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02/05/2010
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The 100% renewable campaign is launching around the country on Sunday 2nd of May!

Join over 70 community groups across Australia to show your support for renewable energy. Holding your own local launch is easy, just follow these 4 simple steps:

1. Find a sign with the name of your town or suburb on it (is there a 'welcome to...' sign at the entrance to your town?)

2. Make some placards reading "We support 100% renewable energy for"

3. Gather your supporters, friends and family, together with placards at your town sign

4. Take a photo with your group holding up placards, to create an image reading “We support 100% renewable energy for [Alice Springs]!"

Then get your local media along using our template media release if you like, infoat100percent [dot] org [dot] au (share your image) with the 100% campaign team and and together we can show Australia the wide-spread community support for clean renewable energy across the country!

Visit our Resource Centre for more information and resources to help with your launch.

 

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11 comments on "100% renewable campaign launch!"

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Gregory Olsen said on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 18:25:
How did the launch go today?
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Gregory Olsen said on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 00:57:
Unfortunately, I'm sick with a cold and can't speak today at the launch of 100% Renewable Energy at Barrett House, Randwick, run by SECAC. However, I'd like to summarise what I was going to say here. As home owners, my wife and I recently, completed a year long project to make our home as sustainable as possible. We now have a 2 kW PV array, an evacuated tube solar hot water system and a 'whole of house' 6,000 litre rainwater harvesting system. This will enable us to be around 80% self-sufficient. We will earn around $1,500 a year from the feed in tariff (FiT) of 66c per kW hour that our PVs will generate. The good news is all of this currently costs around $10,000, after rebates, and the costs are dropping as I type. If $10k is too much for you, then you can go for a 1.5 kW PV system for around $2,000 less. However, this will significantly reduce your self sufficiency level. Some lenders are offering low interest loans for 'green' home improvements now that the Federal Government has stopped it's Green Loan program. Unfortunately, all that renters can is to buy 100% Green Energy from suppliers such as Origin. In fact, everyone should do this as a first principle.
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Gregory Olsen said on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 00:24:
In my search for viable alternatives to fossil fuel, I've found this interesting old but unused technology, the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor. Have you heard of this? It sounds to good to be true. Please have a look at this website: http://www.itheo.org/information It seems like an all-in-one solution to the nuclear waste problem and energy problem!! Here are two very interesting vids about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3cUssuz-U, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LeM-Dyuk6g&feature=related and, the full version of the previous summary vid, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHs2Ugxo7-8 India is building a thorium reactor right now. :-) As you know, I'm promoting concentrated solar thermal, using liquid salt to store heat,as a renewable electricity generation solution. Spain has several now and the CSIRO is building a research unit in Newcastle. I think both technologies could provide the solution to humankind's energy needs and mitigate against the greenhouse gas problem. It's interesting to note that both have little or no support from governments. Too many vested interests in uranium, coal and oil I suppose.
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Gregory Olsen said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 12:54:
The CSIRO has just announced that it's building the largest solar-power tower of its type in the world at the National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle.: http://www.csiro.au/news/CSIRO-building-largest-tower-of-solar-power.html More hope for our future!! It will power a 200kW turbine and doesn't require water!!! Here's a link to an audio explanation: http://www.csiro.au/multimedia/New-solar-thermal-field.html They are also working on molten salt thermal storage capability. Excellent stuff!!
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Gregory Olsen said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 11:59:
I've just emailed the following to many federal and state ministers whose portfolio is environmentally linked: The '100% Renewable Energy' campaign is being launched simultaneously around the country by community based climate groups on Sunday, May 2. This campaign is calling for an urgent shift to full and sustainable energy sources, especially electricity. South Eastern Climate Action Coalition (SECAC), climateactioncoogee.org.au, is sponsoring their local '100% Renewable Energy' campaign launch from 3 PM to 5 PM at Randwick Council's 'eco' Barrett House, 6 Barrett Place Randwick. Please come along to listen to and meet locals who have already commenced actions towards a low carbon footprint, have a tour of the eco house and be served wine and cheese. This is a child friendly event so bring them along to enjoy activities in the garden. If you are unable to attend at this location, there may be one in your area. Just check the '100% Renewable Energy' website, 100percent.org.au. You are the leaders of our nation in whom we put our trust to lead Australia effectively in meeting the challenges of climate change and global warming. We all know that there must be a transition from our dependency on fossil fuels to renewables. This can be achieved in Australia within ten years if the political will exists. SECAC encourages you to embrace the message of '100% Renewable Energy', 100percent.org.au, and do everything within your powers to enable this to come to fruition as quickly as possible for the sake of our future generations and our planet.
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jisloane said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 09:27:
Does this campaign support Nuclear power as a clean and safe power source with zero emissions? Realistically Nuclear is the way forward to maintain our prosperity while tackling climate change. All other renewable sources either cost too much or cannot support base load 100% of the time (Eg what happens when the sun stops shining and the wind stops blowing). I look forward to seeing the campaign.
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Tom Mullaney said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 15:25:
so the first ever, non military, base load supplying, nuclear power plant in the US (60mw) was commissioned in 1957, at Shippingport Pennsylvania for a cost of $US72.5 million. In todays terms that is $US553 million (calculated by annual CPI increases). The cost of the solar thermal power station, Andesol 1 in spain (50mw), commissioned in 2009 was $US380 million. sorry, which one is cheaper
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jisloane said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 18:18:
Sorry but that is like comparing the cost of the model T ford to that of the camery hybrid. It totally ignores advances in technology and the industry itself.
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Gregory Olsen said on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 18:24:
LFTR technology is cutting edge nuclear technology as far as I can tell from my recent research. There is a view that it'll take too long to get commercial. However, with the political will both CST and LFTR can get going within a few years. I think they may both have their role to play in future energy needs along with wind turbines etc. :-) Here's great explanatory vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3cUssuz-U Uranium is BAD and shouldn't ever be used!
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Gregory Olsen said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 12:10:
Interestingly, there is some worldwide discussion about thorium as a nuclear fuel to replace uranium. Have a look at this website: http://energyfromthorium.com/ Thorium has fewer waste issues and needs smaller, more quickly built reactors. It promotes a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle dictum. Uranium is a NO GO as far as I'm concerned. However, I'm willing to look at all renewable energy sources that may be added to the mix for a solution to our dependence on polluting fossil fuels.
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Tom Mullaney said on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 10:49:
perhaps jisloane could check out the latest solar thermal power stations in spain or just google parabolic trough designs, power towers, heat storage, molten salt storage etc before they continue with their argument on nuclear energy. http://www.flagsol-gmbh.com/flagsol/cms/front_content.php?idcat=25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy