Some of you may be interested in this free online event from Parents for Climate. They say it’s a "practical, no-nonsense webinar designed to help households reduce energy bills, improve comfort, and understand what to look for when taking the next step toward an all-electric home, whether that’s now or sometime in the future…
This is a national session, so we’ll focus on principles, real-life examples, and decision-making frameworks that apply across Australia. Where relevant, we’ll point you to tools and programs to help you find local rebates and support. It’s aimed at parents, homeowners, renters, and anyone curious about lowering bills and future-proofing their home.
What we’ll cover:
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Where most homes are wasting money on energy
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How to get off gas (without doing everything at once)
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What to consider before upgrading to solar, batteries, hot water heat pumps, and efficient heating & cooling
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Induction cooking and EV charging: what you need to know (and what you don’t)
Date & Time of Webinar (by State):
May 04, 2026
7:30pm (VIC, NSW, QLD, TAS)
7:00pm (SA, NT)
5:30pm (WA)
Send RSVP: https://www.parentsforclimate.org/electrify_your_home_webinar
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We need to go electric for energy security
How can we have energy security by going all-electric when every single piece of hardware in the electric chain is made in China?
We need energy independence, security is a byproduct of that. Every day we go for “net zero” e get further and further away.
Energy security by having the stuff instead of buying the fuel regularly
Does that make sense to you? Buy solar and electric stuff from China and you have it, they can’t take it off you
Cool, what’s your prescription professor, we going to buy solely Australian made equipment for all future infrastructure?
Oh wait, we were so beholden to preserving profitability of our extractive indutries that we effectively offshored the lions share of our manufacturing sector. Worst part is we have all the raw materials we need on shore to support modern battery and renewable generation technology, but we let our billionaires piss it all away.
Now we are going to get xenophobic about where we source our infrastructure from?
Let me guess we are going to somehow make nuclear cheaper than renewables, somehow kickstart our own nuclear construction capacity from effectively nil, and then we are going to have a properly “'Straylyan” energy grid.
Yet again I ask, what part of the fossil fuel industry are you employed in and do you feel guilty that you are willing to let your ideology get in the way of pursuing the cheapest most effective way of pushing forward?
Some idle comments:
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In hot climates, an indoors HWHP is preferred, as it offsets AC loads. In cold climates, put it outdoors.
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Avoid putting AC units directly in the kitchen due to fouling the filters.
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Multiple single splits can be cheaper than a multi split, and are generally slightly more efficient.
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Shade can help reduce AC loads significantly.
Adding, with multiple singles it’s possible to put one on the battery backup system whereas a multi-split will usually have too large a draw for the backup system.
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I wonder how applicable this would be to folks outside Australia?
I think they’d be bits which would be applicable and other bits not. But it might help people think about the various aspects and how it might be adpated to where they live.
Europe here! That’s my house right now. All electric, car included. 😊
No, I mean the webinar. Is it going to be about the technology in general, or about Australia-specific government policies for installing it?
Just read the above description or go to the registration page. It covers a wide range of topics. In any case, if you or a friend can’t watch it at the time the webinar is on, I can bet it will be recorded and you can watch it in your own time and see.