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 [...]
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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 »
What the world needs now is a Revolution
Posted in Energy, tagged book review, books, climate change, Greenpeace, renewable energy, sustainable living on 8 August 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m trying to only blog on the weekend (so I will actually write my thesis) but today is such an auspicious date, so I had to post before the weekend.
All balance is being destroyed. The Gulf Stream is dying and climate change will spread deserts over the face of the Earth. In just fifty years [...]
A year of solar water heating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, House, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 25 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hot water accounts for more than 30% of energy used in the home. [1]
I’ve had solar water heating for a year. I wanted a gas booster, rather than the electric booster which was installed. My dad (who is my landlord) has had bad experiences with a gas booster, so he didn’t get one. He [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
GreenPower
Posted in Australia, tagged Australian Conservation Foundation, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, House, renewable energy, sustainable living, Western Australia on 8 July 2007 | 6 Comments »
Many electricity companies sell power from renewable sources, but depending on where you live, different options are available. Western Australia doesn’t have as many electricity companies as the eastern states of Australia because the industry was only recently deregulated and until a few years ago electricity was provided by a state government owned company.
Perth has [...]
Electricity from the Sun
Posted in Australia, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, House, passive solar design, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable living, wind power on 14 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have a long term plan to build my own sustainably designed house. When I build this house I want to install solar panels to generate my own electricity. The house would still be connected to grid electricity. At times when the sun was shining I might produce more electricity than I use and [...]
More Desalination?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, climate change, fossil fuel dependence, government, Recycling, renewable energy, saving water, Water, Western Australia on 17 May 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Western Australian government is so happy with its water desalination plant in Kwinana, an outer suburb of Perth, that they are planning more plants. This week plans for a second desalination plant were announced at Binningup in the Shire of Harvey, 155km south of Perth and near the regional city Bunbury. This is after [...]
Not more advice on how to Green my Life!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australian Conservation Foundation, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, climate change, Family, fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse effect, mass media, renewable energy, sustainable living, Water, Western Australia on 18 April 2007 | 1 Comment »
I used to have no knowledge of current affairs, but Michael moved in and turned my world upside down. He sabotaged my innocent little tv (that only ever knew DVDs) with a coat-hanger aerial (we don’t waste money on materialistic goods, we make our own!). Now I get sucked into the almighty box every night. [...]
Kyoto in 2010
Posted in Australia, tagged carbon emissions, carbon neutral, climate change, Dissent, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power, Worldwide on 15 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Australian Greenhouse Office of the Federal government projects Australia’s greenhouse emissions trends. Tracking to the Kyoto Target was released last year just before Christmas (so no one would notice it). Even though Australia never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, a government department has still found Australia will not meet its Kyoto target of 108 per [...]
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"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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I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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