[Edit 13th March – This has really blown up in the media since I wrote this blog over a week ago. I did not think it would gain as much traction so I just scheduled this blog to go live 1 week forward from when I wrote it (as I often do if I have… Continue reading Add batteries to stabilize the grid
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100% renewable grid
What are you guys up to down there? Seems that the ANU has been paid to build a report that states Australia can run with a 100% renewable energy grid. Or so states the article I read on the ABC website. I am sure the guys that did the study are smart guys, but yikes….… Continue reading 100% renewable grid
Ron Allum
Its a bit old, but I just came across this write up of Ron…. Thought it to be really well done and so here it is. http://www.australiaunlimited.com/environment/the-man-who-built-james-cameron-a-foam-submarine He is described as a bush mechanic but a marine mechanic is perhaps more fitting: an Aussie with a love of the world beneath the ocean’s surface and… Continue reading Ron Allum
Airbag recall
Not sure if this has hit Australia as much as it has over here, but there has been a problem with air bags that blow shrapnel as well as the bag when they deploy. Since the company that makes the bag supplies to a lot of automakers, pretty much all brands of cars have been… Continue reading Airbag recall
Russian Standard Vodka
Huh, go figure… I put off blogging about Vodka for the longest time because I thought that no one would be all that interested, and because I thought it did not really fit in with a techy geeky blog….. Seems I was wrong… (Yeah yeah, I know, I know, you want to hear about what interests me….… Continue reading Russian Standard Vodka