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The electro boathouse

Published on : 3 September 2010 - 8:00am | By Thijs Westerbeek van Eerten (Photo: RNW)
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Jos Tio charges his electric rental boats 1400 times a year with his own home-produced "green" energy. The Frisian entrepreneur is a prime example of sustainability in the year 2010 and there's nothing about him that reminds you of the traditional tree-hugging environmentalist.

Of course Mr Tio likes being eco-friendly and being independent from energy companies, but above all his new specially-built office building-cum-wharf saves him so much in energy costs that his extra investments are really going to pay off.

Making money by being sustainable, that’s the point.

Discussion

xonra 15 September 2010 - 6:27pm / germany

thats great. we have 15 Years expierience with solarelectric boats . They are to rent for everybody without driverlicence . Have a look at www.solarwaterworld.de

xonra 15 September 2010 - 6:25pm / germany

thats great. we have 15 Years expierience with solarelectric boats . They are to rent for everybody without driverlicence . Have a look at www.solarwaterworld.de

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