Energy Efficiency

When the Midnight Oils were doing their thing, I found Garrett a little disturbing with his antics; however, like most Aussies and overseas fans were concerned, he spoke of things avoided and high-lighted injustices of the ’system’; that was until he became part of it.
Now Garrett is supposed to be smart, a solicitor no less, [...]

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Many years ago, the CSIRO developed the world’s first computer (we only recently – after extensive litigation with the kings of theft (the USA) – started receiving royalties) but this idea was squashed by politicans.
Fast forward to the 1960’s and Australia boasted the oldest branch of the International Solar Energy Society.
Today, despite an abundance of [...]

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The Courier Mail recently ran a politcial press release as a story, with the usual mix of spin of gain to off-set some already released or to be released counter-productive story.
In this case it was the Clive Palmer coal mine touted to create thousands of jobs by the chief spruiker – who is not taken [...]

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SOLAR energy developers of all shape, sizes and systems are converging on Canberra this week to lodge their applications — they must be hand-delivered — for the first round of selection trials for the federal government’s $1.4 billion Solar Flagships program.
The Solar Flagships is being built up to be one of the key planks of [...]

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