Electrifying Bradfield

Recently, the perennial debate about Australia building nuclear power stations has once again emerged. Once again, much of the comment demonstrates ignorance and myth!

* There are numerous reasons for why Australia should not engage in nuclear power. However, for me whether we 'should' build nuclear power stations or not is irrelevant. There is a more important argument than 'should' we! it is that Australia has NO NEED to develop nuclear power because we have more than sufficient renewable energy, particularly from sunlight!

Results from a recent study in California concludes that increasing the number of EVs on our roads might not only be positive for our environment but for our health as well. [see Garcia.E., Johnston.J., and others. 'California's early transition to electric vehicles:Observed health and air quality co-benefits'. Science of the Total Environment, Elvisier, V867, 1 :https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723003765?via%3Dihub]

There's been a lot of negative speculation about how our waste depots will be overflowing with electric car batteries that can no longer power our EV cars!- how expensive it will be to recycle them - how difficult it will be to recycle all the components - even, some commentators, how dangerous it will be!  AGAIN! ALL WRONG! 

If you are looking for places to recycle some more things that you can't- shouldn't be-putting into local council bins - here are a few suggestions: 

Officeworks Stores generally accept:

* mobile phones; DVDs; CDs; USBs; ink and toner cartridges; computers and accessories

Aldi stores - have receptacles for batteries  [and hearing aid suppliers often accept hearing aid batteries for recycling] 

Chief Executive of Volkswagen describes Australia as 'an automotive third world'! - which no major world car manufacturers will be supplying with their electric vehicles to!  [The Saturday Paper 14-20, p 15,January, 2023

First its Honda!  [noticed how many disappearing Honda agencies there are in Sydney?? Wondered why?]

Now its VW! Who'll be next?

* According to some calculations by geologists/climate scientists the fossil carbon sources that we are now burning [coal/oil/gas] were originally produced/laid down at the rate of 

5 grams / second - a teaspoon every second!

We are currently burning those non-renewable resources at a rate of 

5000 tonnes/second!

* Source - pvmagazine.com  [January 2023]

* Thermo- acoustic heat pump

* Developed by Equium {France} - can't provide too much detail here because of copyright - so go online to check it out!

* Revolutionary design based on hi fi sound wave passed through helium gas.

* Claim more efficient and reliable in all conditions than refrigerator-based heat pumps.

* Predicted available end of 2023.

* From Faradion website - check it out! Watch the video!  Check out the Na-ion website!    nationenergie.com

* Faradion is a UK company [now also based and selling in Australia as Nation Energie, Level 2, 1 Collins Street, Melbourne

* They have produced and are selling batteries based on salt crystals! - no lithium or cobalt here! - just saltwater!!

* The batteries are made from recyclable plastic - so all components are recyclable - over and over again!

Taking Simple Positive Actions Against Climate Change!

Confronting Four Aussie Myths About Action Against Climate Change!

In reading and listening to much corporate and social media commentary and in conversations I have with people there seem to be four very common Aussie myths about  climate change and energy and actions we need to take!

All of these myths need to be challenged!

MYTH 1: ‘Coal exports are essential to our future economy’ – WRONG!