Geoff Russell
The ALP and Greens are locking in gas
Facing a future where both heat and electricity need to be ultra-low carbon, the ALP and Greens are locking Australia into gas.
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Geoff Russell
Jul 2710 min read
Can Australia hit its renewable energy targets?
The Albanese's Government's renewable energy plan requires us to build wind and solar farms 2-3 times faster than anyone has achieved.
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Geoff Russell
Jul 248 min read
A critique of Joëlle Gergis QE94: Highway to Hell
A critique of Joëlle Gergis' recent Quarterly Essay "Highway to Hell, Climate Change and Australia's future".
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Geoff Russell
Jul 167 min read
AI vs Q&A on nuclear waste
Comparing AI with Q&A on nuclear waste. Who should you goto for expert information?
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Geoff Russell
Jul 85 min read
Dispatchability: Deception on demand
What is dispatchable generation and how has the Government politicised the concept and corrupted its meaning
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Geoff Russell
Jun 2815 min read
Scrutiny of energy transitions: is our media up to the job?
Peter Dutton's nuclear plan and the media storm around it has raised questions over our media's capacity to analyse any energy plan.
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Geoff Russell
Jun 95 min read
How the CSIRO and AEMO buried $200 billion of added renewable electricity costs
The AEMO ISP & Gencost agree that costs on the other side of the meter can be ignored. That's how they find renewables cheaper than nuclear.
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Geoff Russell
Mar 127 min read
"Insiders" and anti-nuclear bias
"Insiders" on March 10th showed a level of unprofessionalism, ignorance and bias that deserves to be called out
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Geoff Russell
Dec 16, 20239 min read
Parliamentary inquiry into duck shooting; couldn't hit the side of a barn
The long running SA Parliamentary Inquiry into the hunting of native birds was a total waste of taxpayers money.
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Geoff Russell
Oct 29, 202317 min read
Energy spin and the running of the bull(shit)
Australia's energy policy is fast becoming a global outlier.
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Geoff Russell
Oct 9, 202316 min read
Duck hunting, sustainability and feeding the planet
Should a South Australian Parliamentary Committee recommend a ban on shooting flying ducks with shotguns? It's about the process.
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Geoff Russell
Jul 1, 202312 min read
Populist Quiz: Is Green The New Brown?
Should the Australian Greens party be names the Browns? No, not in honour of Bob Brown, but in honour of being the parties of big mining.
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Geoff Russell
May 30, 20238 min read
The right to care deeply about the climate while being utterly useless
Fining or jailing people for climate protests shows a lack of imagination almost as large as the protests themselves.
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Geoff Russell
May 15, 202312 min read
The good liar
A critique of the role of lies in the nuclear power debate
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Geoff Russell
Mar 30, 20236 min read
Safeguard mechanisms and climate bombs
The UK Independent newspaper ran a remarkable line about the deal between the Greens and the Australian Government on the so-called...
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Geoff Russell
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Big Coal isn't as big as it used to be!
RenewEconomy recently ran an interesting article with an amazing headline: “Cannon-Brookes backed fund to deliver "coal plant-worth” of...
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Geoff Russell
Feb 14, 202322 min read
Gambling on the grid
Suppose you are trying to shift Australia’s 30 million tonne grain harvest and somebody has decreed that you couldn’t use anything other...
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Geoff Russell
Jan 20, 202317 min read
It's the grid, stupid!
“It’s the economy, stupid” was a phrase coined back in 1992 during a U.S. election campaign. It’s purpose was to keep people focused on...
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Geoff Russell
Jan 3, 202320 min read
Merchants of doubt and merchants of fear
Climate scientist Matthew England interviewed Naomi Oreskes, who, with Erik Conway, wrote: “Merchants of Doubt; How a handful of...
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Geoff Russell
Dec 22, 20229 min read
Hard to decarbonise: Diesels Part II
I posted about decarbonising diesel engines a while back and it’s time for part II: solutions. But “approaches” is definitely a more...
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