Monthly Archives: November 2009

Energy Rewards to Reduce the Level of Greenhouse Gas

Energy Rewards is a socially equitable, economically efficient, wealth creating system to reduce the levels of greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere to whatever level we collectively decide.
The method is to give citizens the right to take up zero interest loans in inverse proportion to their consumption of energy.  If the loan rights are taken [...]

How to build the Cotter Dam with No increase in Water Rates

The ACT government is planning to build a dam on the Cotter River to store an extra 70 gigalitres of water for use when there is little or no water in the rivers.  Over a period of 40 years we can expect the dam to fill at least twice and for at least 140 gigalitres [...]

Funding the Broadband Network with Zero Interest Loans

The following proposal will finance the National Broadband Network, stimulate the economy in a positive way, and be of no cost to the government.

The broadband network will be funded by individuals in Australia taking out zero interest loans and investing the money from these loans in shares in the National Broadband Network. The money to [...]

Fixing the GFC while reducing ghg

I have just listened to the last Soros lecture and he makes many good points http://www.ft.com/indepth/soros-lectures .
Soros has long argued that stable equilibrium as a model does not reflect reality and he continues to make a lot of money because policy makers act as though it does.I have also listened to a talk by Tim [...]