My colleague Alan Moran, had an article published in Melbourne's Herald Sun on the weekend. I was interested in his comment about the relative cost of different electricity sources in a Victorian context. He wrote: "Extracting carbon dioxide from … [Read more...] about Cost of ‘Green’ Electricity
Energy & Nuclear
Shortage of Gas, Not Oil
While discussion in 2005 was about imminent oil shortages - often under the title 'peak oil' - interesting the first significant energy crisis in 2006 is all about gas. How difficult the future is to predict. A good summary of the situation in … [Read more...] about Shortage of Gas, Not Oil
Victorian Government : Water & Energy Use Up
I have previously written about the Victorian Government's push to make us more sustainable including by only washing our hair once a week, click here for more information and my earlier blog piece is here. Now, according to ABC Online, the … [Read more...] about Victorian Government : Water & Energy Use Up
Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
I thought it was cattle and cane that was driving the destruction of rainforests in the Brazilian Amazon, but according to an article in New Scientist titled Forests paying the price for biofuels by Fred Pearce, it is soybean grown for … [Read more...] about Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
Galarrwuy Yunupingu Says Yes to Nuclear Waste
The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Clare Martin, has said she will fight "tooth and nail" the building of even a small nuclear waste facility in the Territory. Australia produces nuclear waste at Lucus Heights., where the Sydney facility … [Read more...] about Galarrwuy Yunupingu Says Yes to Nuclear Waste
Farms Run on Oil
Farm Online has the following report on the impact of rising oil prices on Australian farm businesses: Farm incomes have been tipped to fall by a third in 2005-06, despite the optimism generated from the winter crop comeback and good prices for many … [Read more...] about Farms Run on Oil
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
