Berrima was great… There is a nice Cafe down there next to the Alpacca centre where the food is great and you can sit outside and relax. I am not sure I would want to move down there but it is great to Visit. I would have been down there earlier but I left my cellphone in my car overnight, and missed Russell’s message when it came through. <\/p>\n
The drive down there was also good – not too much traffic on the freeway. I love that part of the world – so peaceful. <\/p>\n
And some bizarre news, according to the SMH (http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/World\/Ecoefficient-power-station-will-let-the-grass-grow-under-Britishfeat\/2005\/05\/31\/1117305619398.html), a company over there is about to build a power station being operated on ‘Grass’. Buffalo Grass to be exact, which they burn. And the reaction only releases the same amount of CO2 that the grass absorbed whilst growing… <\/p>\n
“The plant will operate for 8000 hours a year and each hour will save one tonne of carbon-dioxide that would otherwise have been emitted using fossil fuels.”. This is a rather strange statement to make. After all there are only 8766 hours in a year anyway, meaning that the power station will operate for 11 months a year – which is about normal for any power station. <\/p>\n
I cannot work out quite why they mentioned the 8000 hours. Maybe it was mentioned in the press release. Then comes the question ‘Why did the press release say it’. <\/p>\n
And if this is eco-friendly, is not coal equally as friendly? After all it is just releasing the CO2 that was stored when the plants that became the coal absorbed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Berrima was great… There is a nice Cafe down there next to the Alpacca centre where the food is great and you can sit outside and relax. I am not sure I would want to move down there but it …<\/p>\n