{"id":7114,"date":"2016-09-02T15:24:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2016-09-02T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:29:19","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-churches-ditching-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7114","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week – churches ditching fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"church<\/a>Thousands of churches in the UK are ditching fossil fuels according to data released yesterday.\u00a0 The majority of Salvation Army, about a third of Quakers and a lot of Catholic churches (2000) have switched to renewable suppliers.\u00a0 This sounds a lot however this is still a minority of churches ditching fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Churches are often in listed buildings so installing renewable kit can be difficult (my church looked into this) although its got easier since then with some churches managing it.\u00a0 Switching to a green energy supplier is obviously much easier.<\/p>\n

A couple of points need to be made.\u00a0 Firstly by switching exactly the same electrons are coming down the wire.\u00a0 The point by doing so is to encourage for renewables investment.\u00a0 Second and following on form this a change does not preclude energy efficiency.\u00a0 My church has not switched, we are holding a “Stir up Supper”<\/a> in December and this may give us the space to talk about this.\u00a0 However we are starting a wholesale move to LED’s and have put in insulation in our roof (and its amazing how many churches that could do this have not).<\/p>\n

The big Church switch website is here<\/a> and as a last point remember.<\/p>\n

The earth is the Lord<\/span>\u2019s, and everything in it,<\/span> the world, and all who live in it.\u00a0 Ps24v1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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