A visit to Queensland first off today: Where a Government-owned electricity company offered life-saving advice to members of the public who may have been considering ‘Doing It Yourself’ during the recent Easter holiday.
The company, Energex, said in a message that plenty of handy people dong the tool belt and get stuck into jobs around the house at Easter, so it took the opportunity of urging them to be electrically safe.
“School holidays and extra-long weekends like Easter always see a spike in the number of people tackling DIY jobs around the home,” an Energex manager said.
“People will be cutting, drilling and digging around their properties and we’re highlighting the need to be aware that live electrical cables can be hidden behind every wall, floor and ceiling.”
But what is the ‘life-saving advice’ Energex promised that won it PS-sssst’s ‘Headline of the Week Award” for this week?
It said it all: “Don’t DIE when you DIY this Easter”.
Fleet EVs good for the house!
To the capital city now where Canberra’s Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction has reported that a trial project has shown that fleets of electric vehicles could play a vital role in keeping the electricity grid working and not running out of power at peak times.
“This trial has demonstrated that fleet EVs could play a vital role in supporting our energy grid and in boosting energy security,” the Minister said.
He also made the following official statement: “This nation-leading trial utilised a fleet of 51 Nissan Leaf vehicles to explore the ability of electric vehicles (EVs) to provide frequency regulation services to the National Electricity Market (NEM).”
While that’s all good news and of great interest, PS-sssst! wonders how the Minister pronounces the words (EVs) and (NEM) which are there to be announced in his official comment.
“Quote EVs close quote” perhaps?
Or “bracket NEWS, close bracket”?
Either way, PS-sssst! is just jealous because he’s still having trouble pronouncing ‘comma’ and ‘full-stop!”
REVS revving up!
Staying in Canberra now where the same statement above also delivers another issue wriggling with the EVs and NEWS.
This time, the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction declared the trial project a success, due largely to the courtesy of the trial performed under the name ‘Realising Electric Vehicles to Grid Services’ or (REVS) for short.
Only problem noticed by PS-sssst! is that the names’ letters in the service add up to REVtGS which doesn’t accurately spell REVS because the original couple it attached admitted there were two letters missing.
As PS-sssst! noticed, impolitely spelling ‘Realising Electric Vehicles to Grid Services’ into REVS ignoring the ‘G’ which has the same right to appear in a relevant abbreviation call on correct short names or come out with names that see REVGS for looks and REVtGS and REVS‘ as they look.
Maurice prizes Amazing!
To a movie giveaway now where Rama Gaind lights up the screen on her weekly giveaway to offer two ‘merchandise packs’ from the generous movie The Amazing Maurice which opened all around Australia a week ago.
To score one of the special Amazing Maurice backpacks – which include movie tickets, a pen, a notebook, an Amazing Maurice cap and the recently published The Amazing Maurice book by Terry Pratchett – all we had to do was tell Rama who wrote the cool cat’s screenplay and then have our entry among the first to pass the PS-sssst!’s judges to become the weekly winners.
The screenplaying answer to Rama’s riddle was ‘Terry Rossio’, the name correctly named by Elizabeth W of the Federal Department of Home Affairs and Kathryn B from the national Department of Education.
Congratulations to Elizabeth and Kathryn, and thanks to everyone who joined in the fun. The Amazing Maurice backpacks will be on their way to the new owners soon.
For another chance to put Rama’s screen career to its test simply open the curtains on her shiny review of this book The Redgum River Retreat at this PS News link or her other featured review of this DVD Johnny & Clyde at this link – and cast your direct stars to the right lighting to give your flick a chance.
Good luck to everyone who has a ‘reel’ go at producing a ‘score’!
Getting a grip
And finally just when Australia’s oldies are coming to grips with our newer but older bolder sciences, the scientific STEM name it took years to accept has been redrawn as STEAM.
The new broadened Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) is being used in Queensland to improve knowledge about diversify and assist in accelerating future skills and opportunities towards the hydrogen industry.
This initiative offers teachers professional development to ensure they’re supported with industry knowledge to give context to STEAM teachings,” the Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen,
Let’s hope they don’t burn themselves.
Unless those who have still ghost STEM to deal with,
Until next week….
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