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• INSIDE MY HOME: More cosy with less electrons

  We received our power bill the other day, the price went up form 18c to 22c per kWh.  With a new child, and a quite chilly winter (so far...) the good news is our energy...

• FACTS: The Gulf is leaking 5 nuclear bombs a day

  Like many people, I am saddened and distressed by the massive oil leak destroying the Gulf of Mexico, for a whole bunch of reasons. As a child who grew up sketching mushroom clouds during the...

• FACTS: Stop heating the great outdoors

  If we look around us, outdoor heating is everywhere. It's also perhaps one of our largest wasteful energy indulgences. Certainly something we could do without? When I grew up, I was told to shut the...

• INSIDE MY HOME: Turn the bloody lights off

  I recall as a child, when my Father came home. First thing he would do when opening the front door is to check the spinning electricity meter.  One thing the old style of energy meter...

• SMART ENERGY: Fool’s gold or fuel gold?

  Scientists dream of discovering a source of nearly-free energy that uses water as its fuel and produces almost no waste. Randall Mills, an MIT-trained electrical engineer and Harvard medic, claims to have found just such...

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