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Blood nickel and electric vehicle batteries
Brilliant investigative reporting on the Indonesian nickel industry, or a beat up? Do claims about "insane lies" in this doco add up?

Geoff Russell
Apr 30, 202510 min read


Build a Ballot: A predator coming for your vote
Being a sincere climate advocate doesn't mean you can't also be disingenuous and downright dishonest.

Geoff Russell
Apr 24, 202510 min read


Who fixes misinformation at the ABC?
Misinformation about radiation and the "radium girls" during a book promotion interview on ABC RN needs to be called out.

Geoff Russell
Mar 18, 20258 min read


Nuclear power is a distraction; here's what we should be discussing
Nuclear power discussions are a distraction, we know nuclear works. What we should be discussing is out first-of-a-kind wind & solar system.

Geoff Russell
Feb 18, 202511 min read


Koutsantonis and those diesel generators
Why did South Australia's energy Minister call for some diesels be bought back into the energy mix?

Geoff Russell
Dec 9, 202414 min read


Scrutiny of energy transitions: is our media up to the job?
Peter Dutton's nuclear plan and the media storm around it has raised questions over our media's capacity to analyse any energy plan.

Geoff Russell
Jun 28, 202415 min read


How the CSIRO and AEMO buried $200 billion of added renewable electricity costs
The AEMO ISP & Gencost agree that costs on the other side of the meter can be ignored. That's how they find renewables cheaper than nuclear.

Geoff Russell
Jun 9, 20245 min read


Energy spin and the running of the bull(shit)
Australia's energy policy is fast becoming a global outlier.

Geoff Russell
Oct 29, 202317 min read


Duck hunting, sustainability and feeding the planet
Should a South Australian Parliamentary Committee recommend a ban on shooting flying ducks with shotguns? It's about the process.

Geoff Russell
Oct 9, 202316 min read


Gambling on the grid
Suppose you are trying to shift Australia’s 30 million tonne grain harvest and somebody has decreed that you couldn’t use anything other...

Geoff Russell
Feb 14, 202322 min read


It's the grid, stupid!
“It’s the economy, stupid” was a phrase coined back in 1992 during a U.S. election campaign. It’s purpose was to keep people focused on...

Geoff Russell
Jan 20, 202317 min read


Merchants of doubt and merchants of fear
Climate scientist Matthew England interviewed Naomi Oreskes, who, with Erik Conway, wrote: “Merchants of Doubt; How a handful of...

Geoff Russell
Jan 3, 202320 min read


Hard to decarbonise: Diesels Part II
I posted about decarbonising diesel engines a while back and it’s time for part II: solutions. But “approaches” is definitely a more...

Geoff Russell
Dec 22, 20229 min read


Hard to Decarbonise: Diesels
This is the start of a series on hard-to-decarbonise parts of the global economy. The first part will be diesel engines and it will take...

Geoff Russell
Dec 5, 202211 min read


Zali Steggall and Australia's cargo cults
I vaguely remember learning about cargo cults at school. Are they still in the curriculum? Perhaps there is so much competition in the...

Geoff Russell
Nov 7, 202217 min read


Part IV: How nuclear power can reduce electricity costs.
Abbreviations: AEMO: Australian Energy Market Operator ESB: Energy Security Board GENCOST: Gencost GSOO: Gas Statement of Opportunities...

Geoff Russell
Sep 24, 20227 min read


Part III: Is nuclear power expensive or just much better?
Part III: Is nuclear power really expensive, or just much better? Abbreviations: AEMO: Australian Energy Market Operator CCGT:...

Geoff Russell
Sep 12, 20229 min read


Part II: Is nuclear power really expensive, or just much better?
Abbreviations: CCGT: combined-cycle gas turbine, this is the top-of-the-range gas turbine CCS: Carbon Capture and Storage GENCOST:...

Geoff Russell
Sep 2, 202212 min read


Is nuclear power really expensive? or is it just better?
[This is Part I in a series of posts on nuclear costs, they are companions to the post on nuclear construction times. Some of it is...

Geoff Russell
Aug 26, 202210 min read


Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; a potential disaster? Or an actual one?
[Further update: 26th August 2022 ... New York Times reporting the reactors are back on the grid. Wonderful news! Still reporting just 2...

Geoff Russell
Aug 12, 202212 min read
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