Energy Efficiency

Prominent scientist and author Dr. Peter Gleick has admitted to duping the heavily biased conservative USA think tank The Heartland Institute into releasing sensitive documents about its budget and its payments to climate-change sceptics all over the world. Dr Gleick published a statement on the internet apologising for obtaining the documents by deceptive means, which had [...]

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Recently (in the SMH) Barry O’Farrell (NSW Premier) said his government will back the ethanol mandate, under which oil companies must ensure 6% of their fuel sold is ethanol, because it provides regional jobs, fuel security and environmental benefits. Quite rightly, the oil companies oppose the decision of an ethanol mandate, yet Mr O’Farrell said ‘they can go hang; this [...]

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Ms Julia Gillard (millionairesss prime minister of Ostralia), when asked just prior to signing additional loan documentation to continue borrowings in the order of abour $100 million a day, said the European nations deserved to be suffering credit downgrades; she said they had it coming because they avoided making tough financial decisions. Sarkozy (who has [...]

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In 2011, South Australia drew more than 20 % of its electricity from wind turbines; while in Victoria the Baillieu government all but gutted the industry by requiring two-kilometre set-backs from houses, ruling out new turbines in vast tracts of the state and the NSW O’Farrell government considers whether to follow Victoria or South Australia. Why? The [...]

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Both the Australian federal government and Queensland state government have proven they are unable and incapable of implementing affordable housing as the numer of homeless Australian continues to grow. The Salvation Army indicated that it will need to feed 2.2 million Australians at Christmas … all in an environment of massive earnings from royalties for [...]

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