Electrifying Bradfield

* YOU'RE PAYING NEAR $2.00/LITRE FOR PETROL?  Well, know that only about 30 cents of that is powering your car! The rest is goiong up in smoke! - ONLY ABOUT 15% OF THAT IS ACTUALLY POWERING YOUR CAR!       

* THAT'S RIGHT!     '85% of the petrol you put into your car is wasted as heat' [THE CONVERSATION'  12/5/23]

* That means 85% OF YOUR PETROL GOES INTO THE AIR AS EMISSIONS!

* ELECTRIC CARS DON'T HAVE ANY EMISSIONS!

* LACK OF INFORMATION MAYBE THE MAIN CAUSE OF RESIDENTS OF BRADFIELD NOT TAKING POSITIVE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE - 'WHAT SHOULD I DO?'  HOW DO I DO IT?' 

*Survey research by Ku-ring-gai Council 'Net Zero' Team found that one of the main barriers reported by respondents for NOT taking positive action against climate change is because of a lack of information!

* This is supported by reponses to Electrifying Bradfield's own social survey.

* Two 'problems' with solar panels and reasons for 'why I'm not installing them' that are said to me constantly are that 'manufacturing solar panels uses a lot of [fossil-fuel) energy' and 'they can't be recycled - we're going to have our rubbish dumps filled with old solar panels'!

 WRONG! JUST ANOTHER TWO MYTHS THAT NEED TO BE CHALLENGED AND CORRECTED!

* In latest developments researchers at Macquarie University, Sydney have made two significant discoveries in the manufacture and recycling of solar panels! 

* Some of the biggest energy providers in Australia are our very worst emissions polluters!

* Recent study by CHOICE shows several of our biggest electricity providers are also the biggest polluters!

*You may well be surprised - even those purported to be offering 'green energy' - for a price! 

Check it out on the CHOICE website - you can easily get a one-off entry! - or you can join!

* Check to see if you are being supplied by one of the big polluters - then get advice about how easy it is to change!

* We've established that cooking or heating with gas is not the best thing to do for anyone who suffers from any sort of asthma or lung condition - because up to 30% of the gas goes into the room and not into the cooking!

* Well now we've also established a similar impact on our health! Increasing air pollution from burning fossil fuels in motor vehicles!

*11,000 Australians now die every year from diseases attributed to air pollution! This is more than die from skin cancers!

Saturday 19th February:

* NSW Treasurer Matt Kean announced an $8 million fund for pilot community electrification projects.

* A pilot project is a community-based demonstration of renewably produced electrification in a town or community, 

* Could be your house, apartment block, estate, street, community, shopping centre, whole suburb!

* Funding will be allocated by application - $8 million won't go far so if you're interested get in quick 

WHAT ARE HEAT PUMPS? HOW DO THEY WORK? WHY SHOULD I BUY ONE?

WHAT IS AN INDUCTION COOKTOP?

 [Authored by someone who has cooked by induction for many years]

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]