Category: Science and Technology
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The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook
I was interviewed on Monday by a researcher from the University of Wollongong about my experiences with installing solar hot water at our old house. They’re looking into why people choose solar, how they choose the system and supplier, what their experience has been, etc. Sitting in on the interview was an interesting guy from…
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Visualising The BP Oil Disaster
Thanks to the web site IfItWasMyHome.com, this map gives some perspective on the size of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf Of Mexico (click to see full-size image). I’ve centered the spill around Kiama (NSW, Australia) to show its sheer size in relation to the Illawarra region. You can see that if the…
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Residential Solar Power: Is The Income Taxable?
There has been a bit of a storm in a teacup lately in the Australian press, claiming that all those people who “bought into the hype” and installed solar panels on their homes will now have to pay tax on the income they receive for any electricity generated. Of course it’s very easy for the…
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CSIRO State Of The Climate Report
I don’t normally talk much about climate change. I don’t enjoy debating with people over whether the climate is really changing or not, or whether humans bear any responsibility for the change, or even whether the change will be a bad thing. It’s a polarising subject, and I don’t want to put people off my…