1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Off Topic Do you appreciate just how much the internet is polluting the planet ?

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Owld Feller, Mar 5, 2020.

  1. haslam

    haslam Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 29, 2011
    Messages:
    12,744
    Likes Received:
    13,700
    Chopwell! Did a lot of my growing up there, I went to school in High Spen and most of my friends were from Chopwell. Plus the pubs all let you drink from the age of 14 if they knew you.
     
    #21
    Smug in Boots likes this.
  2. Ozzymac

    Ozzymac Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2019
    Messages:
    5,067
    Likes Received:
    12,052
    Playing golf yesterday and noticed the amount of carts driving around. Granted that a lot of the members at my local course are older and use the carts as they can't walk 18 holes but it got me thinking.

    Most carts nowadays are electric and get re charged after every/2nd round. How hard would it be for them to be manufactured with or have a solar panel fitted to the roof? They'd never need recharging then.How many electric golf carts get used daily around the world?
     
    #22
    Owld Feller likes this.
  3. gelders pie

    gelders pie Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    5,763
    Likes Received:
    12,266
    …. on a similar note, if solar panels on the roof are so great, why is building new houses/buildings not conditional on having them built in to start with ?
     
    #23
    Nordic and The Norton Cat like this.
  4. Ozzymac

    Ozzymac Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2019
    Messages:
    5,067
    Likes Received:
    12,052
    I think you'll find that they are in some places. I've heard that some places out here insist on solar panels and rainwater tanks with new builds.
     
    #24
    gelders pie likes this.
  5. Sandy Camel

    Sandy Camel Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2019
    Messages:
    1,761
    Likes Received:
    3,838
    Been a gripe of mine for years this. All new build houses should have solar and grey water systems as standard. And we should be all in for hempcrete instead of concrete an all. You would see an inital price rise for new developments but worth it in the long run imo.
     
    #25
  6. Toddius

    Toddius Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2019
    Messages:
    111
    Likes Received:
    156
    Totally worth it.
     
    #26
    Smug in Boots likes this.

Share This Page