Posted by sigismund on May 13, 2011, at 16:01:26
In reply to Re: my stars! » floatingbridge, posted by floatingbridge on May 13, 2011, at 13:59:29
>Oh, you've got the coal thing happening in your country?
It hit the papers when the previous government gave mining rights in prime agricultural areas and under streams in the Sydney water catchment area.
Australia is pretty dry and we need to look after our groundwater and our catchment areas.
An Australian scientist, David Mills, is currently building a solar power plant in California. He tried to get funding for it here but eventually moved when he just couldn't get it. I mean, I think this is the right David Mills.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=energy-mills-ausra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mills_(solar_researcher)
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