Canberra to be 100% renewable

[Wavytone]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?

As one who lived in Canberra for 13 years - in Turner - and had both oil heating and a YOOOGE fireplace (the oil tanker drivers went out on strike every June, without fail) we were able to survive with firewood for the winter using a combination:

A) planted the boundary with Tasmanian blue gums, about 3m apart and regularly cut about ⅓ of them after a few years and replanted. These were then dawn and split and stacked to dry. Generally aimed to cut these into large logs such that one would suffice for 2-3 days in the fireplace.

B) couple of times a year equipped with a large box trailer, raided the lake foreshore for firewood; this was usually quite a productive source after a large storm.

C) collected masses of pine ones from the pine belts and pine forests. Made great fire starters if you had a nice big log to burn for the weekend. Green were especially good.

Probably an illegal activity now.

[el_draco (Rom)]

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

Hypocritical PRICKS... !!

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?

I live in Tassie and get more than enough from dead wood on a 35 acre block. It generates about 4 ton of waste p.a. and grows about 12 ton. Better than carbon neutral !

[Imme (Jon)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?

I’ve got 24 acres, about 11 is natural bush and I have more than enough wood to keep my wood heater (non stop) and open fire (2 nights a week norm) going from end April to sept/oct

[torana68 (Roger)]

Yep from the same place that brought you the “No waste by 2010” strategy (didn’t work out if you don’t know, did make some huge improvements) I’m doubting it will happen by 2020,ACT governments have a history of talking big but not delivering, glad the trains on the go , hope it gets finished before some other Elected Government kills it off.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

No recycling needed. Sh1t in, sh1t out.

Sounds like an excellent source of fuel for a biofuel generator plant, in-line with their 100% renewable target.

It's an ambitious target, but this kind of thing needs to happen. The cost of wind, solar and batteries has been consistently dropping, and are now competitive with coal.

For a country with half of its agriculture on marginal areas that would be wiped out if droughts worsen, we sure have been dragging our heels on this.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Fair enough. Any idea what land area it would talk to sustainably produce your firewood?

In my neck of the woods, about zero acres. Developers/renovaters cut down so many trees around here and leave the wood on the sidewalk, that I have far more than I need. At a rough guess, I currently have about 3 tonnes in the backyard.