Energy Efficiency

Over the last 20 years or so, various bureaucrats under different federal governments have surveyed and even drilled for oil on the Great Barrier Reef; one could suggest that the data – relevant only to oil companies – could form part of a ‘dowry’ to oil companies when said public servant/s jump ship for a better paying [...]

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BP officials tried to take control of a $500m fund pledged by the oil company for independent research into the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, it has emerged. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show BP officials openly discussing how to influence the work of scientists supported by the fund, [...]

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If Australians want to get an insight into how things will pan out here, they only have to look at America. Despite soaring unemployment and the 19 million Americans currently living in “deep poverty”, federal funds for the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) program have entirely dried up for the first time since 1996, [...]

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In Australia, there is talk of nuclear power as the solution, but really, the following story of inaction by the government is a warning to us here in Australia. In the USA, tens of thousands of tons of potentially lethal radioactive waste have been piling up across the nation for more than a generation, but [...]

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The latest U.S. Treasury Z1 Flow of Funds report was released on March 11, 2010, bringing the data current through the end of 2009. What follows is the most important chart of your lifetime. It relegates almost all modern economists and economic theory to the dustbin of history. Any economic theory, formula, or relationship that [...]

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