Another good one from MatthewWright, 10 ways in which many people get less value for money from solar installers who should know better.
>readmore> ClimateSpectator
Looks like even more (un)government, by simple and obvious catch phrases, which never mean anything, with corrections in conflict, all designed to keep Phoney Tony in the headlines. Does he think we’ll get “comfortable and relaxed” with his smirky appearance and have blind faith in whatever he says? Look out for generous indulgences to St Rupert before next year’s election.
>readmore> RenewEconomy
Convincing description about how a conventional house can be built, on a very conventional budget, to be exceptionally energy and ecologically self sufficient.
>hear.mp3 or read more> ABC RN Science Show
On Friday morning, March 20, a solar eclipse will sweep across Europe. This rare aligning of the sun, moon, and Earth will cause the standard delays and hazards as onlookers get distracted by the unusual sky and the darkness it casts. But this time around, there is a new cause for concern: solar power.
>readmore> ThinkProgress
From a speech by Minister Julie Bishop last year “Within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade we will establish a new Development Innovation Hub to drive increased innovation throughout Australia’s aid program” Today, on RN Breakfast, celebrity for opening ceremony is well known climate change denier Bjorn Lomborg. His tune has changed a little, nominating that, to improve the world and raise people out of poverty, $549Billion subsidies to fossil fuels is unreasonable burden on world economy. How about that? Of course, it’s so safe for him to say, because himself and governments are so dependent on fossil fuel “donations” that subsidies won’t be moving any time soon. Then, back on gospel, current renewable energy technology is not cost effective, to the extent that money should not be wasted on any further projects, not until R&D comes up with solutions that are simple and cheap!! Isn’t simple and cheap the greed which kills the goose that lays the golden egg? After so much demolition of budgets, for established R&D facilities, e.g. complete closure CSIRO Forest Research, do we really need a new one, with so much scam potential, in a department so far away from R&D community?
Here’s another disease sneaking into Australia after decimating citrus industry in USA, and other countries, to the extent that even Florida and California now need to import! Botanist and writer Professor David Mabberley says that the threat to citrus from a variety of bacteria is forever present. One of the diseases that can befall citrus, the citrus greening disease, is one of the most severe plant diseases in the world and can affect any variety of citrus trees. Once a tree is infected, there is no cure. But we must have faith in Trade Minister Robb that he will “deliver us from evil”, the kind which allows cost cutting, lazy biosecurity, enshrined in Free Trade Agreements.
>read/hearmore.mp3> ABC RN Ockham’s Razor
Many of us already know about worldwide collapse of bee populations, possibly caused by climate change, representing big risk to fertility of all food crops, but looks like we can expect more. “Its insidious, highly transient nature and the fact there is no effective chemical or biological control prompted one banana researcher to describe TR4 as being “worse than Ebola” in the plant world. “At least with Ebola, when everybody in the village has died, the disease is gone. With TR4, this disease never goes away,” he explained to an industry briefing in Mareeba. How did it get here? Did it come from the Northern Territory where an outbreak of TR4 destroyed the banana industry in the late 1990s? What can be done to stop it from spreading to other farms? And what, if any, options are available to growers who find TR4 already on their properties. The stakes could not be higher for Australia’s $600Million banana industry.”
>readmore> ABC RN
Best known quote from W’s wild man Rumsfeld, was “you can know about known knowns, and known unknowns but not unknown unknowns”. This story from Tas Van Ommen Program Leader, Australian Antarctic Division reveals results of latest investigation that this glacier, resting on submarine ridge, with immense weight of ice above it, is subject to warm water current, which risks separation and tumble into deep ocean. On its own, it can cause 3.5m(not a typo!) sea level rise. Will all Tony’s horses and all Tony’s bigots be able to put this one back together again. Fat chance.
>hearmore.mp3> ABC RN Breakfast
Poignant as ever, George Monbiot about how big IPCC conferences have achieved so little. “Darling you’ve re-arranged the deckchairs beautifully. It’s a breakthrough!” Finalising with idea that, for Paris conference, how about international agreement allocating permits for each country to limit fossil fuel production to just 20% of reserves. It’s clear as, that 80% must stay in the ground, so how about agreement which amounts to love, not posturing by military powers, threatening war.
>readmore> Monbiot
For electric-powered transportation to make good climate sense in a given region, no more than roughly 0.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent should be emitted into the atmosphere for every MWh(Megawatt-hour) of electricity generated. The clock is ticking on carbon intensity, and nations need to slash their electric power emissions below the 0.6 tonne mark by 2020 in order to meet international goal of keeping global warming to no more than 2 degrees he said. After 2020, all nations must act fast to reduce intensity by more than 90 per cent by 2050 to prevent further warming.
>readmore> ClimateSpectator
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