Fossil energy supplies are declining, due both the increased usage and World population increases. In addition they contribute to Global Warming and other undesirable atmospheric conditions.

In time past The Manor and Parish of Orleton, was to a considerable extent self sufficient in energy supplies. Horses for transport, the Mill for power, wood for fuel. Alder charcoal [the village is named after these trees] is one of the best, which may account for the smith present in 1066. Charcoal was much used then for cooking as well.

To examine how the Manor and Parish might in part return to energy self sufficiency, one needs to know what energy we all use now, and how much. Hence the Survey, which it is hoped as many as possible will complete during 2007.

It is interesting to note that Biofuels can now be made from the waste we all throw away, and that in Ludlow they collect the food waste and make electricity and heat from it. See greenfinch.

The instrumental temperature record of the last 25 years, showing monthly variations in the global average and the effects of El Nino on temperature variability

The full instrumental temperature record of the last 150 years, showing the rise in global temperatures during the last century.