Sunday 16 December 2007

To consume or not to consume

Mark and I were having a slightly wine-befuddled debate as we piled on the clothes to go to bed last night. Some time ago, we switched our electricity provider to Good Energy, which runs 100% on renewables.

My argument was that we should still try to conserve as much energy as possible, since there is only a finite - and presumably inadequate - supply of truly 'green' electricity out there, and if demand far outstrips supply that will push the price up, driving potential future consumers out of the market.

Mark countered that the more we use, the greater the profit for Good Energy to invest in new projects.

Green is so sexy!

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