Nuclear Energy Forum

Hosted by the Gravity Discovery Center for Science Week; maharetr and I drove North to Gingin¹ utterly failing to pick up food on the way and subsisting on my emergency stock of muesli bars. As I haven't quite unpacked the car from the Rogaine and some paddling trips we had food, water, a 4-man tent, some paddling gear and a croquet set. Ah luxury.

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I am still very firmly opposed to the use of nuclear power stations, I am opposed because even if the Uranium supplies last us 1,00 years, it's STILL non-renewable and creates highly dangerous byproducts. It's exactly what we are already doing with the fossil fuels. We don't need to improve our safety technology, we need to rethink our entire approach. On that note: The Wilderness Society has a petition going.

I would like to know more about the Human Development Index and what the environmental footprint of a wind farm really is.

¹Nearly, we failed to find it in the dark - how do you lose a small town you may ask? Easily!
²I have no idea how recent this info is and I suspect it of being out of date.

A night out dancing and a revelation.

I made it into Northbridge by about 11:45, still largely unfed and starting to feel it so I picked up a kebab to avoid nasty acts of cannibalism later on. Found various interesting people at the Court then we made our way to Sin for a few hours of dancing and general bouncing around. It only really dawned on me when we were leaving that the black clothes, shiny corsets, HUGE boots, black eye make-up, buckles and so on¹ translates to it being a Goth club.

This is embarrassingly reminiscent of the moment when I realised some of my friends are feminists.

¹industrial music