Air Conditioners & Increasing Energy Prices: Not Cool!
I get heartily fed up with the dishonesty of power company spokespeople, conservative politicians and Rupert’s Media, all peddling the line that increases in electricity prices are all down to...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Scam: The Howard Johnson HoJo Motor
Perpetual Motion, Internet Scams, and the Howard Johnson (HoJo) Motor. Today I received a spam email with a Subject field that promised ‘Free Energy’, thanks to the ‘HoJo Motor’. Now I love ‘Free’ as...
View ArticleFree: Climate Change eBook by CSIRO
Climate Change: Science & Solutions for Australia Frankly, the science is settled. Climate change happens. Global warming IS taking place. Human activity IS contributing to global warming. There...
View ArticleCarbon Tax Introduction: The Sky Won’t Fall In
This Sunday sees the introduction of Australia’s ‘Carbon Tax’. The ‘Chicken Littles’ of our country, with Tony Abbott as chorus-leader, and assisted by complicit or compliant media, have been running...
View ArticleThe Greenland Ice Sheet, the Ocean Conveyor, and Abrupt Climate Change
Last week I read a very troubling headline. “Greenland ice sheet albedo continues dropping at highest elevations”, it said. Now that doesn’t sound like ‘changing the world as we know it’-type news,...
View ArticleEl Nino Returns To Australia
El Nino is a cyclical weather pattern, where warming of the Central and Eastern Pacific areas leads to major shifts in weather patterns across the Pacific Ocean. El Nino tends to bring hotter, drier...
View ArticleWhat A Wondrous Universe: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
In the 1950’s, my best friend, Robert, introduced me to astronomy. I introduced him to stamp collecting. I definitely got the better of the deal- the stamp collecting is now a thing of the past for me,...
View ArticleArbor Day
Arbor Day: Inspiring People To Plant, Nurture, and Celebrate Trees As the level of CO2 in the atmosphere relentlessly rises towards 400 parts per million mark, we seem to be incapable, as a species, of...
View ArticleAtmospheric CO2 Level Hits 400ppm. Milestone
On May 9th., 2013, humanity reached new heights. But not a high we can be proud of. The American National Oceanograhic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the 400 parts per million...
View ArticleArbor Day
Arbor Day: Inspiring People To Plant, Nurture, and Celebrate Trees As the level of CO2 in the atmosphere relentlessly rises towards 400 parts per million mark, we seem to be incapable, as a species, of...
View ArticleFree: The East Solar Expo & Conference
The East Solar Conference & Expo, being held in Melbourne in August, is free to attend. The East Solar Conference & Expo For many years, I have been a Committee Member of the Australian Energy...
View ArticleJuabar: Bringing Electricity to Eastern Africa through a Fleet of Solar Kiosks
In recent years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that 585 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, with the electrification rate as low as 14.2% in rural...
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