Posted by Funkdancer on Jul 28, 2007 in Environment | Comments Off
So we got an introductory package from Origin Energy after signing up to a 12 month contract with Green energy. It contained several Compact fluorescent lamps, plus a water saving showerhead (which we already had). Now for the bulbs, I’d never thought about them before. But then decided, ok let’s see how they work. 10 minutes later the 6 included ones were gone… and off I was on the pushbike to get more. $70 later and I had stocked up about 14 more. Still 4 short. So another $20, and every single light bulb was gone.
Now, why would I go to this extreme? Well, they use 1/5th of the energy – 18w provides 90w of traditional output. 40 or 50w output uses half that. See the following article for more info – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4922496.stm .
So it’ll hopefully offset some of that energy used by that big plasma….
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Posted by Funkdancer on Mar 7, 2007 in General | 2 comments
I went to the Melbourne Car Show 2007 today and got a few shots. Others have covered the details much better than I could, but I find the Type R Civic – which will arrive here in a few months – having an incredible appeal. Plus, it’s got to be one of the strongest 2.0 naturally aspirated engine ever built (for a hatch, that is – the S2000 clearly leaves it in the dust).
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Posted by Funkdancer on Feb 3, 2007 in Environment, Shows & Movies | Comments Off
Just saw the film by Al Gore on the state of the environment. Woa – that was one very impressive presentation. It left me feeling angry at the constant cover up of big business and stupid politicans who constantly refuse to listen to what is going on.
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Posted by Funkdancer on Sep 17, 2006 in General | Comments Off
From the I-hate-spam and about-bloody-time departments, DC Marketing and some other company is finally getting warned about what is essentically a completely unethical spamming practice.
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Posted by Funkdancer on Sep 16, 2006 in Shows & Movies | Comments Off
Münich is a great suspense/thriller movie starring the [according to my wife] very hot Eric Bana, plus Daniel Craig – our new James Bond.Â
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