If only.....

Is Abbott starting to feel the heat!

Climate Spectator

Rob Burgess

Now that the 18 bills constituting the government's Clean Energy Futures package have entered the gladiatorial pit we call the House of Representatives, the frailty of Tony Abbott's political future is becoming more clear. 

While he stands with shield and sword ready in that sandy arena, Malcolm Turnbull sits high in the Emperor's box eating grapes and wondering, "shall I speak or shan't I?" His late scratching from the parliamentary debate yesterday was a delay in any open hostility against the man who deposed him, but it does not rule it out. 

Turnbull will, at some point, stretch out one arm, his thumb hovering in a horizontal position, before surveying the chanting crowd and turning said appendage up or down. Whether or not he speaks on the carbon package, he is not a man to be silenced outside the chamber. A Turnbull verdict could come at any time. Read more.....

Whose written the longest suicide note?

Tony Abbott accuses PM Gillard of writing the longest suicide note in introducing a price on carbon! I would have thought it was a long term insurance policy to reduce the risk of the planet dying! Abbott is surely is the one who is suicidal in his approach to climate change.

Eucy oil the go!

I used to live in Wedderbun and at weekends heading to Melbourne was a delight as we passed through Inglewood and the eucy factory that spilled out the wonderful scent! And now it might do more than just smell good!


Climate Spectator

The other eucalyptus oil
Finally, some good news. GE announced this week that it has joined a consortium including Virgin Australia to research and develop commercial biofuel for the aviation industry. The group – which also includes Renewable Oil Corporation, the Future Farm Industries CRC, and Canadian biofuels company Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation – will focus on pyrolytic conversion of biomass from mallee eucalypt trees and plans to have a pilot production plant operating in Australia by 2012. For GE, the development of renewable biofuels is a good fit for its sustainable transport portfolio, which includes the development of fuel efficient jet engines. “Innovation and creativity will play enormous roles as part of the transition to a low carbon future," said Ben Waters, Director of ecomagination, GE Australia and New Zealand. "We already invest a huge amount in the development of more efficient and alternative energy sources in the aviation industry and beyond, and we hope to bring a huge amount of knowledge to this partnership.”