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A new kind of optimism?

I'm sure most of our visitors here at Change2 came out of the 2007 Federal election with a sense of optimism. Kevin Rudd was going to put a price on carbon, get indigenous reconciliation back on the agenda and take a moral and compassionate stance on asylum seekers. We were also going to see a visionary piece of national infrastructure built; the National Broadband Network.

I'm also sure most of you shared my sense of disappointment at the way the climate debate
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Added by Leon Young on September 7, 2010 at 5:40pm — 1 Comment

Show Your Support for Solar and Wind Feed In Tariffs

There has already been a lot of discussion on feed-in tariffs on this site. A feed-in tariff is a premium rate paid for electricity produced by a renewable source such as a grid connected rooftop solar system or wind turbine, usually over and above the market rate. National gross feed in tariff programs have been… Continue

Added by Leon Young on January 29, 2009 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Google, CO2, and misinformation travelling at the speed of light

The Australian, and just about every other media outlet around the world, recently picked up an interesting story first published by The Times about the quantity of carbon emissions generated by a single Google search. The story claimed amongst other things that two Google searches used the same amount of power as boiling a kettle, and attributed these findings to Harvard Physicist Alex Wissne… Continue

Added by Leon Young on January 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Bio-fuels to save aviation?

One of the more controversial approaches to lowering carbon emissions while dealing with the reality of finite fossil fuel resources is the switch to bio-fuels. While the switch to bio-fuels for cars and farm machinery has been taking place for some years, we are now seeing it hailed as the solution for the aviation industry. Of course the reason the aviation industry is so keen to embrace bio-fuels is that they simply don't have the options that the auto industry has. Electric and… Continue

Added by Leon Young on January 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

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Marta Bioletto commented on Lee Stewart's blog post 'ACT set ambitious emissions targets. A great program or destined to fail?'
I really hope that everybody individually will take seriousely the threat of climate change and acts with consciousness. The ACT Labor Government has set very ambitious targets. 40% gas reduction within 2020, 80% within 2050. Let's see if the 2020 t…
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Has anyone done research to establish what the Federal election result means for development of renewable energy sources in Australia? Jeff
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jardine cody Is surprised nobody has discredited the ideas , giving me nothing to argue for!
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James Vosper commented on Leon Young's blog post 'A new kind of optimism?'
Leon, This is probably the best outcome that we could have hoped for. This phenomenon has happened around the world and we could be looking at a new kind of government.
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