It is very hard to find anything to match petroleum in the energy density stakes.
As Rob Hopkins says in the TED Talk introductory video on our front page:
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It is very hard to find anything to match petroleum in the energy density stakes.
As Rob Hopkins says in the TED Talk introductory video on our front page:
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Queensland:
The story: Emissions from energy last week fell by 6.7% with reduced emissions from all fuel sources.
Weekly Snapshot (in million tonnes CO2e):
Total emissions:1.512
I’ve been analysing our electricity bills and observe the following:
Domestic power prices (Tariff 11) show a smooth exponential increase in price EXCEPT that they introduced a Service Charge (Tariff
There seems to be a lot of focus on needing a “zero emission baseload” especially by those who then advocate nuclear power.
These words do not automatically have to be coupled to solve our
Great option at this time of the year for folks who live on a ridge like Plucks Road. Not viable for those of us down in the vale and there’s not enough water in Kedron Brook for micro-hydro either.
The Queensland Government has conceded that QLD’s competitive power market is having the perverse impact of increasing prices for power. The Queensland Competition Authority allows electricity
Many thanks Clare. All good ideas. I agree about trying to incorporate a ‘Grove’ focus (but I have no ideas about how we might do that right now). I’ll mull it over and share anything
Australia had better move off coal dependency fast! It is a dodo.
http://www.flixxy.com/the-future-of-energy-is-here.htm
I have been sent this link to an inspiring TED talk on the future of carbon in
98% of the transport industry’s energy comes from fossil fuels. This cannot be sustained. Australia needs to move to renewable and sustainable fuels such as biofuels.
Biofuels represent an environmentally
The solar panels themselves would be least likely to suffer damage. Wiring circuit breakers and inverters are more likely to have suffered from water damage. If any of these parts have been submerged