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    How emission targets dug us deeper into a climate hole
    Geoff Russell
    • 3 days ago
    • 13 min

    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...
    95 views
    CSIRO; still denying climate science and working to screw the planet
    Geoff Russell
    • Apr 24
    • 5 min

    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...
    64 views
    There is a nuclear waste problem; but it's not what you think
    Geoff Russell
    • Apr 14
    • 11 min

    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...
    3,498 views
    European word games
    Geoff Russell
    • Jan 6
    • 10 min

    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...
    232 views
    Inner city latte sippers and big chemical plants
    Geoff Russell
    • Jul 11, 2021
    • 8 min

    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...
    72 views
    A tale of two projects: Wheatstone LNG Hub and the Asian Renewable Energy Hub
    Geoff Russell
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
    59 views
    Simon Holmes a Court spinning more fakenews
    Geoff Russell
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 9 min

    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...
    714 views
    Virtual Power Plants?
    Geoff Russell
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 6 min

    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...
    58 views
    Geoff Russell
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Media blood sports

    "Private security contractors" ... who made the decision? Did Daniel Andrews know about it? Australian media has been in a feeding frenzy...
    12 views
    Energy chaos reaches new heights under the political correctness of market forces
    Geoff Russell
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 12 min

    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...
    612 views
    Lies, damned lies and renewable energy statistics!
    Geoff Russell
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...
    93 views
    Fight for planet A: hope, lies and stunt based TV
    Geoff Russell
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 11 min

    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...
    121 views
    Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me
    Geoff Russell
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me

    Public transport and rooftop solar panels. Is there a connection? Everybody loves public transport ... as an idea. Everybody understands...
    44 views
    5G: ignorance has a new rallying cry
    Geoff Russell
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 9 min

    5G: ignorance has a new rallying cry

    I'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...
    81 views
    Linking nuclear power and terrorism is like linking soap with chemical weapons; just stop it!
    Geoff Russell
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 8 min

    Linking 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...
    166 views
    Kirk Smith, the world loses a rational and compassionate person
    Geoff Russell
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Kirk Smith, the world loses a rational and compassionate person

    Kirk 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...
    9 views
    Covid-19 in slaughterhouses?
    Geoff Russell
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Covid-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)...
    21 views
    Bolt's confounding problems
    Geoff Russell
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Bolt's confounding problems

    The Advertiser today featured Tory Shepherd at the top of the page taking on racists pretending to be protectors of free speech and...
    77 views
    Waste worrier warriors
    Geoff Russell
    • May 31, 2020
    • 8 min

    Waste worrier warriors

    Natasha Mitchell's Science Friction is often worth listening to, but I generally only listen to the podcasts, so I can be quite a bit...
    37 views
    Ian Lowe on #PlanetoftheHumans
    Geoff Russell
    • May 14, 2020
    • 12 min

    Ian Lowe on #PlanetoftheHumans

    Jeff 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...
    58 views
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