Or solar panel ...
Yes, most people don't appreciate how much water they use.... nor the energy taken in cleaning and distributing it.
My sister had an eye-opener a few years back when she went to Kenya on one of those swish holidays. She saw the local workers at the hotels and whatever carrying buckets of water (their whole days usage for drinking, cleaning and cooking) in the heat over several miles while the tourists had unlimited water supply in their hotels .... She refused to shower for a fortnight. I don't know what her husband thought of it but I thought that was very conscientous. And I don't think she'll be going on that sort of destructive holiday again.
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Originally Posted by peppermint yes i fully agree speckled wood. We have way to many appliences and creature comforts that need electricity/power of some sort, that we could easily do without. I lived in a flat in Bristol with Onionade for a few years, then lived in a caravan for a year (the type you tow on the back of the car), and we realised how much water (hot and cold) we used before was so much. In the caravan we had to go collect it from the tap in the aqua roll so you really notice. Also we didn't have a lot of our possesions with us as space was limited, so we only had what we felt we needed and left so many energy consuming products behind. It just goes to show that we dont need as much as we think.
I think that all new homes built should have their own mini wind turbine to provide some of the energy needed for that particular home. |