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The NSW Premier, Nathan Rees and Primary Industry Minister Ian MacDonald have both claimed that mining is more important than farming to the state of NSW. The government has based the statement on the relative export value. NSW exported $12.6 billion worth of minerals, largely coal, and only $5.6 billion worth of food. Pam Allan Continue Reading →
From The Land WIDESPREAD rain over many parts of the Australian wheatbelt has helped to lift the emerging wheat crop for growers, especially in northern NSW and in the Wimmera in Victoria. In Queensland, the rain has been moving east into parts of the southern wheatbelt from the slow-moving low hovering over Qld’s south-west pastoral Continue Reading →
From Stock and Land The Federal Government is set to buy up to 300 billion litres of water entitlement out of Victoria in the next five years. After days of speculation about negotiations between the Feds and the Victorian Government, confirmation came today that the Commonwealth would be able to buy up to 300 billion Continue Reading →
From the Land IN ANOTHER sign that more dry weather may be on the way, the Bureau of Meteorology reports that the eastern Indian Ocean is cooling. It follows yesterday’s forecast of a return to El Nino conditions later this year. The Bureau says that when the waters off Western Australia heat up, evaporation pumps Continue Reading →
There has never been a more important time to invest in green technologies, yet many of us believe these efforts are doomed to failure. What nonsense, writes Chris Goodall
Myth 1: solar power is too expensive to be of much use
In reality, today’s bulky and expensive solar panels capture only 10% or so of the sun’s energy, but rapid innovation in the US means that the next generation of panels will be much thinner, capture far more of the energy in the sun’s light and cost a fraction of what they do today. They may not even be made of silicon. First Solar, the largest manufacturer of thin panels, claims that its products will generate electricity in sunny countries as cheaply as large power stations by 2012.
The mammoth in the freezer
Policy makers regard official projections on sea-level rise as exaggeration, but the figures have been understated, argues John Collee.
So it’s not surprising that, in order to avoid any accusations of bias, members of the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have taken pains to avoid making claims that may seem exaggerated or alarmist.