Stuffthatcounts

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...

The Economist recently interviewed the German Europe and climate Minister, Anna Luhrmann, about Germany's will and capacity to wean...

Claims that we can move to 100 percent renewable electricity are based on mathematical models; as is climate science. But you can test...

An analysis of what the Teal vote in Australia's General Election means for climate action.

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...

Page 2055 of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 report (what a mouthful!) contains a remarkable...

When did the word "logistics" start appearing on trucks? It's become quite the fashionable tag for all manner of companies; waste...

The EU is inching toward classifying nuclear power and methane as 'sustainable' for the purposes of getting onto a magic list that...

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...

Asian Renewable Energy Hub ... blocked (for now). Who remembers Kelly's Bush? You probably need to have been alive in the 1970s in Sydney...

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...

Virtual power plants (VPP) get quite a lot of press from time to time. These consist of a battery of batteries under software control...

"Private security contractors" ... who made the decision? Did Daniel Andrews know about it? Australian media has been in a feeding frenzy...

If you follow the various high profile 100% renewable energy advocates, Mike Cannon-Brooks, Simon Holmes a Court and anybody in the...

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...

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...

Public transport and rooftop solar panels. Is there a connection? Everybody loves public transport ... as an idea. Everybody understands...

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...

Nobody opposes the soap industry because it may lead to chemical weapons. Nobody opposes vaccination because it may lead to biological...

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...