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Post by legas on Oct 23, 2021 8:20:57 GMT
I think we’re doing something like collecting rainwater at the new training ground aren’t we? A small step in the right direction I suppose. Unless I’m really stupid , but where does that water come from out of my tap in the kitchen? Rainwater somewhere possibly? I don’t claim to be a scientist 😉
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 23, 2021 8:33:47 GMT
Amazing some are suggesting solar panels at the Mem. We really need to get our house in order before we start thinking about if it’s eco friendly or not! No point in investing in something like that for a stadium we’ve spent the last 20 years trying to figure out how to mothball.
I’m sure it’ll be a consideration for any redevelopment or replacement though.
My partner is a vegan and she has taken a liking to Forest Green because of their whole vegan and eco friendly charade. Mainly to annoy the hell out of me as well! And it’s working well on that front. I spent many years working in utilities and Dale Vince is an absolute chump.
When it comes to power and transport, regardless of if it makes a difference or not, it makes sense to try and utilise a form of energy that isn’t going to pollute our atmosphere. If you believe in man made global warming or not surely it’s hard to argue against smog and the dirty air present in city centres.
Many moons ago I worked and lived in London and just getting the train back to Bristol the air seemed cleaner and fresher stepping out at Temple Meads and a huge relief on my lungs. That’s at temple meads bear in mind which is one of the worst areas (if not the) for air quality in Bristol.
The problem is it is really hard to know what’s best for the planet in terms of technologies to adopt. There’s big questions over the footprint of electric vehicles given the sources to acquire the materials to manufacture the batteries and if it’s more harmful than good. That and it’s bloody expensive to adopt some of this stuff.
Personally I’m trying my best - I’ve got a plug in hybrid and it us extremely fun to drive, and even with its poor electric range I can potter around Bristol in electric and utilise petrol when I need to go further. My ambition is to be as close to self sufficient as possible and plaster my roof with solar panels combined with a battery or two. That way I can charge up the home batteries when it’s cheap and store output from the solars without discharging into the grid. I don’t want to do this until I have a loft conversion though for obvious reasons!
There’s a lot of practical means to save energy too - I have smart TRVs on all my radiators that control each and every room to their own custom temperature, that also know if anyone is home or not and adjust accordingly . Light bulbs on the market now are extremely efficient.
All of this is extremely expensive though upfront and on the home front you’d need to be sure you’re staying where you are for a while and be content having to wait to get the pay back. However, with energy prices going the way they are that payback period is going to be bought right down.
As for heating of homes though I’m really not convinced by heat pumps, whilst the government and energy companies are trying to push them they sound like a horrifically inefficient means to heat your home. I’m interested in how feasible hydrogen conversion is - apparently there’s challenges with transmission (everyone’s gas pipes need to be converted to plastic mdpe pipes) and there’s then questions about how the hydrogen is generated efficiently.
Basically - I think all we can do is do our best but we need science to help us out with some innovation to bring costs and effort to do our best down.
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Post by playtowin on Oct 23, 2021 12:06:07 GMT
Most of the land Rovers own is green space. A much bigger % than most businesses....
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