Enough of the red-head bashing guys, my daughters cop it enough at school, it really, really hurts them to read it here from people they consider scientists.
(Anyway, I think most of the privatisation happened before The Rudd/Gillard government came to power, and the current NSW sell off is happening under the Liberal State Gvt, so it doesn't seem to matter which party is in power.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-1...dalism/3664156)
Just out of interest, what is everyones KWh usage per year?
I just double-glazed some of our windows this week, it gets down to below -10 at night in Mudgee and I sleep in a sleep-out (walled-in verandah) and the temps were basically the same inside as outside so I had to sleep with a beanie on!
I did the job myself, and it made a huge difference. I used thin polycarbonate sheeting so it came to about $15 per window.
It was an interesting point about the lack of insulation and housing design in this country. Houses are so much bigger now and have no eaves, single glazing and thin walls and no yards. We would be so much better off with houses 25% smaller that were insulated properly, and the houses would still be twice the size of the ones being built when I was a kid.