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Vehicles of hope: solar flight and African windpower

Posted on 17 March 2015 by Peter Boyer

We should never give up our struggle for clean energy; that’s the lesson from opposite ends of the technology spectrum. [17 March 2015 | Peter Boyer] Life’s full of surprises. Just when it seems there’s no hope for humanity’s tangled … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture and farming, air transport, aviation, biomass energy, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, economic activity, education, electricity networks, energy, human behaviour, leadership, local economy, renewable energy, social and personal issues, social mindsets, solar, transport, wind | Tagged Abu Dhabi, agriculture and farming, air transport, Andre Borschberg, aviation, Bertrand Piccard, biomass energy, Bryan Mealer, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, economic activity, education, electricity networks, energy, human behaviour, leadership, local economy, Malawi, renewable energy, social and personal issues, social mindsets, solar, Solar Impulse 2, transport, William Kamkwamba, Wimbe, wind | Comments Off

When leaders are silent

Posted on 4 November 2014 by Peter Boyer

As the Abbott government plays havoc with Tasmania’s bottom line, the state’s leadership remains mute [4 November 2014 | Peter Boyer] Two events last week, one in Hobart, the other in Canberra, were depressing reminders of the yawning vacuum that … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture and farming, Australian politics, biological resources, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, coal-fired, economic activity, electricity networks, emissions trading, energy, energy efficiency, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, hydro, land use, leadership, mining, renewable energy, soil sequestration, Tasmanian politics, trees, wind | Tagged agriculture and farming, Australian politics, Basslink, biological resources, business, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, coal-fired, economic activity, electricity networks, emissions trading, employment, energy, energy efficiency, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, Granville Harbour, Greg Hunt, hydro, Hydro Tasmania, investment, King Island, land use, leadership, Mathias Cormann, Matthew Groom, mining, renewable energy, soil sequestration, Steve Davy, Tasmanian politics, Tony Abbott, trees, Will Hodgman, wind | Comments Off

Hope and grief in our unnatural future

Posted on 8 July 2014 by Peter Boyer

A Hobart conference provides much to ponder, wonder and grieve about. [8 July 2014 | Peter Boyer] You’re driving along a highway on the outskirts of Chelyabinsk, 1500 km east of Moscow, around nine o’clock on a clear winter morning … Continue reading →

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Vehicles of hope: solar flight and African windpower

When leaders are silent

Hope and grief in our unnatural future

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