Energy Efficiency

The Optimum Population Trust, based in the UK, has proposed a radical method to tackle climate change. The trust recently compared the costs of six carbon-reducing measures. To save a ton of CO2 requires an investment of $131 in electric-vehicle technology, $51 in solar energy, and $18 in wind. It takes $57 to capture and [...]

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The reality is that governments know we are headed for tough energy poor times; its not just the exploding population growth, the reduced available fresh water, the fact we import more and more food every year because we can no longer grow it; it’s because the cheapest form of energy is being frittered away. Like [...]

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This one minute video explains in a language anyone can understand, why continued population and economic growth isn’t possible …. http://www.impossiblehamster.org/

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In another disturbing display of human ignorance, the following story is about how – now that we have upset the balance and natural order of things – we will even further increase the use of energy to counter the over-use of energy …   Nature, 426-427 (28 January 2010) | doi:10.1038/463426a; Published online 27 January [...]

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A press release for Anna Bligh (currently Queensland’s Premier), once again shows a government and person out of touch with reality with her ‘High Level Team to Hlep Qld Stay Ahead of Growth’. Seems pretty simple to me, get rid of Bligh and Labor and the Coalition or any party that supports continued population growth [...]

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