Alternative energy Articles

Eco machine that produces water

A Canadian company called Element Four has developed a machine that can condense water from the air using similar electricity as three light bulbs. This machine went on display at an event hosted by read more...

Electric cars - coming to our roads soon

Over the past 20 years or so there have been many false starts (see Who Killed the Electric Car dvd, now avail from the ABC Shop) in the electric car future science fiction has been promising for de read more...

Nuclear power - Myths about nuclear power

This article is part of a larger piece entitled Nuclear Power, is it really a Greenhouse Solution Myth: Nuclear power is green Reality: If the entire production cycle is considered, then nuclear is read more...

Nuclear Power ... is it really a greenhouse solution?

It kind of crept up on me towards the end of 2005, as it was being slowly introduced into editorials, news items, and page three stories. All of a sudden, it was common knowledge: nuclear power was read more...

Nuclear power versus renewables

Published as part of a larger feature, Nuclear Power - is it really a Greenhouse Solution? The paradoxical economic disadvantages of renewable energy One of the great advantages of renewable energy read more...

Nuclear power - Is Australia to be the World's nuclear dump?

Published as part of a larger article, Nuclear Power - is it really a Greenhouse Solution? Since the 1980s the US has spent some $15 billion on storage facilities deep within the supposedly geologic read more...

Nuclear power - Debunking Nuclear Industry Claims

This article is published as part of Nuclear Power- is it really a Greenhouse Solution? These claims are from the Uranium Information Centre:1 Claim: In all countries using nuclear energy there ar read more...

Ocean currents to power the world

A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim. The technology can generate electricity i read more...

Revolutionary water-powered energy generator

Scientist claim that a new device that can harness the energy of slow moving rivers and ocean currents could supply the whole world's energy needs. Existing technology harnessing water power relies read more...

Why nuclear power is simply a stupid idea

Some arguments the nuclear lobby cannot lie about, by Mark O’Brien Like Lazarus, the nuclear power spectre keeps reappearing in the ‘conversation’ as the nuclear and the uranium mining industr read more...

Wind power cheap?

Is renewable energy as expensive as we are told? There was an interesting chart in the Sydney Morning Herald, April 2/10 (unfortunately not on the SMH website), that showed all the wind farms so far read more...