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Public awareness and the misuse of electricity

Philippa Martin-King on March 26, 2009 | 1153 Views | 1 Comment

Glenn O'Neil is founder of the research and evaluation company, OWL RE. He talks to me about public awareness of the use (or misuse) of electricity.

As an Australian used to coal-produced energy, he wonders about other means of producing it. Could this be solar? What about nuclear with its waste disposal problems?

This video about electrical energy efficiency was filmed at the lift09 conference.

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#1 by Ben Dee on July 10, 2009 at 7:47 a.m.

Thanks again Philippa another great share! He doesn't sound Australian IMO. He obviously isn't alone wanting to see solar and wind replacing the coal as the main energy source, only time will tell but as the heading of this post suggests it seems to be a about public awareness.

Ben from the
domestic wind turbines
hub.

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