Newsbot Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Organisers behind this year's Energy Expo announce a special guest speaker. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7248360.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Dick Strawbridge is ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 He's a Dick in more ways than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Very green. He appears to have recycled Saddam Hussein's moustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Dick's house in Cornwall has no electricity, heating or toilets What can some hippy who thinks its ok to crap in a bucket teach us about energy conversation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(oxy)moron Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 He was on Its not easy being green he has electricity (from a water wheel and windmill), water(from a spring) and toilets (composting ones) Makes his own biodiesel from chip fat All of these things are relatively straightforward to setup with money and a reasonable property. Shame they're not so practical in a terraced house with no garden (but a rather dingey yard) Need to get me a farm (checks bank account - only £600,000 short dammit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 He was on Its not easy being greenhe has electricity (from a water wheel and windmill), water(from a spring) and toilets (composting ones) Makes his own biodiesel from chip fat All of these things are relatively straightforward to setup with money and a reasonable property. Shame they're not so practical in a terraced house with no garden (but a rather dingey yard) Need to get me a farm (checks bank account - only £600,000 short dammit) IOM government needs an energy policy that everybody can understand and help to implement. Then they can start giving commonsense practical advice to householders and companies via MEA and DTI. They could also give decent grants for insulation and solar panels. Dick Strawbridge will be away on the next plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I find his moustache disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Amongst other events scheduled for the coming year, I hear the DTI have lined up Oscar the Grouch to talk about the economics and practical issues surrounding recycling and energy from waste technologies, and the Chuckle Brothers are going to host a symposium on safety in the workplace. It's a magnificent moustache though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 IOM government needs an energy policy that everybody can understand and help to implement.Then they can start giving commonsense practical advice to householders and companies via MEA and DTI. They could also give decent grants for insulation and solar panels. Some 'Energy Objectives' from Government could be good. However, in response to a question by Juan Watterson, the MEA stated it lacked the capital to invest in more secure energy sources. 'Commonsense practical advice' for householders and companies is available in vast abundance online, for free. Domestic solar panels (photovolatics anyway) are almost useless in terms of cost-effectiveness, especially on somewhere like the Isle of Man. Anything funded by a Government grant you are paying for anyway, so the true saving is questionable. A stronger approach is to insist that anyone applying for a fuel allowance is required to have their house fully insulated at Government expense. Short-term expense, long-term (and real) savings. Cavity wall insulation alone usually pays back within five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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