Zerocarbonista

The first post!

Filed under: Misc — dale March 26, 2008 @ 9:49 am

Welcome to my first blog.
I plan to be posting at least weekly, but I am sure you have heard all this from new bloggers before – only time will tell……

Why start blogging?

There are things that I think need to be said. There are things I want to say. It might be a reaction to a news story – like the crazy ‘Renewables Fudge’ story above, or new ideas that need airing.

There are big questions out there - how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves – in a post oil world, and a world where we can’t afford to keep burning things and throwing things away. I want to talk about this stuff, and hear other peoples views.

I want to discuss the next Industrial Revolution with you, and help bring it about.

It strikes me that a Blog is communication - 21st Century style and I thought I’d try it out.

That’s the end of this first post, time to post something you might get your teeth stuck into – courtesy of some crazy announcements by our government….

Thanks for dropping by,

Dale

15 Comments »

  1. Hiya Dale,

    Really good to see you starting a blog! Welcome to the blogosphere.. I am sure I will be in here regularly adding my two penneth..

    Peaces
    Nommo

    Comment by nommo — April 2, 2008 @ 2:37 pm

  2. Hi Dale
    Alternative ways of producing electricity and alternative means of transport need to be introduced yesterday.The government is blocking ways forward .We need individuals to show the way forward with new ideas, to get them heard about and used.Ecotricity is one of the ways forward,we need more….

    chris kennett

    Comment by chris kennett — April 8, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

  3. The internet is a great way to start a movement and I imagine this blog will be a great forum for the advancement of public awarness in renewable power and environmental issues. I have started a petition about rewarding recycling http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Reward-recycling/ I would love your signatures. Keep up the fantastic work!
    I hope we can change the world.

    Comment by Justin Noe — April 11, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

  4. British agriculture desparately needs to develop electric tractors.

    There are a few DIY versions in the US but they are not up to the job and difficult to get hold of. Chris Goodall has shown in his work “How to Live a Low Carbon Life” Food is the single largest category of our individual carbon emissions.

    Can you point us in the right direction?

    Many thanks Jenny - activist for carbon sequestering food systems

    Comment by Jenny Hall — April 14, 2008 @ 8:58 am

  5. Welcome to the world of blogging. Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts and opinions, and maybe finding out a bit more about what you’re doing with ecotricity.

    Comment by Adrian McEwen — April 15, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

  6. Keep the posts coming, if you only reach a handful of us it will make a difference!

    Comment by Paul — April 15, 2008 @ 4:30 pm

  7. Thanks to Nommo, Chris, Adrian and Paul for your welcomes.

    @Justin, thanks also and I’ve not signed your petition yet, but am about to.

    @Jenny, I couldn’t agree with you more, electric tractors are exactly what we need. We’ve got an electric car project under way right now, next on our list is in fact….an electric tractor. I see farms of the future (organic and vegan) growing food and energy and running themselves on that energy - wind powered tractors in fact. Great to hear from somebody else with that in mind.

    Comment by dale — April 18, 2008 @ 10:17 am

  8. First, I would like to apologize for my english but I am french.I am very pleased to discover you have launched a blog.
    I have discovered ECOTRICITY a few months ago. I am also convinced that we all have to promote alternative ways of producing electricity. I have created a french company, which name is ALTERELEC and as our the french electricity market is recently opened for domestic customers, we wish to promote renewable energies. I would be interested to discuss longuer with you to know your vision !

    Anthony POYAC

    Comment by Anthony — April 21, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

  9. Hi Dale,

    Great website, agree with all of your sentiments, keep up the great work. Your company is a great inspiration to me, I’m trying myself but the planning process and negativity sure does wear you down! No turbines built yet but I’m pushing hard. Sorry to hear about the refusal at Kings Lynn, really bad news.

    Comment by Andy Hilton — April 28, 2008 @ 4:23 pm

  10. @Anthony – Good to hear about your green electricity initiative. There’s a lot of potential in France, plenty of room for wind energy (more than the UK) and an electricity market that has only just opened to competition. It’s a good time to start something new. Your competition will be fat and lazy from years of monopoly. I hope it goes well. Cheers.

    Comment by dale — May 2, 2008 @ 8:12 am

  11. Hello Dale,
    I do periodically (every couple of weeks or so) visit the ecotricity website to see what’s new, and I’m delighted to see that you’ve set up a blog, with a good number of posts already! I wonder if I’ll have to visit more often in order to keep up!

    Best regards
    Jeff

    Comment by Jeff — May 2, 2008 @ 3:19 pm

  12. @Dale, Jenny,

    I was reminded about your comments on electric tractors when I came across an exhibit in a museum on a recent trip to Modena. It seems the Italians have already been experimenting with them.

    I took a photo of it, along with one of the specifications, and have posted it on my blog at http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/sustainability/an_electric_tractor.html

    Comment by Adrian McEwen — May 22, 2008 @ 10:26 am

  13. I was thinking about the tractors idea recently too…

    I was wondering whether the good people of Sark would be interested in it too. They have already banned all vehicles apart from tractors (and are considering limiting the size and use of the 77 licensed tractors).

    Comment by paul — May 22, 2008 @ 10:41 am

  14. Dale: Hi :) 1st time on your site after speaking with Sharon today (Tues 25 May 08) who suggested I drop u a line, re: my many suggestions and questions. However, as this is YOUR blog there doesn’t seem anywhere I can start a thread or ask a question. Although (somewhere) you have said there is no need to register to join in with discussions, why then are there ‘login’ and ‘registration’ options under the “other stuff” heading? What other things are available to those who register? *sigh* Thanks for reading this and take care :)

    Comment by Alison — May 27, 2008 @ 11:14 pm

  15. @Alison - I can probably answer most of your questions…

    If there isn’t a topic that is already related to one of your ideas/questions - then feel free to add them here or to the ‘About the Blog’.

    I agree that a forum would be more suited to ‘user/community generated discussions’ - this is something we have been considering and may implement at some point.

    Login and registration are available if you want to register - some people like to - others really don’t want yet another username/password to remember! It is not required and there are no tangible benefits for registering at the moment - but this may change in the future…

    Thanks, Paul

    Comment by paul — May 28, 2008 @ 8:35 am

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