Category Archives: Mineral & Energy Resources

The Swiss army nuclear knife

By Kate | Published: September 23, 2011
Read more at BraveNewClimate “Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous article on BNC was: Greenpeace’s Plan for India Switzerland. It’s smaller than Tasmania, but rather more famous and never missing from maps of Europe. [...]
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AWA Technical Meeting Water Wednesday

By Kate | Published: July 14, 2011
Read more at Blog about Science at Adelaide “The Water Research Centre in conjuction with Australian Water Association SA Branch would like to invite you to our next Water Wednesday Wednesday 27th July, 2011 5:30pm – 6:50pm Florey Lecture Theatre Medical School North building, University of Adelaide, Frome Road Desalination: Future directions for Australia’s world class facilities This special joint Water Wednesday [...]
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Seminar – Underground Knowledge

By Kate | Published: July 7, 2011
Read more at Blog about Science at Adelaide “How cutting-edge research is revealing new ore deposits and the forces that create them. Presented by: Prof Nigel Cook When: Tues 12th July, 5.30-6.30pm Where: North Terrace Campus, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre To find out more go to the University of Adelaide – Research Tuesdays’ website or click below to register. Register Now…”
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Nuclear energy challenges for the 21st century

By Cadence | Published: May 5, 2011
Read more at BraveNewClimate “The following post, by Dan Meneley, was originally presented at the 17th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference Cancun 2010, and is reproduced here with Dan’s blessing (I plan to buy him dinner, as thanks, when I visit Toronto in June). Its contents are highly topical in the context of the current situation [...]
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CET seeking students to support clean energy technology project

By Cadence | Published: April 15, 2011
Read more at the Environment Institute “The Centre for Energy Technology, CET, at the University of Adelaide recognises that a key to realising a clean energy future is the development of cost-effective transitional technologies. Key among these are clean combustion technologies and novel solar-combustion technologies. The Centre seeks to support the development [...]
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Podcast – Dec22nd iPad ELFS Information Night

By Cadence | Published: January 24, 2011
Read more at the Faculty of Sciences Blog “Listen to 10 minutes of edited highlights from the December 22nd iPad ‘Enhanced Learning for First-Year Sciences’ night…”
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TCASE 10: Not all capacity factors are made equal (Part 1)

By Cadence | Published: May 24, 2010
From BraveNewClimate “As I noted in a recent post, my new goal with TCASE posts is for them to be shorter, more targeted and more regular, with the aim being to break big problems in sustainable energy down into very focused questions (each of the new TCASE posts will be a maximum of 1,000 words — [...]
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Counterpoint ABC radio debate – Does being green mean going nuclear?

By Cadence | Published: May 24, 2010
From BraveNewClimate “The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) has now broadcast my debate with Ian Lowe over nuclear power, on Radio National’s Counterpoint program. The discussion lasts 50 minutes, and includes various questions and answers from the Why vs Why: Nuclear Power book, moderated by Paul Comrie-Thompson. We cover issues of waste management, weapons proliferation, adequacy of [...]
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Venus syndrome – the Claron’s despair

By Cadence | Published: May 10, 2010
From BraveNewClimate “…Hansen’s thesis, in brief, is that if we burn all of the available fossil fuels, we run a high risk of setting in train amplifying feedbacks that lead to a runaway greenhouse effect. How could this happen? Is it plausible? Well, perhaps, perhaps not. The ‘Venus syndrome’ hypothesis has certainly been derided by some, but [...]
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CET Seminar – Demos Trimis

By Cadence | Published: May 10, 2010
From the Environment Institute “Free CET Seminar May 12 – Combustion in porous media and its application for syngas production from gaseous and liquid hydrocarbon fuels…”
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