June 2010

Water price gouging in Queensland

Water and sewerage in Brisbane averages AU$2.59 a day. Off the grid its $2.30 a day.

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Killed by the Grid

National Grid escape charges after woman has power cut off to her home oxygen supply. She died

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Escaping the rat race

Vonnie left a top job to live a quiet life off the grid near Taos – video interview

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Energy

Australia comes around to composting

Anaerobic digesters use human waste to make power. Sending it to landfill is a waste of waste

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Green UK bank nears launch

Green Investment Bank with billions of government funds, as well as tens of billions of private money, nears launch

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Energy

London Mayor – from hogwash to greenwash

London Mayor Boris Johnson is full of hogwash and greenwash

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Man Maketh the Clothes

Make your own clothes – Book review of Through the Eye of a Needle by John-Paul Flintoff, about a middle class guy who makes his own Y-fronts to prove he has not been infantilised by consumer society

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Land

Greek Islands for sale

The world is waking up to the potential sales of thousands of tiny Greek islands as bug-out locations or even permanent residences.

Off-Grid.net first reported on Greek Islands for sale on 6 March  2010 under the title – Time to buy an Island.  You can post an ad seeking co-purchasers on the Off-grid Classifieds.  Or join LandBuddy and say where you are looking to go – place a market on a shared map so that others can find you.

Take a virtual tour of Greek islands here.

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Urban

Your Money or Your Life

Your Money or your Life – which would you choose – earning money or having fun?

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Photos win prize

A collection of photos we reviewed in May has won a prestigious prize. The photos of Maine off-gridders by Keliy Anderson-Staley won the Griffin Award in Boston.

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People

Model flees toilets

Eco hotel launch in Rome – Model Helena Christensen could not handle the toilets

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Hearing of the House Science & Technology Committee

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – 18th June

REP. BAIRD: I thank you, Ms. Woolsey. I wouldn’t expect the panelists to be aware of this, but the gentleman now about to ask questions is probably the leading authority in the Congress on some of this because he is virtually off the grid, if not entirely off the grid, and has been doing renewable energy in his home, walking the talk for many, many years. So with that, I’m pleased to recognize Dr. Bartlett.

REP. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT (R-MD): Thank you very much. You know, in thinking about these alternative energies, we need to think about them in a different context. The context in which we ordinarily consider them is the present context where about half of our electricity comes from coal. And if you’re comparing these renewables with fossil fuels, they aren’t going to look very good, because the quantity and quality of energy in fossil fuels is just unsurpassed.

(continues)

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