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Problems and Solutions to Current / Future Energy Sources and Efficiency

Information on issues, pollution and impacts of current and potential energy sources.

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Queensland

Fact Sheets

Fact sheet section on Nuclear Free Queensland website. This website provides links to the social, economic and environmental impact of uranium mining and nuclear power as an energy source in Australia and specifically Queensland. Nuclear Free Queensland is an initiative of the QLD Nuclear Free Alliance, QLD Conservation Council and Friends of the Earth Brisbane and made possible by the Beyond Nuclear Initiative.

http://www.nuclearfreequeensland.org/pdf.html

Nuclear Power: what all Queenslanders should know

This report was written by Premier Beattie and Lindy Nelson, Minister for Environment and Multiculturalism on the dangers of nuclear power as a future energy source and its potential social, economic and environmental impact on the State.

http://www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/library/pdf/Nuclear_Power.pdf

National

Air Pollution

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) website section on air pollution. This website category features information on research conducted on the pollution caused by energy developments on air quality, land and water and the technology developed to tackle these environmental issues. CSIRO is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and doubling the efficiency of Australia’s future energy generation technologies.

http://www.csiro.au/csiro/channel/ich1s.html

News and Articles

Publication section of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas website, which includes many articles on the issues currently effecting oil. The ASPO is an organisation dealing with reducing Australia’s oil vulnerability. Other sections with related information on oil concerns include Media, Oil Depletion Overview, and Selected Reading.

http://www.aspo-australia.org.au/content/blogcategory/0/55/

International

Alternative Energy Sources - Myths and Realities, Electronic Green Journal

The main aim of the Electronic Green Journal is to assist in international scholarly environmental communication by providing a quality, unbiased and freely accessible forum for the exchange of environmental information. This article examines the advantages and limitations of current and alternative energy sources and their potential to individually or collectively replace oil.

http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj09/youngqu1.html

Energy

Energy section of the Optimum Population Trust website, displaying indepth the link between energy resources, shortages and alternatives, and the world’s overpopulation. There is also a focus on the United Kingdom. Website also includes another section, titled Links, featuring a list of sites about population, demographics, resources, and environment.

http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.more.energy.html