Finding Infinity

Finding a future based on infinite resources.

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Hear my 100 Climate Conversation presented by @maasmuseum podcast with journalist Pat Abboud.  #100ClimateConversations is Australia's most ambitious climate-focused cultural project. Listen here on Spotify https://t.co/hGCSD3hTNs #Powerhouse100

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@barriecassidy We’ve written one for Melbourne. All 31 councils combined. Costs $100bn. Pays back in under 10 years. Creates 80k jobs. Menu here: https://t.co/qIH6CXpDij

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@Barnaby_Joyce saw you asking for for a menu and a cost on the news this morning for net zero by 2050. We’ve pulled one together for Melbourne by 2030. Cost is $100bn. Pays for itself in 10 years. Creates 80k jobs. Here’s the menu: https://t.co/qIH6CXpDij

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Things we do.

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Money. We invented it. Nature. It invented us.

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A solution for zero environmental impact and a society based on infinite resources converge at the same place. We’ll meet you there. Zero equals infinity.

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Here is what we saw at one of the first design gatherings to take place physically this year. The protagonists were communities, the city of the future, and sustainability. https://t.co/ZrDjXhGFbu #mdw2021 #melbourne #design

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.@FindingInfinity has spent the past two years developing a 10-point strategy for Melbourne to become completely self-sufficient in terms of energy, food and water.
https://t.co/YS6aSoHWYV

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Copenhagen’s Biogas Grid - With Copenhagen’s target of carbon neutrality by 2025, the gas grid must become fully decarbonised. • New biogas upgrading facility means 44% of the city’s grid gas supply is now from biogas as of June 2019
• Aiming for 60%… https://t.co/KHLIQwlCvy

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Perth refills its drinking water aquifer with treated waste water
• Water is stored and naturally filtered until it is needed
• Greatly improves water security as it does not rely on rainfall
• The groundwater replenishment scheme currently supplies … https://t.co/J5j9priQSe

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Israel Recycles 87% of its wastewater
• Majority of recycled water is used for irrigation
• Around 50% is treated using an advanced process which allows it to be reused for any crops, rather than limited types of irrigation
• Accounts for almost a th… https://t.co/TwGAe2OjXW

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London’s Recycled Water - 70% of London’s water is supplied by reservoirs filled by the River Thames. •London receives only half as much rainfall as Sydney
•Classified as ���seriously water stressed” by the Environment Agency •Thames water is said to h… https://t.co/u2aTlyWMBC

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Water Unlimited - Singapore’s Recycled Sewer Water - NEWater is the brand name given to reclaimed water treated and used for drinking in Singapore
• Currently makes up 40% of the drinking water supply
• Expected to rise to 55% by 2060
• Studies by an… https://t.co/xQH7bfzPnb

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Copenhagen on Track for Carbon Neutrality by 2025
• The city’s energy utility, HOFOR, has invested billions of euros to build 360 wind turbines by 2025
• It will replace its coal fired power plants with biomass plants burning sustainably sourced wood… https://t.co/QVA72044Iy

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Germany to Decommission All Coal Plants
Germany will decommission all of its 84 coal fired power plants within the next 19 years. • Currently 35% of energy is from coal
• 12.6GW of coal power capacity will be decommissioned by 2022, and another 25.6… https://t.co/DT3I8rVgxa

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Solar Uptake in Los Angeles
Los Angeles now has the most installed PV total of any city in the US in terms of total kW. • LA also plans to expand Feed-in-Tariff programs, create standard plans for carport solar, require all newly built parking struc… https://t.co/2hWOU2FH7q

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Rooftop PV Uptake in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu has the most PV installed per capita of US cities with 640W installed per person. •As of 2017 almost 20% of single family houses and townhouses have solar PV (~50,000 dwellings total)
•Since 2017 permit… https://t.co/VPRbLrkyKH

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Solar Uptake in South Australia
32% of residences in Adelaide now have solar PV systems installed. • total capacity is more than 800MW
• most of these systems have been installed in the last 10 years • during peak solar generation times, PV has gene… https://t.co/nFDSVHWqlc

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Los Angeles Mandates Retrofits - Los Angeles also recently announced their own “Green New Deal”
• requires all current building stock to be retrofit to net positive by 2050
• targets reductions in building energy use per m2 for all building types of … https://t.co/Whzfwha4jD