[Pil-pc-oceania] Brisbane--Australia's first permaculture city?

[David Arnold]

yes, it is true that the cost of two-way meters is unnecessarily high, and
this adds extra cost to installing grid interactive systems.  in Vic i have
heard power companies are charging up to $500 for the two-way meters.

dave


On 13/03/2008, Pat <clamshell at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> Here is a suggestion to help make every city and town more
> permacultural:  start a campaign to encourage governments, state &
> federal, to smooth the way for the mass introduction of 'two way'
> electricity meters.  This smoothing could take the form of a subsidy
> to help householders buy the meters and have them installed,
> legislation to remove obstacles to the use of these meters, and
> perhaps a scheme for the authority to buy the electricity produced by
> a household at a slightly higher price than the household pays for
> electricity from the grid.
>
> This situation would be a great encouragement to people to invest in
> solar panels and wind generators, with the real bonus of eliminating
> the need for all those batteries.
>
> I think there are a lot of people out there who would jump at the
> chance to do this, but are overwhelmed by the difficulties associated
> with the current, common, stand-alone systems.  I know there are some
> objections and problems perceived by those who run the grid, but I am
> sure they can be overcome.
>
> This makes sense to me -- what does anybody else think?
>
> Cheers,
> Pat
>
>
> On 13/03/2008, at 7:10 AM, Robyn Williamson wrote:
>
> > David White of the Socialist Alliance is standing for election to
> > Brisbane City Council, Central Ward, on Saturday March 15 and is
> > proposing amongst other things that Brisbane be made Australia's
> > first permaculture city.  This would include:
> >
> > * a resourced city farm in every suburb
> >
> > * community ecologists working with local communities to combat
> > climate change and extend local sustainability
> >
> > * new buildings mandated with energy-saving design
> >
> > * free water tanks
> >
> > Free public transport is another possibility being put forward by
> > David and to fund this he is asking how much money could be saved if
> > the REAL costs (estimated at over $1.5 billion per annum) of having a
> > city dominated by cars were taken into account.  Download or view
> > David's election leaflet here:
> >
> > http://bp3.blogger.com/_nlVqFD-yqU4/R7zv6BHdHcI/AAAAAAAABKU/
> > 0ICCUpQzTjs/s1600-h/Screenshot.png
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Riley's report of a discussion held at Northey Street City Farm
> > about how to make Brisbane a permaculture city is reprinted below and
> > available on the net at:
> >
> > http://leftclickblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/peraculture-zones-urban-
> > design-and.html
> >
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David Arnold
Permaculture Designer
4446 Murchison Rd
Violet Town VIC AUS 3669
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