2050 Vision: Sustainable Civilisation

As a youth I was convinced we wouldn't see much past Y2K. Now in the new millenium my religious conviction has faded but everywhere I turn there are apocalyptic predictions of global warming, peak oil, overpopulation and ecological catastrophe. This blog discusses what really worries me about the prospects for life in 2050 - and what I'm doing now to try and make a difference.

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

New car

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It's always a compromise when you replace an item with a more efficient one - some of the efficiency gains are lost by the embedded ener...
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Monday, 2 November 2009

My Copenhagen Letter to Dirty Kev

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I used to battle depression over the climate crisis. These days I'm having more trouble with anger towards "the establishment"...
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Saturday, 5 September 2009

Low energy

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To quote Tim Hollo on his Crikey blog : "There’s a lot of burn-out in the climate movement right now. A lot of tired people, a lot of g...
Tuesday, 12 May 2009

6.57kWh/day!

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Quick one. Somewhere in March we took up the State Government's ClimartSmart Home Service and had a power meter installed. I thought it ...
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Monday, 6 April 2009

Water efficiency has become a lifestyle

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It's a significant day for my part of the world: for the first time in a hundred months our regional water storage capacity is above 50%...
Sunday, 29 March 2009

Stats update

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It's the end of March, about to start a new calendar quarter, and a good time to review data for the quarter just ending. Here's an ...

Earth Hour? Try Earth Lifestyle

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Awareness is the first step, I suppose, towards effecting a change in behaviour. So I probably should keep my inclination to pooh-pooh the w...
Sunday, 1 March 2009

Thorium links

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Here are a few links to video presentations about the promise of thorium-fuelled nuclear reactors. There's a bit of duplication but each...

What if the energy/climate crisis was solved?

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The reality of Peak Oil is pretty much indisputable as far as I'm concerned. If we can't find an equivalent alternative energy sourc...
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Transition

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I've had a link for the Transition Culture website in the sidebar over there for ages, and for the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre, ...
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