Supporting an Election CampaignSupporting an Election Campaign
Yesterday I handed out “how to vote” cards for the Greens at the state election. It did seem to be a significant waste to have so much paper produced. Slightly[...]
Category: Politics
Linux support by politiciansLinux support by politicians
In two days time we are having a state election in Victoria (Australia). For this election there is only one party with policies that are positive towards free software, that[...]
nuclear power in Australianuclear power in Australia
From Crikey: If a government wanted to figure out how best to defend the country, it wouldn’t hold an inquiry into the air force. It would hold an inquiry into[...]
the death penaltythe death penalty
I have just read the news about Saddam finally receiving the death penalty (it did not seem likely that his case would have any other outcome) and have been thinking[...]
peak oilpeak oil
This PDF (700K) gives a useful summary of the Peak Oil issues. It’s on the Defence in the National Interest (DNI) web site, an interesting site of US conservative political[...]
economics of nuclear powereconomics of nuclear power
It’s interesting to note in this press release from the Australian Greens that Dr Ziggy Switkowski (head of the Prime Minister’s nuclear taskforce) that nuclear power is not economically viable[...]
electric carselectric cars
Here’s an interesting post on the Green’s site about the Indian Reva electric car and the attempts to get a permit to drive it on Australian roads. From the Reva[...]
War On Terror – the gameWar On Terror – the game
TerrorBullGames has just released the board game War On Terror. The first I heard of this was a short article in a local news paper about how much the game[...]
why I joined the Australian Greenswhy I joined the Australian Greens
In 2004 I was browsing the web sites of the various political parties to see how they met my needs. The only party that stood out was the Greens. The[...]
IT companies and toxic wasteIT companies and toxic waste
Greenpeace has an interesting article about how IT companies rank in toxic waste problems. Dell rates quite well, I feel happier about my recent purchase of a large Dell TFT[...]