No sign of Earth Hour in Dawlish so sorry Dawlish but went to TAAG centre in Teignmouth instead. Yes a little tokensim I agree but a little red wine and a fine blues band by lantern light made for a great evening.
I prefer activism to tokenism. Good luck.
45 MINUTES TO GO!! Dutch astronaut André Kuipers will keep watch over the planet from the space station's orbital perch 240 miles (386 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, according to officials at the European Space Agency (ESA).
Thanks for that :-)
@chef - there were a couple of chef vacancies in the Dawlish Gazette this week working at Cofton if you are interested.
There is just a poster in the window which says 'part time staff required. Apply within'. So best to go down there suited and booted. Good luck!
bar or kitchen staff?
The Exeter Inn are advertising for part time staff. Curriculum vitae (cv) and references are required. Apply within.
Gas has to be "transported". Electricity and water (to lesser extent) can both be produced/ processed locally. The national Electricity Grid was established to service old technologies - i.e. big carbon-fuel based power stations, when coal/oil/gas was especially plentiful and cheap . A grid is still a good idea to balance off production and demand but with modern techologies (and these are ...
It's just not feasible for every town and city to become energy independent, that's why we have a national grid for electricity and gas, it's a shame that the same wasn't done for the water supply given that large parts of the country are now in trouble.