More forward thinking is needed in Brighton and Hove on renewable energy and the council is making progress here.
It has already set up a unique Sustainability Commission and has bought all its electricity from a company relying on wind and wave power.
A group of architects, council representatives and housing association officials, some from Sussex, have just returned from a trip to Scandinavia.
Sweden is a colder country than Britain, yet solar panels are used extensively to produce heat while gas from sewage provides a natural supply for fuel.
Wind turbines were rejected at Shoreham Harbour a few years ago yet along one of the breeziest coastlines in Britain, they could provide a useful source of power
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