by Graham Palmer | Jul 29, 2017 | Energy, EROI, Uncategorized
Pathways to the Post-Carbon Economy In June 2017, Nafeez Ahmed published an article 3 ways Clean Energy will make Big Oil extinct in 12 to 32 Years — without subsidies which illicited debate in the sustainability community. In response, Nafeez suggested a symposium...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 12, 2017 | Energy efficiency
The climate mitigation gap and the role of voluntary action About 10 years ago I was involved in a council project providing information on energy efficiency for the local community. I remember commenting to my collaborators that a lifetime of changing light globes is...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 11, 2017 | AS/NZS 5139, Storage
A few thoughts on the AS/NZS 5139 battery standard The controversy around the draft AS/NZS 5139:2017 for the safe installation of battery systems highlights two competing interest groups. The first is the residential-based activist community that support ‘democratised...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 8, 2017 | EROI, Uncategorized
Japan as a template for how societies might reconfigure with economic stagnation and declining net-energy Japan has enormous debt, falling population, and faces a demographic ‘time bomb’. But my current visit to Japan reveals a vibrant, friendly, and civilised...
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