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Australian news, and some related international items

Renewable energy will eclipse fossil fuels sooner than anticipated

 renewable energy will eclipse fossil fuel sources sooner than people had anticipated…..Australia’s biggest solar energy project now under construction.

Sun will set on fossil fuels, says expert, ABC Radio National, The World Today, Matt Peacock reported this story on Monday, September 26, 2011 According to the eminent Australian pioneer of solar technology, David Mills, the recent rapid pace of expansion of renewable energy generation has taken the experts by surprise. Continue reading

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Long lasting consequences from Fukushima radiation

There are no simple solutions,” said Timothy Mousseau, a professor of biological sciences at the University of South Carolina, said…..

“There will be consequences for some of the people who are exposed to levels that are being reported from the Fukushima prefecture,” Mousseau said by e-mail from Chernobyl, where he is studying radiation effects…..

Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Population Flees From Fallout, Bloomberg, By Yuriy Humber, Yuji Okada and Stuart Biggs – Sep 26, 2011 

“……..What’s emerging in Japan six months since the nuclear meltdown at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant is a radioactive zone bigger than that left by the 1945 atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While nature reclaims the 20 kilometer (12 mile) no-go zone, Fukushima’s $3.2 billion-a-year farm industry is being devastated and tourists that hiked the prefecture’s mountains and surfed off its beaches have all but vanished…… Continue reading

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