The twentieth century way of life has been made available, largely due to the miracle of cheap energy. The price of energy has been at record lows for the past century and a half.As oil becomes increasingly scarce, it is becoming obvious to everyone, that the rapid economic and industrial growth we have enjoyed for that time is not sustainable.Now, the hunt is on. For renewable sources of energy, for alternative sources of energy, for a way of life that is less dependent on cheap energy.Â
LNP said no uranium mining: green group From: AAP September 16, 20127:33PM 0 ENVIRONMENTALISTS say the Queensland government has reneged on its election promise to keep a ban on uranium mining. Resources Minister Andrew Cripps called for a discussion on Friday after the Queensland Resources Council said it was time to lift the decades-long ban. Continue Reading →
Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness: Mount FujiNBCNews.com“They always forget about the volcanoes,” he said. “The government has never included Mount Fuji in its earthquake scenarios.” Fujii’s job is to change that. More than a year after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown that scarred a …See all stories on this Continue Reading →
Fw: Study: 144,000 wind turbines at sea could power East Coast Inbox tFrom: MSNBC News Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 11:22 PM Subject: Study: 144,000 wind turbines at sea could power East Coast Placing wind turbines off the East Coast could meet the entire demand for electricity from Florida to Maine, according to engineering Continue Reading →
Benefits of thorium as alternative nuclear fuel are ‘overstated’ A report on thorium’s potential says the UK should continue to research the technology but downplays proponents’ claims Share24 Email Mark Halper guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 07.00 BST Jump to comments (68) Thorium, which has been hailed as an alternative nuclear fuel. Photograph: Pallava Bagla/Corbis Continue Reading →
Open-cut mine threat to Gardens of Stone by: Malcolm Holland From:The Daily Telegraph September 14, 201212:00AM 0 Conservationists fear open-cut mining will destroy one of the state’s most stunning landscapes at Ben Bullen State Forest. Source: Supplied A MASSIVE open-cut coal mine which would raze almost 1000ha of state forest has outraged conservationists, raised major Continue Reading →
Coal Seam Gas green light shocks lobbyists ABCUpdated September 12, 2012, 8:55 pm tweet1 Email Print The Premier Barry O’Farrell has defended his Government’s renewal of Coal Seam Gas exploration licenses. A moratorium on fracking and a freeze on licensing was lifted yesterday with the announcement of a new Strategic Land Use Policy The policy Continue Reading →