An interesting article on how just Nuclear power cant be the solution to global warming. Eventhough the assumptions of the report are yet to be analyzed, the facts are pretty interesting. The last few lines made absolute sense to me!!!!
“By promoting the commercial production and use of plutonium, the Bush administration is facilitating the spread [...]
I have heard a number of views and I personally believe that a carbon tax would disturb the cheap economy balance boasted by the fossil fuel industry. I thought this balance shift would help the renwable industry.
But, looking at the proposed fuel tax in US, am afraid it may just have the opposite effect. [...]
While there is significant talk to put brakes on the Fossil fuel industry and the associated mining industry, the Gov just seems to be pressing hard on the accelerator….Carrying forward on the Artic-ice discussion…I guess we need a social-political-technical revolution..!!!! Any fancy names for the revolution people???
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22438686-5005080,00.html
Whom are you voting for ???? Here, they promise a bright future…!!!!!
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22502698-29277,00.html
I have just finished reading Heat by George Monbiot. In this book he has set out to write a layman’s guide to preventing catastrophic global warming. Overall he has done a pretty good job. It is an easy read despite being jam packed full of information. The book is very well referenced with most claims [...]
The UK Conservative Party have just released a detailed report that amongst other things calls for emission reductions of at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, a zero waste society, feed-in tariffs and a ban on coal-fired power by 2020. And this is from the equivalent of the Liberal Party! It really highlights how far behind Australia [...]
Hi guys,
I’ve been reading about how in the last two weeks ice cover in the Arctic has fallen to record lows. The ice sheet is in terminal collapse, melting three times faster than the most pessimistic predictions from just five years ago. It is now felt that the Arctic will be ice-free in summer [...]
PVWATTS is an online tool for calculating energy produced by a grid connected PV system. It can be used to calculate energy output for various locations around the world including Melbourne.
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Posted 21 September 2007
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I have heard some vastly different estimates of the payback time for various micro generation technologies. I am currently reading Heat by George Monbiot and he claims the financial payback time for domestic PV is 35 years. This in the UK where the government subsidies are different and the average solar radiation is less than [...]
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Posted 20 September 2007
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This is the link to a report by the AGO in the year 2002 looking at the pathways and polices towards the implementation of the National Emissions Trading Scheme. There was a final report published this year. Unfortunately, the AGO website says that the report is no longer available or removed. This old report gives [...]
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