Energy Efficiency

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

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Coal Industry Tactics to Kill Environment

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Last night (Oct 20th) I saw an advertisement where a ‘coal miner’ used various tactics to intimidate, reason with or do a snow-job to convince the public that jobs were at stake by meeting the ETS (emission trading scheme).
What is clearly an initiative by the Coal Industry, they want to only pay for emissions post [...]

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Tags: australia · climate change · coal · environment · industry

Minister for Spin – light-heavyweight Stephen Robertson

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s amazing how Anna Bligh and all the other big names in Labor (Federal, State or Local) have a crack at the art of spin.
Now you will have noticed I said have a crack as opposed to mastered.
The reason they haven’t mastered it is because increasingly, more and more people are seeing through the [...]

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Tags: economy · energy · industry · politics · queensland

Bomb Bonus a Bum Deal on Wheels

March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

It has been reported that the MTA is calling on the Government to introduce a cash-for-cars scheme; this brave new stimulus plan will further gouge the public purse and reward people who haven’t bought a new car and drive one older than 10 years and penalize those who have, by missing out on the mooted [...]

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Tags: australia · industry