Eco-engineers Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield must make England's most remote youth hostel energy self-sufficient, using only natural resources. Dick looks to generate energy from a stream while Jem aims to create a wind turbine.
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Eco-engineers Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield must make England's most remote youth hostel energy self-sufficient, using only natural resources. Dick looks to generate energy from a stream while Jem aims to create a wind turbine.
Added: Oct 8, 2009
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