Energy Efficiency

In late February, the federal government press release was that they had made changes to the renewable energy target scheme, saying that, by doing so, it will enable it to exceed a 20 % target by 2020.
Market demand for the scheme from new large-scale projects, such as wind farms and solar energy plants, has [...]

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Many years ago after A Silent Spring, DDT was banned but the USA still makes this toxic chemical to sell overseas to poorer nation; but lax standards, a fast buck and a total dis-interest in fellow being’s good health has seen a weedkiller that causes sex change in frogs also impact on American males.
Movies made [...]

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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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Its amazing isn’t it, the Australian government mandating the use of biofuel even though biofuel is high on energy consumption and low of energy ouput; the Victorian government allows the burning of old growth forests to be sold as ‘green energy’ and in Europe, the European Commission is trying to force biodiesel – from palm oil - onto European [...]

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