Sir – Oxford has an opportunity that won’t soon be repeated. The University has decided to work on the famous Port Meadow flats.
Now, these buildings have large roofs – unshaded, south-facing roofs.
So please, Oxford University, put solar panels on those roofs – think how much power you will generate, the costs which that free electricity will save you, and the carbon dioxide which will not be produced.
And the panels will be a lot cheaper now than if you’d done it when the flats were first built. Nor will they be visible from Port Meadow. So let’s do it.
Paul Blay, Oxford
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