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27-03-2018, 05:22 PM
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Canberra to be 100% renewable
It seems to be fashionable for many federal pollies and Eastern State shock jocks to demonise South Australia for the "reckless" drive to a renewable energy future. A bit ironic then, that the first part of the country that is likely to be using 100% renewable energy is, tada ta daa!!! .... Canberra!!!.
https://www.act.gov.au/our-canberra/...nberra-by-2020
They will do it in part by buying renewable energy from SA generators.
Good on 'em. cheers Ray
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27-03-2018, 05:42 PM
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Plenty of wind in Parliament House... and most of the pollies could use a few sessions on a treadmill...
Harnessing the torrents of invective could be a bit harder 
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27-03-2018, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Harnessing the torrents of invective could be a bit harder |
Biomass?
But I think you're missing the point. Parliament would definitely be solar ... I mean, they're all so damn sure the sun shines out of their ar**s !
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27-03-2018, 06:21 PM
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And the politicians would be the perfect starting point for a recycling project.
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27-03-2018, 08:14 PM
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ze frogginator
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Originally Posted by Shano592
And the politicians would be the perfect starting point for a recycling project.
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No recycling needed. Sh1t in, sh1t out.
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27-03-2018, 09:22 PM
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Every photon is sacred !
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Originally Posted by DarkArts
Biomass?
But I think you're missing the point. Parliament would definitely be solar ... I mean, they're all so damn sure the sun shines out of their ar**s ! |
Funny, I was thinking Solar Floor Tiles myself. 
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28-03-2018, 07:53 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Yes, kindly recycle Canberra. We live so close to the NSW border, all I need to do is move my big toe and we get excluded 
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28-03-2018, 08:11 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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The "pollies" to which you predictable ill informed old fogies are refering to, are federal ones ie they come from "your" electorates and except for a handful, only "visit" Canberra. So they have zilch to do with Canberras energy production and use policy ...that is being put in place by MLA's elected by the aprox 283,500 Canberrans on the electoral roll, only.....  
Mike
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28-03-2018, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
The "pollies" to which you predictable ill informed old fogies are refering to, are federal ones ie they come from "your" electorates and except for a handful, only "visit" Canberra. So they have zilch to do with Canberras energy production and use policy Lol ...that is being put in place by MLA's elected by Canberrans only.....
Mike |
I would also add to Mike's post that if your representatives are truly the best you could send to Canberra, and represent the populace of your electorates, then what does it say about the people who voted them in......... 
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28-03-2018, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by multiweb
No recycling needed. Sh1t in, sh1t out.
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I was thinking of pulping them...
Matt, I didn't vote for them... unless one of them slid through with the name, Don Key!
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28-03-2018, 08:28 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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OK, just pulp the Leg. Assembly (after we let Mike and his wife escape)
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28-03-2018, 09:33 AM
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Watch me post!
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Gday Matt
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and represent the populace of your electorates,
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Beg to differ here.
They are the residue presented to us by faceless party political hacks who select who they want in Canberra and then slot them into a suitable electorate.
Only then do we get to vote for dumb or dumber in most cases.
Now if they added a new box to voting forms ( that was a valid vote )
that said "No one worthy of my vote", that would give a true idea of the electorates wishes.
If that vote wins the electorate, all candidates are thrown out and new ones get put in :-)
Andrew
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28-03-2018, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
It seems to be fashionable for many federal pollies and Eastern State shock jocks to demonise South Australia for the "reckless" drive to a renewable energy future. A bit ironic then, that the first part of the country that is likely to be using 100% renewable energy is, tada ta daa!!! .... Canberra!!!.
https://www.act.gov.au/our-canberra/...nberra-by-2020
They will do it in part by buying renewable energy from SA generators.
Good on 'em. cheers Ray |
Except it isn't really true. Canberra is planning to use 100% renewable electricity - not energy. That means that transport, a major user of energy, is still powered by fossil fuels. I also assume that homes in Canberra have gas heaters and perhaps gas hot water.
Don't get me wrong; this is a major achievement and I fully support it but the phrase '100% renewable energy by the year 2020' contains a good dose of spin. There is more good news though. Canberra plans to have 'zero net emissions by 2050' and hopefully that includes transport. The next steps might be electric buses and plenty of car-charging stations.
Last edited by AstralTraveller; 28-03-2018 at 01:32 PM.
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28-03-2018, 10:19 AM
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I regard my wood fire as renewable energy, I have seen forests and they get taller each year....
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28-03-2018, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Kunama
I regard my wood fire as renewable energy, I have seen forests and they get taller each year....
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Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?
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28-03-2018, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?
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I just bought 200 acres of virgin hardwood forest, should keep me going for a while.... 
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28-03-2018, 12:34 PM
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Drifting from the pole
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Originally Posted by Kunama
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I wouldn’t even know where to start with this one 
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28-03-2018, 02:16 PM
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maybe the coal-supporting Feds could stage a protest against the dilution of pure power by that horrid wind stuff.... while in Canberra, they could switch off their bar fridges or something.
Last edited by Shiraz; 28-03-2018 at 02:28 PM.
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28-03-2018, 02:37 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
I wouldn’t even know where to start with this one |
No beginning, no end...
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28-03-2018, 03:08 PM
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ze frogginator
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I reckon if they put a flue on top of parliament house with a propeller inside and hook the turbine to the grid they could power ACT. 
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