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Professor Andrew Blakers of the Australian National University said he believed it was "too late" for wave energy, or nuclear, to catch up as the economies of scale were already established for solar, wind, and batteries.

WA has heaps of islands that wave energy vonverters could be highly useful in. Even if this stayed as a niche energy source, it could be incredibly valuable for places like the Abrolhos, or Cocos/Keeling, even Rottnest.

Having the ability to give these places an independent source of enrrgy generation would be very beneficial for the communities there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Tickets/Voucher for a rock climbing centre could be up his alley.

If you want something that will last you could get him a powder bag, or his first Carabiner as well.

Be prepared that the climbing place might not let him use the Carabiner in conjunction with their equipment though, so it might sit around until he got his own harness if he ever went that far. Powder bag would be all good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

fix carbon anymore (yay fungi)

I've not made the time to get all up in my fungals, but i know a lot more understanding is coming out. Whats the deal?

For the rest of the thought, i've pictured it as a net loss, with a little uptake, a bit like the zoomed in hockey stick graph shows the yearly changes with the seasons. But i haven't any evidence to point to, if any exists.

For context, i live near bush and see the effects, so this all is just like, my opinion man... Ithink it retards growth, but there is definite regreening as you say, a lot though seems to be invasive weeds, so i don't know if the biomass actually increases that much. I suppose a tree ring study would show whether but offs effect biomass increase or noy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Good thought, couldn't agree more with Albanese, but blasting it across the world in that fashion is maybe not advisable. Don't need to put the incoming US administration offside if we can help it.

At the same time, you never know whats going on behind closed doors, maybe the horse has already bolted for Labor with the Republicans on that one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Daily Australian Pavilion Events Schedule Friday 15 November

9:00am

  • From red rock to green metal: Decarbonising the world’s largest iron-ore-to-steel supply chain

10:30am

  • Using trade to drive climate and environmental outcomes

12:00pm

  • Supercharging Australia's energy innovation ecosystem

1:30pm

  • Stakeholder Briefing

2:30pm

  • Fireside chat with Malcolm Turnbull

3:30pm

  • Ultra low-cost solar (ULCS): The key to unlocking our net zero future

*Remember these are Baku times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Welcome!!! Come over to Aussie Zone for a banter anytime you like!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So, further to mu previous comment, no you shouldn't need to create an account on each instance you want to explore. At best creating an account on the instance might make navigability better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mastodon is single developer

I think he has a few people with him now. But i listened to the interview at the start of the year, so i'm starting to the detail.

Exploring instances should be as easy as looking up any other website. At least to get their 'local' front page. Or just navigate to them through that link above.

As an example you could look up jlai.lu, a french instance. They're pretty active.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

No idea on Mastodon myself. I've heard a couple interviews of the developer, seems like a cool guy. But thats about all i can say.

I's playing round with this instance and community finder the other night, works really well. Might be useful to find a more active community that you'll enjoy.

https://lemmyverse.net/communities

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (8 children)

The instance could be a problem if you scroll through the 'local' feed often and thats where you see a lot of things you don't wish to see. A European or special interest instance might suit your context, (Portuguese?), better.

I spend more time on my 'local' (aussie zone) feed than 'subscribed' or 'all' and its definitely nicer, so a move like this can work.

But you could also optimise your own 'subscriber' feed as another option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Choice quote, "Net Zero by 2050 is clearly not working..."

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This discussion thread is for all things COP29, with a particular focus on Australia and our close partners New Zealand and the Pacific. So state your objectives for this COP29, along with your personal and professional links to the fossil fuel lobby to gain entry here! /j

Main Link is to the Australian online Pavilion, for the Pavilion Event Calendar for anybody interested. It looks like a lot, if not all, are being streamed and uploaded on YouTube.

To watch talks live, follow the YouTube link below, DCCEEW YouTube channel

Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion

Sorry this is late, those things called work and life got in the way.

Event times are given for Baku, not the user :p the place. So if you plan to watch live, remember to adjust for time difference. Differences should be...

  • +6hrs for Brisbane
  • +7hrs for Melbourne
  • +6.5hrs for Adelaide
  • +7hrs for Hobart
  • +9hrs for Auckland
  • +7hrs for Sydney
  • +4hrs for Perth
  • +7hrs for Canberra
  • +8hrs for Fiji
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This, and we have to find a better way of dealing with fire risk than dumping a whole extra load of greengouse gases in the air every autumn/spring.

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Astrofest (www.astronomywa.net.au)
 

A reminder that Astrofest is on tonight!

An example of some of the myrriad activities include,

  • Telescope viewing
  • Night sky Tour
  • Expert Talks
  • Space video Games
  • Cosmic Photo Booth
  • Data Visual Centre
  • Robots Zone

, and many more!!

 

Nature Tourism is it a good thing to engage in? Or no longer appropriate?

 

Move over King Charles, the Southern Emperor (penguin) has landed.

 

Grazier using wild donkeys to regenerate land in legal battle.

 

From the article,

The four steps recommended are:

  1. Legislate for ‘absolute net gain’: Australian law must ensure that any biodiversity loss from development is fully compensated and that conservation efforts result in an absolute net gain in biodiversity, not just improvements relative to ‘business as usual’. Currently, the Australian definition of nature positive deviates from the internationally accepted definition, which would allow biodiversity to continue to decline.

  2. Limit and compensate for biodiversity loss: The study warned against allowing developers to compensate for environmental damage through payments that may not directly benefit the impacted ecosystems, which risks replacing more threatened and harder to replace habitats with ecosystems that are less threatened and/or easier to replace. Further, some biodiversity is irreplaceable, and so it is important to limit, and if possible, avoid negative impacts to irreplaceable biodiversity in the first place.

  3. Secure net gains beyond development impacts: Australian law must address and reverse biodiversity decline beyond simply compensating for the loss of nature from development impacts. This will require a significant boost to conservation funding and resourcing.

  4. Enforce transparent monitoring: Effective and transparent implementation of biodiversity policies is crucial. Dr Ward highlighted that many threatened species in Australia lacked proper monitoring, making enforcement of biodiversity protection laws difficult.

 

Notre Dame has launched a History of Philosophy centre

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