Friday, November 11, 2011

[achievement #1] pleasant swimming water


The lap pool averages 23C throughout the season.
It is the only unheated outdoor pool in the mountains; it’s also in the coolest climate zone, yet the lap pool peaked at 29C on 1 February 2011!  
The Pool *costs nothing* to heat, it is heated entirely by the sun.  
In our new carbon-priced world could we ask for better efficiency?  


This was achieved despite a very cool, wet summer.  
As stated on ABC Radio in January 2011 
...this is the strongest La Nina ever recorded”*.  
In the upper mountains December 2010 was the wettest in 15 years, 
and the trend continued across the season:
19 rain days in January, 
16 rain days in February, 
22 rain days in March.
* Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe of Griffith University 
speaking on ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live 24-Jan-2011 

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