EEET2249 Circuit Theory Week 4
September 13th, 2008EEET 2249 Tutorial 3
September 13th, 2008EEET 2249 Tutorial 2
September 13th, 2008EEET2249 Tutorial Week 1
September 13th, 2008Decentralised Energy – The Economically and Environmentally Logical Solution
September 3rd, 2008Key Points:
- 80% of electricity bills
is not for electricity - 75% of energy is wasted
before leaving power plants - Centralised power plants
waste large amounts of water - Energy can by supplied
25% of current cost - Decentralised energy is
more economically efficient
Do you ever consider what components of your power bill add up to the rate that you’re paying? According to innovative British engineer Allan Jones, about 20% of the rate accounts for actual electricity. The majority of the rate is to pay for distribution, power loss and government grid fees. Jones recognised these financial and fuel inefficiencies and proposed a solution, local decentralised power, that managed to save a council 80% in energy costs and is now being implemented in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumer Carbon Cap
August 12th, 2008
If every country in the world all implemented a consistent carbon capping scheme at the same time, there would no distinction between taxing the production of greenhouse gasses and taxing the consumption of products that generate greenhouse gasses. However, we all know that this is not going to happen – developing nations cannot justify the expense. Pointing fingers at non-participatory countries is unproductive so another solution is necessary.
New Zealand Just a Stepping Stone to Australia
July 24th, 2008
Stepping Stones
What New Zealand looks like to immigrants
This made me laugh. According to this report on New Zealand Immigrants from the ABC, the rate of residents leaving New Zealand is growing at an alarming rate. The funny part is that most of the growth is due to residents that weren’t born in New Zealand!
New Zealand residents are able to come to Australia to work and live without even applying for a visa. If the trend continues, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says New Zealand will become a “transit lounge” for immigrants.
Even immigrants know that Australia is better than New Zealand.
Sex Lines aren’t Sexy
July 23rd, 2008Listen to this “naghty nanna” sex line prank call and you’ll agree, unless you’re aroused by Salad Fingers…
Have a listen to the funniest but creepiest prank call made on Fox FM’s Matt & Jo show - the segment is about five minutes into it:
Hosted on Fox FM: Creepy Phone Sex Line
All I can say is … “Cock a doodle -doooo - hooo - hooo”
Grettle Would Smile At That
Using Java in Windows Command Prompt
July 22nd, 2008It seems that the Java Runtime Environment installer doesn’t automatically add the binary path of java and javac to the system environment variables, so the ‘java’ and ‘javac’ commands can’t be used without a path. For example, when you type “javac test.java” while in your test project directory, you might get the following message:
‘javac’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
The solution to this problem is pretty simple and should take less than two minutes to solve, so let’s solve it… Read the rest of this entry »
