[BNM] [OT] Ecotricity

[Josh Russell]

yeah i know the ideal is go not use gas at all...

but when you're renting, as i'm sure most people on this list are, you
often have no choice

i'd love to be "off the grid" completely, but that is realistically
several years away :(



On 4/12/06, Dave Phelan <dave.phelan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/12/06, Josh Russell <joshbnm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > they are the only green energy provider that actually owns their own
> > windfarms (i believe) rather than just buying energy from other
> > windfarms or investing in windfarms.
>
> As I understand it, Good Energy (www.good-energy.co.uk) are owned by
> Monkton Group, and Monkton Group own renewable generation capacity.
> There was a spat between the two companies in the press (the
> Ecologist, AFAIR) about this (fairly) recently.
>
> http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=428
>
> At the end of the day, I think the important thing is to go for a 100%
> renewable supplier, otherwise the profits from your 'green'
> electricity just go into the pockets of the fossil fuel mavens.
>
> > if you get your gas from them they use the profits from that for more
> > windfarms too..
>
> Hmm. gas...
> I suppose the logical extension of that is to sell petrol and diesel
> (laced to the max with biodiesel, of course) too?
>
> Dave Ph
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