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  Thanks

  Nice article Dave - sounds like a great trip.

  Did you see any of these strange hydro devices ?

  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/gravitational_vor ...

  Those Austrians seem to have the knack for low impact energy technology - guess its to be expected in Schauberger territory.
  On The human-scale, renewable, domestic power systems reviving rural Austrian economies posted 1 year, 3 months ago 13 Responses

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  Nice title

  After a few years of reading your witty titles I've learned to predict them in advance :-)

  http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-was-walrus.html
  On Walruses trampled as a result of climate change -- no, seriously posted 1 year, 10 months ago 3 Responses

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  all the worldwide fossil fuel companies

  Trock - we are the world's largest exporter of coal, and most of our power comes from coal fired power stations.

  Two of our largest comapnies are BHP and Rio Tinto - huge coal miners (amongst other things).

  There is a reason Australia was so slow to sign Kyoto, and we still have a long way to go.

  As for oil and gas companies, Woodside is growing pretty fast (though the gas industry argues it is "clean" - compared to coal fired power anyway)...On No country in the world is more like the U.S., so where's our national climate-change leader? posted 1 year, 10 months ago 4 Responses

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  Not either/or

  Colin hits the nail spot on its head here.

  Its not an either / or question - we need to keep both issues in mind as there are a lot of feedback effects between the two - scrambling to replace declining crude oil supplies by turning to Canadian tar sands, Venezuelan heavy oil, shale oil (which is undergoing a revival of interest and is not entirely impractical even if the side effects are awful - see my latest update here - http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2007/12/queensland-shale-o ...) and coal to liquids programs.

  Peak oil has the potential to make our carbon emissions jump very quickly if we aren't careful (ie. successful at moving away from liquid fuels for transportation).

  And Odo - I'm glad you read the comments - I was hoping my editorial position on this stuff is well known by now, but apparently it ain't so...
  On How will you ride the slide? posted 1 year, 11 months ago 7 Responses

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  Re: De-Gridding Thyself

  What is wrong with being part of a network ?

  If you don't trust the network, be a net generator of energy - then the network will (a) pay you some money for the service you provide, and (b) be a backup in case your own systems fail.

  A well implemented smart grid would allow everyone to compete (or cooperate, depending on how you view the world) in the power supply industry.

  Think of it as the best of both worlds instead of as a prison...
  On Grid experts discuss why the grid is broken and how to fix it posted 2 years, 1 month ago 8 Responses