Energy Efficiency

climate change, energy resources and the big picture: an Australian perspective on global issues

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Alternative Energy Stillborn?

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

We know that alternative energy technologies have provided a way for us to harness wind and sun energy and make electric cars and low energy lighting, but there is a problem.
Not so much as problem as paradox.
The Middle East is known for its oil reserves,  Australia for energy resources like coal, uranium and some ‘rare [...]

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Tags: alternative energy · china · rare earth

Boom and Bust, Australia Next?

September 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Previously I’ve commented on the crash of the US$; where America started as a world saviour (or was it just our first taste of spin-doctoring) when they entered the second world war.
Americans (and for that matter the rest of the world) were warned by USA President Eisenhower that corporations and the military were [...]

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Tags: asia · australia · big picture · china · europe · money · north america · south america · usa

Peak Oil – Are We There Yet?

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

America is on the ropes and its ‘trainer’ – China – is also struggling.
Just as Kevin Rudd is weighing up borrowing more money to pump into the economy to make it look like its business as usual, so too is China wondering how much more money to pump into the American economy to buy Chinese [...]

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Tags: africa · asia · australia · big picture · china · energy · money · north america · oil · politics · russia · south america · usa

Captain kRudd, Prime Minister For Sell-Outs

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments

In a recent article, the Courier Mail posed the question ‘are we to become the new Tibet?’ as China bankrolls Kevin Rudd’s stimulus plan by buying government bonds; Captain kRudd then – demonstrating gymnastics skills that only a two faced politician could master or a unsure punter or consummate brown-noser (take your pick or all [...]

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Tags: australia · china · economy