The whole point of introducing an emissions trading scheme is to make sure that polluting industries phase out and are replaced with cleaner alternatives, renewable energy and energy efficiency programmes. [1]
While the Australian Federal opposition dithers on passing the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation which would enable carbon trading, Australia’s weather gets hotter and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘greenhouse gas emissions’
CPRS: Carbon Politics Renders Squat
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, carbon trading, climate change, coal, CPRS, Dissent, emissions trading scheme, fossil fuel dependence, government, green wash, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, Weather on 6 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Government Visions
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, climate change, coal, fossil fuel dependence, government, green wash, greenhouse gas emissions on 12 July 2009 | 4 Comments »
I just read Quarry Vision by Guy Pearse. I’m a bit slow because it’s no longer the most recent issue of Quarterly Essay. When it came out I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it. I assumed it was more of Pearse’s results from his PhD thesis on Australia’s greenhouse mafia, otherwise known [...]
How many is too many?
Posted in Worldwide, tagged Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, climate change, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, Oxfam, Population on 21 August 2008 | 6 Comments »
We know that babies add more to global warming than anything else in our home. Isn’t it time to cut back? [1]
Many people don’t like talking about our ever increasing human population, more than 6 billion, and likely to be 9 billion by 2050 [2]. For some, population policies bring to mind the human [...]
Eating Locally
Posted in Perth, tagged carbon emissions, farmers market, Garden, greenhouse gas emissions, local food, organic, sustainable living on 24 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Start small and build up your production as your skills increase and you will soon discover the unbridled joy that growing your own food can give – and you can bask in the glow of knowing you are doing your bit – The Diggers Club [1]
I just got The Diggers Club Winter Garden catalogue and [...]
If the price of electricity rises…
Posted in Energy, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions on 4 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…use less electricity.
The daily Perth newspaper has been running lots of articles about the projected rise in electricity prices in the next few years. At the start of April the price increase was thought to be
10% in 2009-10, with similar annual increases to be phased in over the following six to eight years. [1]
In [...]
Cheap Coal for Sure (CCS)
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, greenwash, Indigenous Australians, mining on 25 April 2008 | 9 Comments »
I know I should try to write shorter posts, but once I get started, I can’t seem to stop. So make a cuppa before you start reading.
The New South Wales state government is about to privatise NSW’s electricity generation and the retail electricity market. Former Executive Director of The Australia Institute Clive Hamilton, investigated [...]
Government tall tales
Posted in Australia, Perth, tagged carbon emissions, climate change, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, Perth, Politics on 9 November 2007 | 5 Comments »
Australia is holding a federal election on 24 November 2007. In the past I haven’t voted, but I live in the marginal seat of Stirling and my uncle told me that if I didn’t vote I would be solely responsible for the Howard government staying in power. Perhaps I’ll have to change my anarchistic ways. [...]
Ockham’s Razor and Slime
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biofuels, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse gas emissions, mass media, renewable energy, Science, solar power, Worldwide on 21 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
A while ago I came across the transcript of Robyn Williams’ 2005 interview with Dr Geoffrey Chia. Robyn Williams presents a science program Ockham’s Razor on ABC’s Radio National in Australia. When I was a kid my dad listened to this and I got to know the term Ockham’s Razor. Throughout my childhood I never [...]
2 Fruit and 5 Veg
Posted in Australia, Perth, tagged carbon emissions, compost, cooking, Food, fossil fuel dependence, fruit, Garden, greenhouse gas emissions, herbs, Lazyst, organic, Perth, sustainable living, vegetables on 14 September 2007 | 5 Comments »
Although I have a vegetable garden, I only have a small area. Apart from herbs, I buy most of what I eat. The growing area is getting larger and I just got lots of seeds from the The Diggers Club. This summer my garden should go crazy.
Until recently I bought all my fruit and vegies [...]
Why aren’t there Big Solar Projects in Australia?
Posted in Australia, books, tagged carbon emissions, climate change, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, solar power on 19 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
Businesses developing renewable and energy efficient technologies search in vain for a sympathetic ear in Canberra. (p.66)
Matt from The Coffee House and Environment Solutions asked,
Are there not any big solar building projects going on in Oz?
My original answer to Matt was,
The University of NSW and Australian National University are internationally recognised in solar technology development, [...]
Think on this
"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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