renewable energy

We'd better use it wisely:

• http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/action-launched-against-mt-piper/1849954.aspx
• http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/activist-court-action-challenges-power-station-expansion-concept/1849961.aspx

Yeah, that's me.

I don't usually like spruiking for the corporate media, but channel 7 is doing something good with their Sunrise solar panel petition. I don't make any comment on the rest of what channel 7 does - I usually avoid it like the plague.

But they're right, a means test on the solar rebate scheme is bloody stupid. There are lots of people out there who want solar panels, but for the rebate, you have to have the money upfront. Not many people on a median wage (~$25,000/annum) have thousands of dollars just lying around.