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Monthly Archives October 2007

New projections for Australia’s changing climate

CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology have recently released a report detailing predicted changes to Australia’s environment due to climate change. I haven’t had a chance to read the full report yet but the media release contains some interesting forecasts:
“By 2030 we expect temperatures will rise by about 1ºC over Australia compared with the climate [...]

Posted 10 October 2007 † iain § Climate Change ‡ Comments Off °

PV Tipping Point?

Interesting article in the Oil Drum today:
“Silicon is the 2nd most abundant element in Earth’s crust (27.7% by weight). By all rights we should be able to make as many silicon PV cells as we want; we should be able to cover the planet with them.
The reality is different and more strange. Silicon [...]

Posted 09 October 2007 † Christian § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Scientist says Aust behind on climate change action

Pretty strong opinion from the man. He calls ‘Australian strategy’ – rubbish !!! interesting…well, infact the truth!!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/04/2051342.htm

Posted 07 October 2007 † karthik § Australian Gov Agency/Policy § Climate Change § General § International Policy ‡ Comments Off °

Hydrogen Hwy

Catalyst tonight had an interesting segment relating to hydrogen and the path towards a hydrogen economy. The section on hydrogen producing algae was particularly interesting as well as the molecular bonding methods of storing hydrogen. The transcript is available online and I think they make the video available online at some point too.
Hydrogen Hwy

Posted 04 October 2007 † iain § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

BP’s BioEthanol plant @ 400mUSD

Hi guys,
The basis for the whole community cruising towards Renewable / Sustainable energy way is to sustain the earth & mankind by minimising the wastage and reusing the wastes in a useful and safe way so that we put out less emissions into atmosphere. Recently read a renewableenergyfocus magazine and understood that BP is setting [...]

Posted 03 October 2007 † VishK § General ‡ Comments Off °

Aust technology to revolutionise clean electricity

For those that missed tonights 7:30 report on the ABC (including me) here is a link to the latest update on David Mills’ relocation to the US…including a couple of well timed quotes from the usual Australian suspects. Seems the US utilities aren’t afraid of parting with a few billion in the name of progress…
“While [...]

Posted 01 October 2007 † daniel § Australian Gov Agency/Policy § International Policy ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

More ethanol fuel to be sold in NSW

The NSW government is planning to set a 2% target for ethanol based fuel supplies. Personally I’m still not 100% convinced of the benefits of widespread adoption of biofuels as a gasoline replacement. I’d be interested to hear from others.
More ethanol fuel to be sold in NSW

Posted 01 October 2007 † iain § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: