Dublin, May 2008
During our Wales Tour in March we visited the Centre for Alternative Technology and we had
invested in solar panels and a wind turbine. Now the time had come to set
it all up in the garden. McBear had done a lot of studies and planning and he had made a
technical drawing on how to set up our wind turbine. McBear called it McBear Mark 1.
Sam helped us carry out lots of components to the garden.
"Here's a good spot," McBear claimed and set down the solar panel.
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Dublin, May 2008
While McBear and Roger was studying the technical drawing, Sam went back to the house to get
the pole for the wind turbine. Roger looked at the drawing.
"Are you sure the drawing is correct?" Roger asked a bit confused due to the many components and thingies
shown on the drawing.
"Of course it's correct! I did it!"
Dublin, May 2008
McBear then realised he had forgotten something. He told Roger to start out and went back to the house.
Roger had a look at the drawing. It looked very technical. Roger wasn't sure what was up and what was down.
"You know, Sam, it's not always easy to work out the mind of McBear. He is surely engineous, but
not always easy to follow!"
Dublin, May 2008
When McBear returned, he was accompanied by Ursula and Andrews who were carrying a steel
pole for the wind turbine.
"Wowww!" Roger said. "Where did you get the fine pole from? It looks really professional."
"Well, our owners had just bought a new curtain railing for the bathroom, so I asked if we
could have a piece of it... And Ursula wants to help us. Her Ph.D. was about efficiency of
solar panels, so she knows how to adjust solar panels.
Dublin, May 2008
Once the wind turbine was assembled and the pole erected, Roger went up to mount the turbine and
then it was all finished and ready to go.
Dublin, May 2008
Now, with two solar panels connected and the wind turbine working, McBear and Roger sat down
to enjoy their work. Roger got philosofical.
"You know, McBear..." he started, "we are cultural entities reflecting our time...!"
"We are WHA'...???"
"Yeah! We are psychological projections of our owners hopes and visions."
"Wow!" McBear said. "That's fine with me as long the turbine is spinning and we are helping the
environment.
