[Peakoil] CT Fri 30 Jun 2006

[Antony Barry]

Todays bit and pieces were delayed as I was doing the level 4 suduko ;-)


"McGauran Incurs the wrath os 'fraudulent' wind farm industry" p.4
Amongst other things he said "these wind farms are not producing any  
electricity of any  measurable amount".

I believe that the energy pay back time of wind farms is better than  
ANY other power generation source.

Numerous version of the story at http://news.google.com/news? 
hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.abc.net.au/am/c
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"Task force to tackle airport gridlock" by Katherine Dutt P.4
Article raise the question as to who pays but not whether long term  
there will be increased traffic.
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"Oil pessimists"
Tow Warning, a regular letter writer responds to Jenny Goldie's  
letter and mine. He takes the techno-optimist viewpoint. I might  
respond ;-]
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"A vision for the future is needed" by Clive Williams
Bemoans lack of long term planning. Identifies global warming and  
water as problems out to 2050 but not energy.
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"Rio limbos under the cost barrier for budget conscious" p.18
Reports on RAA and RACV cost of operating various cars and highlights  
the higher cost of running hybrids.
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Tony

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