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Koutsantonis and those diesel generators

Geoff Russell

5 days ago14 min read

Koutsantonis and those diesel generators

Why did South Australia's energy Minister call for some diesels be bought back into the energy mix?

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Geoff Russell

Oct 256 min read

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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Can Australia hit its renewable energy targets?

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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A critique of Joëlle Gergis QE94: Highway to Hell

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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Scrutiny of energy transitions: is our media up to the job?

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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How the CSIRO and AEMO buried $200 billion of added renewable electricity costs

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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Parliamentary inquiry into duck shooting; couldn't hit the side of a barn

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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Energy spin and the running of the bull(shit)

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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Duck hunting, sustainability and feeding the planet

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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The right to care deeply about the climate while being utterly useless

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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Merchants of doubt and merchants of fear

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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