Rallying for a Carbon Tax 5th JuneRallying for a Carbon Tax 5th June
It’s not that common to have a rally in favor of creating a new tax, but today I attended the Melbourne rally in favor of a “carbon tax” [1], it[...]
Tag: Environment
Ziggy’s Lecture about Nuclear PowerZiggy’s Lecture about Nuclear Power
The Event I just attended a lecture by Dr Ziggy Switkowski (see the above picture) on the topic of nuclear power, for a long time Ziggy has been the most[...]
Climate Action Now Rally Melbourne 12th MarchClimate Action Now Rally Melbourne 12th March
This morning I attended the Climate Action Now rally to support a pollution tax [1]. The event was well attended, my personal estimate of the number of people there was[...]
ReWineReWine
I have just discovered an innovative Melbourne company that has apparently been running for five years. ReWine is a wine seller that sells bottles of wine and then refills the[...]
New Lamps for Old – Light Changing and BurglaryNew Lamps for Old – Light Changing and Burglary
A few weeks ago I had a guy from “enviro saver” visit my home to replace incandescent globes with CFLs. Â The original plan was to deliver a water-saver shower head[...]
Bad Math at TEDBad Math at TED
TED.com is a site that is known for very high quality content. Unfortunately on occasion they do get things wrong. Rob Hopkins in his talk at TED Global 2009 claimed[...]
The Millennium Seed BankThe Millennium Seed Bank
Jonathan Drori gave an interesting TED talk about the Millenium Seed Bank [1]. The potential for discovering new uses of plants for food, medicine, and construction is obvious, so it[...]
The Future of Electric CarsThe Future of Electric Cars
TED published an interesting interview with Shai Agassi about electric cars [1]. One idea that I hadn’t heard before is that of moving car batteries between regions as they lose[...]
Google Server DesignGoogle Server Design
Cnet has an article on the design of the Google servers [1]. It seems that their main servers are 2RU systems with a custom Gigabyte motherboard that takes only 12V[...]
Inhaling Petrol FumesInhaling Petrol Fumes
Tonight at 6PM the channel 7 news will have a special report about the dangers of inhaling fumes while filling cars with petrol. I’m blogging now because based on past[...]