Don't forget to turn off the lights!

Today was for the most part, a very boring day. Nothing exciting happened. Sorry to sound dull, but it was just one of those days. So I will not tell you too much about it. Instead I will talk about other stuff like cows (just kidding).


Here are some pics that I snapped yesterday on route to a job. It was glorious weather, strangely beautiful views became apparent on this trip too. The valley below me was awash in a blanket of fog. You can't see them in this picture, but there are several Power plants within this region. The drive was very relaxing and this time of the year is perfect for country outings. For those who don't know, our power stations burn brown coal. (black coal is only used under unusual circumstances). The cooling towers pictured here at Loy Yang are much larger than those that I photographed in previous posts at Yallourn. The scale of Loy Yang is also spread out over a much wider area than at Yallourn and Hazelwood (I will get a few pics of Hazelwood in future posts). Hazelwood boasts the unfortunate title of being the most envirommentally un-friendly power station in the state (if not the Country) due to it's ageing technology and subsequent efficiency. Just the other day, I was hearing talk of the possibility of a renewed lease on coal-fuelled power viability and the debate that shrouds it in so much controversy. Thanks largely in part to German scientists, Australia may well be heading down the road of coal powered energy with 'zero' emissions.
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Any way It got me thinking... Will this mean that the grey mist around us every morning will disappear? Will I be able to see more than 10m in front of the car's bonnet on the way to work? Scary prospects like these leave me wondering about what sort of impact it will have on our environment in the long term. Will our children be able to see more of the road when they are our age? Through the combination of fog and pollution that seems to be everywhere these days, it is hard to see how it will change in any great hurry. Although I think it's important to conserve energy, I for one, won't be rushing out to buy solar panels any time soon.