tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post833575292323890390..comments2024-02-10T12:12:06.028+00:00Comments on The Real Blog: Less should be more: the mismatch emerging in public servicesDavid Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-61794939290244610592013-12-05T12:40:15.331+00:002013-12-05T12:40:15.331+00:00Ecotricity is at least trying to establish some so...Ecotricity is at least trying to establish some sort of biogas input as part of their Green Gas offering (http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/our-green-energy/our-green-gas), but the point I was actually trying to make isn't one about climate change (equigas aren't really about that at all, they use their profits to subsides people who have to pay trhough meters, which is a worthy aim in itself). It is about the staggering fact that not for profit energy providers (including gas providers) actually exist.<br /><br />I find this staggering because it is so little remarked upon given that the media narrative is so focused on the profits companies are making at our expense (and its the profit motive you yourself drew upon in this article). That at least four energy companies (Ecotricity, Good Energy, Equigas and the Coop) have some sort of non-profit / mutual model is scarecly even mentioned, but if ever there was a sollution stairing in the fact of a problem this seems to be it. My only conclusion is that people are so caught up in the idea that these companies are just about tackling climate change that they miss the wider point that they a social businesses that are actually succeeding (albeit in some small case) in a largely deregulated post privatization sector. GO THEM!!!Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-26727054942099245982013-12-03T12:07:35.772+00:002013-12-03T12:07:35.772+00:00Well I know, and I get my electricity from Good En...Well I know, and I get my electricity from Good Energy, but I couldn't see the point in going to a non-profit for gas if they were just sourcing the gas from the same place as everyone else. At least Good Energy are generating their own. But you are probably right that I should.David Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-36473091545678662742013-12-03T11:15:47.132+00:002013-12-03T11:15:47.132+00:00you know you could get your gas from a non profet ...you know you could get your gas from a non profet organisation like ecotricity or equigas righy?Simonnoreply@blogger.com