points out that this is not the first castle to be get the latest in tech- read ::earlier post
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