Comments on: 1000 reasons to install a solar hot water system… http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20070811/1000-reasons-to-install-a-solar-hot-water-system/ Hints, tips and discussions on reducing your impact on the environment. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ivan http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20070811/1000-reasons-to-install-a-solar-hot-water-system/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Ivan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:46:47 +0000 http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20070811/1000-reasons-to-install-a-solar-hot-water-system/#comment-440 Hmmm, and if I followed this blog closely, I would have seen that you've already mentioned the atlas...which doesn't make it any less interesting, though. Hmmm, and if I followed this blog closely, I would have seen that you’ve already mentioned the atlas…which doesn’t make it any less interesting, though.

]]> By: Ivan http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20070811/1000-reasons-to-install-a-solar-hot-water-system/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Ivan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:45:20 +0000 http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20070811/1000-reasons-to-install-a-solar-hot-water-system/#comment-439 Actually, recent research suggests that the amount of energy used by a household in Australia is mainly in embodied energy from shopping - food and other items. The consumption atlas at http://www.acfonline.org.au/custom_atlas/index.html is quite an eye-opener. So, while reducing household energy and water consumption is still a worthwhile goal, it's not going to save the world (We love our Solahart hot water system, although it would be nice if Canberra had some sunny weather like in the old days.) The atlas has Canberra creating on average 40.5% of its impact from food. And they seem to have done this in conjunction with a group at Sydney University, so it looks like it's been researched fairly thoroughly. Definitely worth a look. Keep up the good work! Actually, recent research suggests that the amount of energy used by a household in Australia is mainly in embodied energy from shopping – food and other items. The consumption atlas at http://www.acfonline.org.au/custom_atlas/index.html is quite an eye-opener.

So, while reducing household energy and water consumption is still a worthwhile goal, it’s not going to save the world (We love our Solahart hot water system, although it would be nice if Canberra had some sunny weather like in the old days.)

The atlas has Canberra creating on average 40.5% of its impact from food. And they seem to have done this in conjunction with a group at Sydney University, so it looks like it’s been researched fairly thoroughly. Definitely worth a look.

Keep up the good work!

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