Liquid a container. Most liquids resist compression, although others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, and maintains a fairly constant density. A distinctive property of the liquid state is surface tension, leading to wetting phenomena. The density of a liquid is usually close to that of a solid, and much higher than in a gas. Therefore, liquid and solid are both termed condensed matter. On the other hand, as liquids and gases share the ability to flow, they are both called fluids. Although liquid water is abundant on Earth,
Solar hot water in Australia from 01/10 2007 to 30/06 2009, offered all house owners in NSW a rebate on systems that were replacing existing electric hot water systems. The more efficient the system (emitting less Greenhouse gas), the more RECs the system was eligible for, generating a higher rebate. Power and Water Corporation, the principal water and electricity supplier in the Northern Territory, offers an REC buyback scheme on installations of solar water heaters. The buyback must be applied for and assigned less than one year after the installation. The Queensland Government's Solar hot water rebate scheme finished on 30 June 2005. No state