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How much power is too much

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I'm in a three bedroom two story house in Perth. My daily is between 5 and 7kWh/day. I have a 1kW solar system that usually covers that and sometimes a bit over that I sell to the grid.

My attitude is primarily environmental but also I hold the view that why should I be giving money to Synergy (energy retailer)for stuff I do not need.

10%? 30% is an acheiviable reduction right across the board. I ran an energy audit business and a 20 minute walk through (of say a pub) could save 10% by just doing simple things like labelling and speaking to duty managers etc. Why waste energy heating up the sky? My favorite demo - pull out a $50 note and attempt to light - telling the managers that's what they were doing every day for ZERO benefit.
Posted by renew, Monday, 15 September 2008 9:45:04 AM
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Places like the pub just goes to show why the price of power has to greatly increase. Good on ya with ya power plant there will be a rush on such things, in times to come. It sounds like you could get off the grid altogether.
Posted by jason60, Monday, 15 September 2008 11:27:35 AM
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Oh dear, you're just not interested at all in real sustainability Jason... are you?

I mean, you can't possibly be if you are not concerned about continuous rapidly increasing pressure on our already badly stressed resource base and environment.

I'm sure your heart is in the right place, but I've got to say, that if you are only interested in the 'technofix' side of things and not at all interested in the scale of human activity, then not only are you missing the crux of the issue of why we have to be forever more efficient, but you are actually playing straight into the hands of those that forever promote a bigger scale of humanity and resource exploitation, and who are taking us rapidly away from a sustainable society and towards a massive crash event.

This sort of stuff is of the utmost concern to me, as it should be to every one of us.

As I said before; "... you are looking at one small aspect of the subject, and apparently seeing it in isolation and not as part of a bigger issue. That is, you're not looking at it in a holistic manner."
Posted by Ludwig, Monday, 15 September 2008 1:43:52 PM
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