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Readfearn and Australia's electricity "plan"

Geoff Russell

Jul 7, 202210 min read

Readfearn and Australia's electricity "plan"

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has drawn up a detailed Integrated System Plan (ISP) for the eastern Australian grid (the...

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A plea for professionalism in climate journalism in Australia

Geoff Russell

Jun 29, 202215 min read

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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Washing on the "green hydrogen" spin cycle

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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How emission targets dug us deeper into a climate hole

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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CSIRO; still denying climate science and working to screw the planet

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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There is a nuclear waste problem; but it's not what you think

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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Inner city latte sippers and big chemical plants

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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A tale of two projects: Wheatstone LNG Hub and the Asian Renewable Energy Hub

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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IEA calls for big investment in nuclear power

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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Simon Holmes a Court spinning more fakenews

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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Energy chaos reaches new heights under the political correctness of market forces

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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Lies, damned lies and renewable energy statistics!

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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Playing whack a mole with mining, enrichment and nuclear power

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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