Geoff Russell
A plea for professionalism in climate journalism in Australia
The IPCC Assessment Report 6, Working Group III devotes considerable attention to dietary change as a necessary part of tackling climate...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 22, 202221 min read
Blackout: tomorrow is too late
"Blackouts" seem to be the new black. SBS On Demand is running a couple of mini-series on them at the moment. There's a 2020 Belgian 10...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 15, 20224 min read
Blackout tales
Once upon a time, a fat red-faced businessman called Bill Watts built a power station. It cost him a billion dollars and was soon...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 8, 20227 min read
Washing on the "green hydrogen" spin cycle
The Economist recently interviewed the German Europe and climate Minister, Anna Luhrmann, about Germany's will and capacity to wean...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 1, 202216 min read
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
May 17, 202213 min read
How emission targets dug us deeper into a climate hole
What's the image all about? ... see the appendix at the end of the article. We desperately need a global plan to get to net-zero (or...
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Geoff Russell
Apr 24, 20225 min read
CSIRO; still denying climate science and working to screw the planet
Page 2055 of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 report (what a mouthful!) contains a remarkable...
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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 22, 20214 min read
A tale of two projects: Wheatstone LNG Hub and the Asian Renewable Energy Hub
Asian Renewable Energy Hub ... blocked (for now). Who remembers Kelly's Bush? You probably need to have been alive in the 1970s in Sydney...
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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
Mar 13, 20219 min read
Simon Holmes a Court spinning more fakenews
I wrote an article in New Matilda a while back taking Simon Holmes à Court (SHAC) to task for using maps to mislead people. Maps can...
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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 29, 20201 min read
Media blood sports
"Private security contractors" ... who made the decision? Did Daniel Andrews know about it? Australian media has been in a feeding frenzy...
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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 22, 20206 min read
Lies, damned lies and renewable energy statistics!
It's a terrible thing when people misuse statistics, because it gives the whole field a bad name. It feeds the anti-science cover-story...
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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
Aug 28, 202011 min read
Fight for planet A: hope, lies and stunt based TV
In the lead up to my sister's death in 2018, we had a number of traumatic conversations about hope and lies. "Why do doctors have to...
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