Whilst browsing the internet the other day I came across an interesting economic theory called the Khazzoom-Brookes postulate - a theory about energy consumption and behavior that argues that increased energy efficiency paradoxically tends to lead to increased energy consumption. More >>
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Does increased energy efficiency leads to increased consumption?
Anne Lawrence - Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Cooroy Chamber of Commerce - the biosphere and business opportunities
Susan Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011Spent a pleasant and informative evening on Tuesday (8th Feb) with the nice folks of the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce talking about biosphere and business opportunities. They really caught on quickly that good biosphere is also good business alignment. Great support from Deputy Chair Phil Moran and Cr Lew Brennan plus director Ron Nissan to an audience of some 30 local active Chamber members. Hopefully they are keen to drive their own biosphere thinking as its all doesn’t have to come from the main group. We used a PowerPoint by the Economic Sector guys adapted by Anne Lawrence of Communications and it worked really well. More >>
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