Carbon Footprints

Pretty much the whole of Australia is on track to be completely carbon neutral if the Australian Federal Department of Climate Change gets their way. How will this amazing feat be achieved? By redefining the term ‘carbon neutral’.
Yesterday I attended a meeting of most of the key members of the Australian Carbon Offset [...]

Part three of Al Gore’s 2009 presentation to AAAS, from YouTube
Scientific American is reporting from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that “At AAAS, Al Gore urges scientists to get involved in climate change debate“.
Fresh from adding a Grammy to his mantle Sunday, former vice president Al Gore told scientists gathered here for [...]

The fossil fuel industries are the most destructive forces on the planet. Coal mining fatalities are so high that you can measure electric power in lives as well as megawatt hours. We all understand that burning of fossil fuels is one of the primary causes of global warming, but spare a thought for [...]

I just watched the most amazing TED talk from 2003, by Bill Gross, founder of IdeaLab and CEO of Energy Innovations. If you watch the whole video above Bill explains the development of his Solar Sunflower and it’s brilliant. In the video he’s using genetic algorithms to optimise old-school tech like Stirling Engines [...]

The Associated Press is reporting Climate warming gases rising faster than expected.
Despite widespread concern over global warming, humans are adding carbon to the atmosphere even faster than in the 1990s, researchers warned Saturday.
Carbon dioxide and other gases added to the air by industrial and other activities have been blamed for rising temperatures, increasing worries about [...]

Reuters is reporting on a new Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage.
On its official company blog, Google said it is developing a smart grid tool called Google PowerMeter that will show home energy consumption almost in real time on a user’s computer.
Google PowerMeter is currently being tested by employees and is not yet available [...]

AFP is reporting “Windstorms batter France, Britain on flood alert“, and highlights that
Hurricane-force gusts of up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) per hour battered France’s west coast late Monday as the second major storm in two weeks barrelled in from the Atlantic.
Bracing for severe winds, authorities shut down Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports [...]

Photo “Fire over the ridge at dusk” by Kath Knight, used with permission.
In the wake of the most devestating natural disaster to ever hit Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald is saying what many of us are thinking, writing “Scientists warned us this was going to happen“.
The fires of Saturday were not “once in 1000 years” [...]