Geoff Russell3 days ago13 minHow emission targets dug us deeper into a climate holeWhat'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...
Geoff RussellApr 245 minCSIRO; still denying climate science and working to screw the planetPage 2055 of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 report (what a mouthful!) contains a remarkable...
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 22, 20214 minA tale of two projects: Wheatstone LNG Hub and the Asian Renewable Energy HubAsian Renewable Energy Hub ... blocked (for now). Who remembers Kelly's Bush? You probably need to have been alive in the 1970s in Sydney...
Geoff RussellMar 12, 20219 minSimon Holmes a Court spinning more fakenewsI 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...
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 29, 20201 minMedia blood sports"Private security contractors" ... who made the decision? Did Daniel Andrews know about it? Australian media has been in a feeding frenzy...
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 22, 20206 minLies, 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...
Geoff RussellAug 28, 202011 minFight for planet A: hope, lies and stunt based TVIn 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...
Geoff RussellAug 12, 20204 minFool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on mePublic transport and rooftop solar panels. Is there a connection? Everybody loves public transport ... as an idea. Everybody understands...
Geoff RussellAug 5, 20209 min5G: ignorance has a new rallying cryI'm not at all sure about writing anything about those afraid of 5G. Will anybody worried about 5G actually read or care about what I or...
Geoff RussellJun 29, 20208 minLinking nuclear power and terrorism is like linking soap with chemical weapons; just stop it!Nobody opposes the soap industry because it may lead to chemical weapons. Nobody opposes vaccination because it may lead to biological...
Geoff RussellJun 26, 20203 minKirk Smith, the world loses a rational and compassionate personKirk Smith died on the 15th of June of a heart attack and stroke. The stream of emails I'd been getting from him since 2008 had gone...
Geoff RussellJun 19, 20204 minCovid-19 in slaughterhouses? The New York Times at the moment has a daily table of Covid-19 cases and deaths in every US state. Here's the top five today (June 19th)...
Geoff RussellJun 11, 20203 minBolt's confounding problemsThe Advertiser today featured Tory Shepherd at the top of the page taking on racists pretending to be protectors of free speech and...
Geoff RussellMay 31, 20208 minWaste worrier warriorsNatasha Mitchell's Science Friction is often worth listening to, but I generally only listen to the podcasts, so I can be quite a bit...
Geoff RussellMay 14, 202012 minIan Lowe on #PlanetoftheHumansJeff Gibbs and Michael Moore have been finding out what it's like to throw a sacred cow onto a BBQ with their documentary Planet of the...