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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Tag Archives: Australia
The winners and losers of climate change
One of the most tragic “PR mistakes” of the past several decades was to choose to call climate change “global warming“. Global warming was easy to dismiss; in colder countries, you almost welcomed any such notion and in warmer countries … Continue reading
Posted in Climate
Tagged arctic, Arctic sea ice, Australia, bushfire, climate, drought, extreme weather, Finland, forest fire, jet-stream, jetstream, tipping point, USA, weather
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Second impressions on Australia
Curiously, there’s no phrase “second impressions”, so what comes after first impressions? Noting that I wrote a couple of posts about first impressions of Australia some 2½ years ago ([1], [2]), it’s time to take stock of some cultural and … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Culture, Finland
Tagged Australia, business, climate, cultural comparison, culture, environment, Finland, houses, impressions, nature, notes, quality
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Backwater Australia – or maybe not?
There is a general consensus or at least an attitude in Europe that Australia is quite a bit behind in most, particularly technological, things. However, there was also a general consensus in Europe that it was leading the mobile devices … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Culture, Finland, ICT-stuff
Tagged Australia, climate, culture, environmental awareness, Finland, houses, insulation, iPhone, mobile, mobile networks, technology
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On residential solar PV systems
I find solar electricity production a fascinating topic. One of the curiosities of Australia is that the country is among the best in the world for solar electricity production, yet the vast majority of electricity production is based on coal … Continue reading
Time to switch to organic agriculture
The record-high staple food prices, the near-catastrophic drought in China and a looming energy crisis have put one of the very basic things in focus again: food. People in Western countries often overlook how important food is – it seems … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Food & drinks
Tagged Australia, energy, farming yields, food, health benefits, oil, organic, organic farming, produce, resiliency
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