"For centuries man had employed the power of wind to further his activities and it was not until the advent of the combustion engine that he was released from the constraints of the wind’s fickle nature. Utilising fossil fuels has brought on rapid … [Read more...] about Wind Farm Kills Eagles
Energy & Nuclear
Double the Number, Half the Price: Toyoto’s Vision for Hybrid Cars
Toyota is reported at CNN to be going to double the number of hybrid cars in its vehicle line-up soon after 2010 meaning it has targetted sales of 1 million hybrid cars annually. I wonder what percentage of total sales this will make … [Read more...] about Double the Number, Half the Price: Toyoto’s Vision for Hybrid Cars
Counting Energy Efficiencies: Wooden Verus Cement Floors
At the recent Timber Communities Australia national conference, prominent federal Labor politician Martin Ferguson called for a rethink of the national energy efficiency standards for residential buildings in Australia. He told conference … [Read more...] about Counting Energy Efficiencies: Wooden Verus Cement Floors
Reflections on World Environment Day 2006
It's World Environment Day and I woke to hear Australia's MInister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer talking up the possibility of the Australian Government building a nuclear power station to run a water desalination plant for Adelaide. Adelaide … [Read more...] about Reflections on World Environment Day 2006
Worrying About Dragons in the Age of Asia
I spent yesterday at a conference in Brisbane hearing about "the future" and Australia’s place in "The Age of Asia". I enjoyed the talk at lunch by P.P.Shukla, the Indian High Commissioner to Australia, titled ‘The Emergence of Asia from India’s … [Read more...] about Worrying About Dragons in the Age of Asia
20 Years Since Chernobyl
Twenty years ago, on 26th April 1986, there was a disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. There was no containment building and a plume of radioactive fallout drifted over parts of … [Read more...] about 20 Years Since Chernobyl
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
