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Energy/Transport – Letter RACV promoting public transport
Have been impressed with Royal Auto magazine lately, especially “from the president” in November issue. Statement, that Melbourne will become less liveable without improved public transport, especially high speed train, from City to Tullamarine airport, is a very pleasant read. … Continue reading
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Climate/Durban – Great expectations
Immediately after the UN Climate Summit in Durban, there are encouraging reports. Despite delay, committments are made to legally binding emissions reductions. Here’s a couple of precedents which can be expected to accelerate action: 1. International Energy Agency: “On planned … Continue reading
Humour/economic theory to help world go around
Funny possible solution for Euro crisis, which could have shifted economics off front page news, so that media attention would have appropriate high priority for Climate Summit in Durban LittleGreekVillageP contributed by Bernie McComb
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Climate/temperature – Trend graphs
Here’s the history of global warming for temperature and CO2: KeelingCurvesP contributed by Ray Astbury
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Managing Catastrophic risk
URL below takes you to a paper by Ian Dunlop, credentials listed as senior executive in fossil fuel corporation(s), offering surprisingly severe warnings about doing nothing: http://cpd.org.au/2011/07/ian-dunlop-managing-catastrophic-risk/
What is Ocean Acidification?
Brochure free download: Handout – What is Ocean Acidifcation?
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BookReview / Climate Code Red
Authors David Spratt and Philip Sutton, publisher Scribe are all Australian and complimented by key people around the world. It’s the most highly recommended reading when you decide that it really is time to try to make sense of all … Continue reading
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Climategate 2
Just before the last Climate Summit in Copenhagen, one of Rupert Murdoch’s minions, James Delingpole, at Daily Telegraph UK, spawned the name Climategate to get headline attention, around the world, to publicise that somebody had extracted thousands of emails from … Continue reading
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Energy/buildings/commercial-Not mandatory energy efficiency
Watching the building of Woolies shopping centre in Cowes, the usual concrete slab box, it was astonishing to see final installation of huge windows, all single glazed. It’s the same at new Woolies in Kooweerup. Concrete walls are poor insulators. … Continue reading
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