The Eco Engineer is currently working with The Problem
As highlighted recently by Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” and the Stern Review, climate change is a reality. To reverse this change, everyone needs to play their part and right now would be a good time to start.
We are already subject to fluctuating oil prices and availability, and this is only going to get worse. As we approach the point at which we have used 50% of the world's oil reserves (Peak Oil), future extraction will become harder and more expensive. Sources of natural energy such as the wind and the sun will be readily available long after the world’s oil reserves are depleted, and they are free!
In June 2006 power blackouts in both the North and South Island demonstrated our dependence on and the fragility of a centralised energy supply. Wouldn’t it be good to generate power closer to home?