Geoff Russell
Modelling grids and telling fibs
Claims that we can move to 100 percent renewable electricity are based on mathematical models; as is climate science. But you can test...
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Geoff Russell
May 25, 202212 min read
The teal climate alternative
An analysis of what the Teal vote in Australia's General Election means for climate action.
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Geoff Russell
Apr 14, 202211 min read
There is a nuclear waste problem; but it's not what you think
When did the word "logistics" start appearing on trucks? It's become quite the fashionable tag for all manner of companies; waste...
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Geoff Russell
Jan 6, 202210 min read
European word games
The EU is inching toward classifying nuclear power and methane as 'sustainable' for the purposes of getting onto a magic list that...
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Geoff Russell
Jul 11, 20218 min read
Inner city latte sippers and big chemical plants
As a vegan, I was a little miffed at not being tagged by Michael McCormack’s inner city latte sipper comment; but I’m guessing he has an...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 14, 202112 min read
IEA calls for big investment in nuclear power
Preamble You could be forgiven for not realising that the recent (May 2021) IEA Roadmap to net-zero by 2050, for energy emissions, was...
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Geoff Russell
Feb 26, 20216 min read
Virtual Power Plants?
Virtual power plants (VPP) get quite a lot of press from time to time. These consist of a battery of batteries under software control...
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Geoff Russell
Sep 25, 202012 min read
Energy chaos reaches new heights under the political correctness of market forces
If you follow the various high profile 100% renewable energy advocates, Mike Cannon-Brooks, Simon Holmes a Court and anybody in the...
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Geoff Russell
Sep 4, 202014 min read
Playing whack a mole with mining, enrichment and nuclear power
When it comes to the carbon footprint of food, most people have worked out that reducing your carbon footprint involves comparisons....
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Geoff Russell
Jun 25, 20205 min read
Hydrogen ... hype or heaven?
You can burn hydrogen and it contains more energy per kilogram than petrol. That makes it sound terrific, but a cubic metre of hydrogen...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 12, 20206 min read
Ruminants belching and LNG leaks; a really big deal
It's always confusing when people use different names for the same thing. Natural gas is burned for warmth and to generate electricity...
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Geoff Russell
May 16, 20208 min read
The gig economy and the energy grid
The old-school energy grid is on the nose. It still dominates the global supply, but all the talk is of renewable grids dominated by the...
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Geoff Russell
May 5, 20203 min read
Planet of the Humans missed LNG
Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore didn't say much about LNG (liquified natural gas) in their inconvenient documentary Planet of the Humans....
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Geoff Russell
May 4, 202011 min read
How do viruses jump species?
SARS-Cov-2 (the virus causing the Covid-19 disease) has jumped to us from another species. Which is how we got most other deadly...
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Geoff Russell
Apr 26, 20204 min read
Covid-19 testing (III)
Part II defined the two types of testing that are being used to test for SARS-Cov-2 virus infection. (2) Antibody testing ... cheap but...
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Geoff Russell
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Covid-19 testing explainer (II)
From last time ... there are two methods to test for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes covid-19): look for the RNA or...
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Geoff Russell
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Covid-19 testing explainer (I)
The virus which causes the Covid-19 disease is called SARS-CoV-2. The CoV stands for "corona virus", obviously. There are many different...
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