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yeah the doco talks about the year without a summer.... citing numerous historical accounts of the extreme weather experienced in new england (north east USA) and across europe. It snowed like a couple of feet of snow in JULY in new england in 1816!! They kind of indicated that it was a double...

i watched an interesting documentary on foxtel the other day: "Little Ice Age: Big Chill". Was on history channel on Foxtel (will no doubt be repeated). It covered from a relatively neutral viewpoint the mini-ice age that occured from ~1300-1850AD, and the possible causes, the human effects...

Yarrrr!!!!

i like it. I wonder if you could incorporate a HHO setup with a modern aftermarket ECU to control the mix of fuel/hydrogen? You would also be able to control ignition timing directly. How much water do you consume to a tank of petrol? You use distilled water? Yes - want pics!

Dude - i want more info! You should sign up on Toymods forums and post up a "build thread".... there are HEAPS of people who would love what you have done there.

i like sweeping generalised statements.... especially when i make them :D Yeah i know there are exceptions - there always are. I just dont believe that your AVERAGE family with two kids needs a massive, inefficient falcodore, when there are plenty of much more fuel efficient (and better...

LOL - thanks for the laugh TC!!

i cant disagree with you Sunfish... in fact i TOTALLY agree. Which is why i suggested that my proposal is really only applicable to households. I dont think we should mess with industry and employers unless the rest of the world (incl. the "developing" world) is doing the same. All in all...

that's the issue i have. If you are using LESS power, then you should be paying less on the power bill. But if you are using to excess still, you should be charged extra for it. Im talking about households here though.

This is the part i dont agree with. The major polluters of our country are also the major employers and also the backbone of our economy. Make it more expensive to do business here, and the money will go somewhere else (ie. china). Australia suffers terrible economic dundrums. The effect on...

HiE - yep i've heard of plenty of similar cases in businesses, and in power stations. During my uni days, i did some work with Yokogawa on the automation and control systems for the Port Augusta power station retro-fit..... and whilst they were ugrading the automation to bring that 1960's power...

I was just reading a few articles about Tony Abbott taking leadership of the Liberal Party... and i stubled across some interesting quotes from his book launched earlier this year, titled "battlelines" i think i like this guy. He has my vote.

Yeah i see your points HiE. I just think that the ETS scheme doesnt give any clarity to the end consumer of energy as to how they can have a positive impact. I personally think that if istead of just taxing all carbon emissions, you just taxed excessive useage, you would highlight to people...

Damn straight the Japs and Euros do better than us! There is honestly NO NEED for a family to have a gas guzzling 2.5 tonne land barge commodore or falcon... or even worse, a 3 tonne massive 4WD. Myself and my fiancee drive corollas. When we have kids, i'll probably buy a camry, or a 2.0L Rav4...

I wouldnt doubt it for a second TC. If Kev and Co put as much effort into sound policies rather than getting themselves re-elected, we might see some very positive things stemming from Canberra. Unforunately, this is politics, not wishful thinking. I just sincerely hope that the Libs...

yep - Turnbull is in strife. I just hope the libs can get across the message to the public that they arent climate change skeptics, they are just realistic about what actual impact an ETS will have vesus how much it will cost average Joe voter. Im glad that a few of them are standing up to say...

A very common misconception... but a $5000 solar power system (this would be 1000Watts) on your house would be LUCKY to produce 1000W of power at peak daylight hours, and overall will produce around 4kWh per day of electricity. You couldnt even run your kettle off this solar power alone. The...

I like what you just posted House Keeper. A nice balanced post that i find hard to disagree with. Kudos.

Damn straight. it's almost as irrational as trying to eliminate the change in temperatures from summer to winter.

the problem i have with the whole "climate change" thing is the way that govts worldwide are flailing their collective arms wildly and throwning BILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars at an issue that we do not understand..... and setting up schemes such as emmissions trading, carbon reduction...