Monday, December 11, 2006
Going green with energy
Global warming is front page news, especially with all the weather related disasters currently doing the rounds. Regular readers will know how keen I am on being green and Rainier PR has tried to do its bit to save the planet, though we have still yet to find a method of sourcing completely green energy without a massive disruption to our operations and/or massive cost.
However, I’d like to bring your attention to Ecotricity. Ignoring the rather clumsy punning, it can supply power using only wind farms and match your supplier’s current price.
According to the Centre for Alternative Energy, the average electricity usage per house in the UK is 4,000 kWh per year, which produces 1.64 tonnes of CO2. If 10 of us do this – that’s 16.4 tonnes less per year. If everyone of this 10 persuades another 10 households, that’s, er, 182 tonnes. If the pattern continued for just another three iterations, that would be 16.5 million tonnes of CO2 saved! Well, you have to be optimistic.
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However, I’d like to bring your attention to Ecotricity. Ignoring the rather clumsy punning, it can supply power using only wind farms and match your supplier’s current price.
According to the Centre for Alternative Energy, the average electricity usage per house in the UK is 4,000 kWh per year, which produces 1.64 tonnes of CO2. If 10 of us do this – that’s 16.4 tonnes less per year. If everyone of this 10 persuades another 10 households, that’s, er, 182 tonnes. If the pattern continued for just another three iterations, that would be 16.5 million tonnes of CO2 saved! Well, you have to be optimistic.
