PinnedFact Check: Woodside’s North West Shelf extension isn’t needed to firm the Australian gridIt does what it says on the tin.May 29A response icon3May 29A response icon3
PinnedI can’t pretend everything will be ok.To love what we have as if it ever mattered to us at all, we must bear witness and grieve. Today I bear witness.May 27A response icon4May 27A response icon4
PinnedGorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facilityAfter decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…Nov 30, 2024A response icon8Nov 30, 2024A response icon8
Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shitDid you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?Oct 30A response icon15Oct 30A response icon15
The safeguard mechanism, Minister Bowen, and the no good very bad mathsWhen a number sounds big, but is small, and is also somehow fucken wrong.Sep 25A response icon1Sep 25A response icon1
In Victoria, grid-connected heat pumps beat gas ducted heaters on emissions today, not just over…Using reverse cycles for heating produces lower emissions, even in Victoria.Aug 29Aug 29
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group’s push to tell you all about their tiny Gladstone hydrogen parkRecently I came across something on LinkedIn (I *know*! Shut up!) from the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group that I think you need to…Jul 31Jul 31
Australia Emissions 101: It’s the exports.Where I step through the emissions impact of Australia’s fossil fuel exports so you don’t have to.Jun 29Jun 29
New quarterly emissions data: What does it show us?Yesterday evening (after 5pm 🙄) the Australian federal government released its most recent quarterly emissions data. This release consists…Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
To all the colours of hydrogen I’ve loved beforeOne of my more perverse hobbies is to collect “colours” of hydrogen. Molecular hydrogen (i.e H₂) is naturally a colourless gas, but energy…Feb 25, 2023Feb 25, 2023