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admin /13 August, 2010
‘Cheap’ solar geoengineering plans may have unintended consequences
Ecologist
12th August, 2010
Researchers warn that individual countries looking to go it alone with ‘cheap’ solutions to regional climate change could inflict negative impacts on the rest of world
Large-scale ‘geoengineering’ interventions to alter the climate, such as increasing cloud cover to deflect solar radiation, may not work on a global scale, a new study has warned.
As climate change predictions worsen and international negotiations prove slow and unambitious, ‘quick, techno-fix’ solutions to alter the world’s climate are gaining support.
admin /13 August, 2010
GetUp! wins case for online voter registration
Updated 33 minutes ago
Australians will now be able to enrol to vote online after the Federal Court ruled in favour of political activist group GetUp!’s case against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). (ABC News)
Australians will now be able to enrol to vote online after the Federal Court ruled in favour of political activist group GetUp!’s case against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
GetUp! had taken the AEC to the court, challenging electoral laws that prevented voters from enrolling online.
admin /13 August, 2010
The Technologies are there, They just need to be put into practise.
.Rooftop Solar rays hit each square metre of roof space at
just under 1600 Watts.The power is there, we just need to utilise it.
Neville.
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Electricity for railways
The Social Invention:
Solar powered cars have been talked about for some time. Indeed I believe there is an annual race to find the fastest. Cars are actually to small to collect enough power from the sun, and solar powerd cars are specially designed lightweigh one-man vehicles. Not really practical vehicles.
However, it is actually a much more practical proposition to build a solar powered railway in many parts of the world.
Railways require a swathe of land probably on average about 20 metres across. Thus every kilometre of track could provide 20,000 square metres of solar collector.
admin /13 August, 2010
How to be fully renewable in 10 years
BEN CUBBY Largest wind farm in southern hemisphere for Victoria
AUSTRALIA could switch completely to renewable energy within a decade by building a dozen vast, new solar power stations and about 6500 wind turbines, according to a major new study.
The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan – a collaboration between Melbourne University’s Energy Research Institute, the environment group Beyond Zero Emissions and engineers Sinclair Knight Merz, puts the cost at $37 billion in private funding and public investment every year for the next decade.
admin /12 August, 2010
Hi there, My name is Jenny Rose. I’m a mum of two grown up daughters, a retired teacher and a keen gardener. I started volunteering with the Greens several elections ago, because I was disgusted with the Howard Government’s lack of action on climate change. Over the years I’ve watched the Greens support continue to Continue Reading →
admin /12 August, 2010
Since this ad went to air on ABC’s Gruen Nation on Wednesday night, the Greens office has been inundated with messages and phone calls asking us to put the ad on air. Gruen panelist and Leo Burnett CEO Todd Sampson said that “it was the best ad the Greens have ever done”.
So, first thing Thursday morning we contacted Republic of Everyone to ask if we could use it and they agreed. Unfortunately, it looks like ABC editorial policy means it won’t run on TV. But if you love this ad you can share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter using the buttons below. We might not be able to run the ad on TV, but that doesn’t mean we can’t help tens of thousands more people see the ad before Election Day.
