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Tag: electricity grid

Electricity rules not keeping pace with technology

11 December 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Petition, Recommendation

“Fix the voltage to 230, reduce emissions with 3 million tonnes of CO2 per year and save money,” suggests electrical engineer Ty Christopher, Strategic Adviser at Ecojoule, in this podcast interview.

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Petition peak moment, community power and The Bentley Effect

5 March 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters One comment

Reports from a climate emergency petition peak moment in Canberra, a congress about community power in Melbourne, and from New South Wales where the so-called ‘Bentley Effect’ has been transforming local communities. Welcome to the Sustainable Hour on 1 March

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As politics gets dumber, people and companies get smarter

16 December 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour on 14 December 2016 looks at the rising electricity and water prices, an example of superb local sustainability leadership, climate action campaigning, plus… one of the “dumbest things” we have heard in federal politics in recent times.

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