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18 Signs That Show We’ve Reached the Tipping Point
Extremes Attempts at Climate Reform Increasing Wildfires Across Western North America The Amazon Continues to Emit More Carbon Than it Absorbs A Large Increase in Methane Emissions Global Warming Psychology NOAA Ice-Sheet Collapse Warning Antarctic Ice Shelves Deteriorating Rapidly Ocean Heat Content Doubles in Recent Decades First Tipping Point Timeline for Collapse of the WAIS Dynamical Ice-Sheet Collapse Modeling Arrives Larsen C Ice Shelf Collapsing Alternatives and Renewable Energy Stratospheric Geoengineering With Limestone, Not...
read moreThe devil and the deep blue sea
Life may be tolerable if we warm our world 1.5 degrees C at 2 degrees that’s unlikely To keep below 2C will mean all that coal and oil will need to be left in the ground and that will cause a financial crisis eight times bigger than the last Financial ruin versus planet ruin the suits versus the greenies it’s our choice suspect Homo sapiens is leaning towards the suits for whatever the individuals’ reasons will the wise one day steer us back to a happy medium? or are we stuck between that devil the dollar and the gradually...
read moreToo Late
How can it be that we can get a man to the moon but WE are getting so confused we can’t choose a best leader Or what to do & when about climate change & how to address simple problems like the lack of drinking water Or the effect that not enough iodine might have on the next generation Or how perhaps to reduce wealth disparity to improve the well being of everyone How can it not be? Through change simple change change here change there change everywhere in everything and soon or it will be too...
read moreThe world-renowned scientist
The world-renowned scientist is often asked to explain the universe’s most baffling mysteries but he was stumped in May when he was asked to explain the rise of Donald Trump. “I can’t,” Hawking replied. “He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.” However, he added that “a more immediate danger is runaway climate change.” He went on to say that humanity will have to move to a different planet in 1,000 years time. I’m already finding that if one talks too much about...
read moreStand up for SA
South Australia is a proud state rich in possibilities, clever people, ancient and continuing Aboriginal culture, creativity and breathtaking nature. Nuclear waste dumps potentially threaten our environment, current and future generations and the SA economy. The decision to import high level nuclear waste is a forever decision. Once we make it, there’s no going back. This is not a decision that a Government with any morals can make for thousands of generations of future South Australians. lt would only take 0NE human error or 0NE...
read moreFresh water from renewables
Fresh water from renewables SunDew – low temperature thermal desalination powered by the sun & gravity [current] TideWater – RO seawater desal powered by the weight of partially filled buoy WindWater – low temperature thermal desalination powered by the wind Water boatman – low temperture thermal desalination powered by water currents + the wind. DeCarbon – stop the world’s temperatures rising - They rose as much in the last 2 months as the last 30 years – > Engine Solar compressed air engine...
read moreNuclear waste in SA
3 Seaview Rd Lynton SA 5062 13/06/2016 Skype: charlie.madden Dear Premier Weatherill Nuclear waste in SA While the Kevin Scarce’s Royal Commission report does briefly put some numbers to the risks of accidents and terrorist attacks on nuclear waste while it is being transported on ships, and shows it later being transferred by road and rail – NO numbers are put to the risks of accidents there. Scott Ludlam’s ‘Let the facts speak’ highlights the 12 major failures that have happened in nuclear reactors, there have been hundreds more....
read moreCarbon & meat
The amount of carbon frozen – inert – in the tundra round the north pole is 4.6 times more than all the carbon man has released since James Watt invented the steam engine in Scotland in 1765. That tundra is beginning to melt due to us. If it all melts we are headed for species extinction – including our own, see ‘Sleeping Giant in the Arctic’ on U TUBE. We must stop the burning and cut back on our livestock – each equally responsible for the current temperature rise in our world. > fish &...
read moreStatement of concern
The Great Australian Bight is home to a unique and extraordinary array of marine life. Whales, sea lions, birds, turtles, fish and sponge gardens all depend on its pristine waters. The indigenous people of the Nullarbor and Western Eyre Peninsula have been its custodians for tens of thousands of years – and remain so today. We have formed this Alliance to stop BIG OIL companies drilling in the Bight. BIG OIL = BIG RISKS. An oil spill disaster in the Great Australian Bight would be devastating. Five years ago in the Gulf of Mexico, the...
read moreClimate change runaway
NASA just released their climate report Feb temperature rise globally for February was a record 1.35C above 1951 – 1980 tHe last record was ONE MONTH before at 1.14C That record has gone up 18 percent in a month. - if this goes on that will be 7.8 times in a year.
read moreEco house – Margi and Charlie Madden
Good design for thermal comfort is based on the following five principles: Orientation of the main living areas towards the north, to allow the sun in in winter, and not in summer. Double glazing to trap the sun’s warmth in winter, and reduce heat gain or loss. Thermal mass to store the heat from the sun in winter, and “coolth” in summer Insulation to reduce unwanted heat loss or heat gain Ventilation Orientation – the most important aspect of a new build If the house is due north and the eaves are right the sun...
read moreWorld population is forecast to grow
This is a concern: World population is forecast to grow to 10 billion in 2050 fresh water will need to be found for an extra 3 billion people in only 34 years time That’s more than all the people in India & China today. We’ve done it before… What are the odds that in 1911 you would have said that a combined army from Japan & Germany would be beaten in 1945? Or in 1935 who would have said that Neil Armstrong would walk on the moon and be flown safely home in 1969 34 years is 34 years We can do it we can be making &...
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Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. 
