tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post6826677524923800579..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Or possibly a precursor to regular power cutsZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-15685395195352943702008-05-29T20:40:00.000+01:002008-05-29T20:40:00.000+01:00You are indeed a live wire, darling.You are indeed a live wire, darling.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-57513142988433047542008-05-29T20:18:00.000+01:002008-05-29T20:18:00.000+01:00Or, or, we can make our own electricity.I've done ...<I>Or</I>, or, we can make our <I>own</I> electricity.<BR/><BR/>I've done my own "green energy" research too, and what I find is that ecotricity is the second best for being truly green, and I can't remember who is the first best. But it is not any of the "green" tarrifs of anyone who sells brown energy.Dandelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302932867084357713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7533587732803229562008-05-29T17:46:00.000+01:002008-05-29T17:46:00.000+01:00Too true, and we'll pay the price of the poor plan...Too true, and we'll pay the price of the poor planning over the next years. This outage won't be the last by a long shot. I'd place a bet we'll start to see brown outs becoming regular.<BR/><BR/>Its interesting, I've been investigating "green" electricity supplies. Most of the big suppliers have a "green" package that is green in name only. One had the tenacity to say that its "green" package would donate £15 per year per customer to a green charity, and that was it.<BR/><BR/>Some interesting suppliers out there though. One that will ensure your supply is fully green, but at a 10% premium to other suppliers. It will be the one we'll go for I think.The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-57077243585889990162008-05-29T17:45:00.000+01:002008-05-29T17:45:00.000+01:00I'll send you the link seperately, but I've found ...I'll send you the link seperately, but I've found a company that reputably (its audited) supplies 100% of power bought by customers into the grid from certified "green" electric suppliers (wind, solar and tidal). The slight cheat is that the power may not go into the grid at the same time as consumption, so it does have a reliance on the overall non green supply grid. You do, however, pay a slight premium.The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-18248596013383611772008-05-29T13:09:00.000+01:002008-05-29T13:09:00.000+01:00We've not investigated 'green' electricity supplie...We've not investigated 'green' electricity supplies as yet, largely because we opted in to a deal that kept our prices the same for several years (it was offered at no extra charge and with no strings except to stay with them by British Gas just before the prices went up). I am sceptical about companies that climb on the green bandwagon and, it seems from what you say, with good reason. I'd want to know whence they get the green fuel though, and what are the repercussions - for example, biocrops look to be coming a cropper, environmentally speaking.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-54646168343899483482008-05-29T12:15:00.000+01:002008-05-29T12:15:00.000+01:00Too true, and we'll pay the price of the poor plan...Too true, and we'll pay the price of the poor planning over the next years. This outage won't be the last by a long shot. I'd place a bet we'll start to see brown outs becoming regular.<BR/><BR/>Its interesting, I've been investigating "green" electricity supplies. Most of the big suppliers have a "green" package that is green in name only. One had the tenacity to say that its "green" package would donate £15 per year per customer to a green charity, and that was it.<BR/><BR/>Some interesting suppliers out there though. One that will ensure your supply is fully green, but at a 10% premium to other suppliers. It will be the one we'll go for I think.The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.com