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Tirau chicken farmer Jeff Collings talked to us for our Machine Count report and we thought his story deserved a bit more attention, so it was great to hear him interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on RNZ.
Tirau chicken farmers Jeff Collings talked to us for our Machine Count report and we thought his story deserved a bit more attention, so it was great to hear him interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on RNZ.
He’s a self-proclaimed ‘cheap bastard’ who resisted cellphones, but he’s all-in on electric machinery for the farm and solar for the shed roof.
As he said, energy is money and these days you can't afford to just waste money.
He is one of many farmers - many of them inspired by Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey and his experimental electric orchard - who are starting to grasp that producing your own energy and running it in electric machines is one of the few ways they can reduce their costs without needing to compromise on something.
ANZ put together a video of Jeff and his operation from a few years ago that is also worth a watch.
New South Wales gets the memo about the importance of finance and announces scheme offering zero interest loans to households to upgrade to electric stuff; plug-in solar gets the tick of approval to go on sale in the UK soon and the New York Times says it could 'change America'; EVolocity takes electrification to the streets to gets the kids inspired (and eventually employed); a tour of the amazing recycling business Redwood Materials; Think Solar and BYD give it away now; and a skit that cuts close to the bone for many solar dads.
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