Is NOT to attend overseas frolics in exotic locations at Climate Change meetings.

You can also share showers with your friends and relatives. This helps cut carbon emissions and also gives you an opportunity to discuss climate change strategies whilst au naturel with your nearest and dearest.

We are particularly excited by “poo-cycling”. Is this something you have invented yourself? Whilst we encourage cycling as a healthy activity and another way to avoid those pesky petrol powered vehicles, using “poo” to power your cycle is a new an innovative way to reuse waste products and cut those Polar Bear killing carbon emissions.

I worked for a while as an energy sector researcher for an electricity company that at the time still owned lines and retailed. It was clear from analysis of the consumer data that wealthier households and suburbs not only used the most energy because they could afford it (some massive bills) but they were also the ones able to insulate AND connect to gas as well. Gas connections were less prevalent in low budget housing areas.

I’m sure there are households that would prefer to get a lot worse especially in winter but incomes and commitments (the mortgage) don’t allow it.

Energy-efficient light bulb manufacturer Energy Mad has announced a loss of $1.1 million for the year to March 31, down from a $100,000 loss the previous year.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/financial-results/6999655/Energy-Mad-losses-grow

Energy Mad, or Mad Energy?

Same difference

Now I am back to a single glazed house in a town where it regularly gets to minus temperatures.

I feel so much cleaner now, which is great because I haven’t showered in a couple of weeks because I thought we all needed to conserve energy. Am going now to indulge in a 40-minute shower courtesy of Meridian Energy!

BTW, the scraps all over my lawn have been consumed by chickens, pukekos and beagles. Is this bad? How does this affect my carbon footprint? I am worried about the fowl foul and dog foul I have to somehow dispose of. Perhaps I can burn it in the log burner, like the third world does. Where can I claim my carbon credits?
Please advise soonest.

Kind regards,
Mike the poo-cycler.

Play it cool is a fun interactive game where environmentally savvy kids can hector their parents

Let’s take a looks at it!

(1) Should we take a bike or car to the beach, which is 1km away?
Well, of course the government answer is take the bikes.
We won’t we living next to the beach because of the “threat” of sea level rise, but anyway..

(2) We have got to do the washing up. Should we use the dishwasher, or the sink?
Answer; dishwasher.

Of course, not everyone can afford dishwashers, and there is a certain manufacturing and transport cost to them. However, dishwashers help us “tackle climate change”, so everyone in the world needs one.

(3) Mowing the lawn. Should we leave the grass clippings on the lawn, or put them in the rubbish bin?
Answer: leave them on the lawn. Putting them in the rubbish fills up landfill. Hang on, don’t we have government composting facilities? Oh, they are bad because they create methane, and are therefore taxed under the ETS.
So leaving grass clippings, food waste etc strewn all over the property is the governments advice.

(4) Watching the “big game”. should you turn off at the mains or the wall. Answer: the wall. OK I can probably agree with that one

(5) More “cool” ideas. Use energy efficient lightbulbs. These are great for reducing energy usage, and therefore help “combat” climate change.

They do have the downside of taking ages to light up, hence we tend to leave them on all the time. They also contain mercury which is toxic, and therefore the bulbs need to be disposed of in special facilities, and if you break one your are advised to evacuate your house and get someone to detoxify your property.

That’s today’s lesson on helping us all rally together to “combat” climate change folks. Send us your tips!

Don’t expect that to be widely reported in Wellington.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC