gilmores
net co2 'taker-outers' while living a simple, inspiring & luxurious life
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results for 2012
co2: minus 4.62 tonnes co2 as a family & business combined (minus 1.54 per person)
the arrival of the nissan leaf in march (see 2012 news tab) has made a big difference. we also continued to pay for an acre of rainforest to be left standing - locking in approx. 260 tonnes co2 per year. did this with cool earth.
brian & amy have offset their lifetime emissions previously with carbonneutral.com and climatecare.org
we still export our electricity to ecotricity and use their renewable electricity product and green gas product.
water: 49.02 cu. m as a family & business (44.77 litres per person per day)
brian also 'offset' his lifetime water usage with water aid after investigating cost of projects at drop 4 drop website.
landfill: 35.05kg as a family & business (11.68 kg per person)
solar panels generated 5521 kw/h from jan 1st 2012 to 31st december 2012.
revenue from them was approx. £2,400 for the year.
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solar thermal provided hot water for 8 months+. we continue to use a few 'tricks' - we reckon we get about 3/4 of our hot water from the tubes on the roof. wonderful.
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rhd tesla model s still on track for 2013 delivery. (us version already arriving on people's driveways.)
tesla supercharging network (150 miles added in 30 mins) just got faster!- they're building it for us. free charging; from solar; free ....for life !! is your car company doing that?!! (2 mins)
2013 is the year of the model s for us..... bring it on!