Geoff Russell5 days ago21 minBlackout: 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...
Geoff RussellJun 87 minWashing on the "green hydrogen" spin cycleThe Economist recently interviewed the German Europe and climate Minister, Anna Luhrmann, about Germany's will and capacity to wean...
Geoff RussellMay 3116 minModelling grids and telling fibsClaims that we can move to 100 percent renewable electricity are based on mathematical models; as is climate science. But you can test...
Geoff RussellMay 2512 minThe teal climate alternativeAn analysis of what the Teal vote in Australia's General Election means for climate action.
Geoff RussellApr 1411 minThere 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...
Geoff RussellJan 610 minEuropean word gamesThe EU is inching toward classifying nuclear power and methane as 'sustainable' for the purposes of getting onto a magic list that...
Geoff RussellJul 11, 20218 minInner city latte sippers and big chemical plantsAs 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...
Geoff RussellJun 14, 202112 minIEA calls for big investment in nuclear powerPreamble You could be forgiven for not realising that the recent (May 2021) IEA Roadmap to net-zero by 2050, for energy emissions, was...
Geoff RussellFeb 26, 20216 minVirtual 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...
Geoff RussellSep 25, 202012 minEnergy chaos reaches new heights under the political correctness of market forcesIf you follow the various high profile 100% renewable energy advocates, Mike Cannon-Brooks, Simon Holmes a Court and anybody in the...
Geoff RussellSep 4, 202014 minPlaying whack a mole with mining, enrichment and nuclear powerWhen it comes to the carbon footprint of food, most people have worked out that reducing your carbon footprint involves comparisons....
Geoff RussellJun 25, 20205 minHydrogen ... 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...
Geoff RussellJun 11, 20206 minRuminants belching and LNG leaks; a really big dealIt's always confusing when people use different names for the same thing. Natural gas is burned for warmth and to generate electricity...
Geoff RussellMay 16, 20208 minThe gig economy and the energy gridThe 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...
Geoff RussellMay 5, 20203 minPlanet of the Humans missed LNGJeff Gibbs and Michael Moore didn't say much about LNG (liquified natural gas) in their inconvenient documentary Planet of the Humans....
Geoff RussellMay 4, 202011 minHow 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...
Geoff RussellApr 26, 20203 minCovid-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...
Geoff RussellApr 26, 20202 minCovid-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...
Geoff RussellApr 25, 20202 minCovid-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...