A carbon neutral big island?

[Rob Tucker]

Self sufficiency doesn’t necessarily come cheap if you want to maintain a lifestyle. The upside is the person who invests in such systems will not be dependent on others.

I found a few sites on steam power:

http://www.steamoramapa.com/

http://old-engine.com/windsor.htm

http://www.steamtraction.com/archive/4198/

There's a lot of old steam power activity in England it seems.