w00t! 5+ years of campaigning and we finally have some great news. Solar Thermal is going to be build in Port Augusta! Key Points 150MW CST (Concentrating Solar Thermal) plant. The South Australian state government is buying the power from it at a maximum of $78 per megawatt hour. It’ll be build close to Port… Continue reading w00t! Solar Thermal in Port Augusta
Category: Activism
ZDay presentation – Price of Zero Transition to an RBE
At both the Global ZDay event in Brisbane, Australia the New Zealand ZDay event in Auckland in 2017 and at the Global Zday event in Frankfurt, Germany in 2018 I gave this presentation about the Price of Zero transition to a Natural Law Resource Based Economy. The slides are based on the presentation given on… Continue reading ZDay presentation – Price of Zero Transition to an RBE
Fixing SA’s power network
There’s a lot of buzz at the moment about a Twitter conversation between Elon Musk and Mike Cannon-Brookes about fixing South Australia’s power issues. Elon says he can fix the issue in 100 days by providing 100+MW of battery storage. Mike Cannon-Brookes says he can find the money and deal with the politics. As a member… Continue reading Fixing SA’s power network
Australia, the prissy boy
Australia is a prissy boy. It’s both sensitive to climate change and vulnerable to it. Ohh and it just decided to get rid of it’s own bodyguards (despite the pleading of friends), walk into the lair of the mafia gang and call the boss a dickhead. This prissy boy is in a fantasy land and… Continue reading Australia, the prissy boy
Rally for Solar – 30th Sept 2012, Adelaide, South Australia
If you live in South Australia, then I hope to see you at the rally for solar! The rally is at Rundle Park, which is where the Garden of Unearthly Delights is usually setup. The rally will be MC’d by Dr Karl, the ABC science guy and it will be some awesome fun! Myself and… Continue reading Rally for Solar – 30th Sept 2012, Adelaide, South Australia
Walk for Solar
I’m joining a walk from Port Augusta to Adelaide to promote Solar Thermal. The 300km+ walk will start on the 16th of Sept and take until the 30th. We will arrive in the city on the Sunday hopefully to a large group of supporters with the votes from the community vote which shows that Port… Continue reading Walk for Solar
Lizard’s Revenge Fever 2012
I have the Lizard’s Revenge camp fever. Symptoms include but are not limited to : A deep sense of connectedness with the Earth and all life on the planet. An increased caring for the environment A desensitisation to first world problems A strong aversion against politics and blatant profit making A longing to create a… Continue reading Lizard’s Revenge Fever 2012
Creepers Advert
This advert against going a little bit faster has been playing in South Australia for a little while now. I basically never watch TV and yet I’ve seen it my share of times. But is it really effective? This post isn’t likely to have any good stats, because it isn’t about that it’s about how… Continue reading Creepers Advert
4 Paradigm Changes
There’s 4 main things that I’d like to help usher paradigm changes in : Entertainment – Using the Multipath, interactive online video concept. Education – Using a combination of the flipped classroom model and child-driven self education. Energy – From centralised Fossil Fuels, to decentralised renewables (although I’m helping push some large scale centralised renewable… Continue reading 4 Paradigm Changes
Update : I’m 108% busy
In the theme of openness and transparency and just generally updating my blog : I’m currently working 9-5 at the Adelaide Festival and the very busy Festival period is starting. I’m developing a web platform for an education startup called Teacher Time. I’m the founder of the South Australian Zeitgeist Movement chapter and would like… Continue reading Update : I’m 108% busy