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Fact Check: Woodside’s North West Shelf extension isn’t needed to firm the Australian grid

It does what it says on the tin.

May 29

Fact Check: Woodside’s North West Shelf extension isn’t needed to firm the Australian grid

May 29

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I 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 27

I can’t pretend everything will be ok.

May 27

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Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility

After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…

Nov 30, 2024

Screengrab of the headline and first few paragraphs of an article in The Conversation by Tianyi Ma titled ‘Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial — but it’s going to be crucial’. The article is dated 6 June 2024.

Nov 30, 2024

Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit

Did you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?

Oct 30

Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit

Oct 30

The safeguard mechanism, Minister Bowen, and the no good very bad maths

When a number sounds big, but is small, and is also somehow fucken wrong.

Sep 25

The safeguard mechanism, Minister Bowen, and the no good very bad maths

Sep 25

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 29

Image showing a table that steps through the necessary calculations required to compare the emissions impact of using a low-end reverse cycle air conditioner and a high-end ducted gas to heat a home. Ultimately, reverse cycle wins with 57 t CO₂e/GJ of useful heat delivered, compared to 58.5 for gas.

Aug 29

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group’s push to tell you all about their tiny Gladstone hydrogen park

Recently I came across something on LinkedIn (I know! Shut up!) from the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group that I think you need to…

Jul 31

Image of a page from Gladstone News 10 July 2025. The headline reads “Hydrogen Park Gladstone Celebrates six months of success at official opening” Important content from the article is raised in text. The rest is usual marketing department waffle provided by fossil fuel companies.

Jul 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 29

Australia Emissions 101: It’s the exports.

Jun 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, 2023

New quarterly emissions data: What does it show us?

Mar 1, 2023

To all the colours of hydrogen I’ve loved before

One 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, 2023

To all the colours of hydrogen I’ve loved before

Feb 25, 2023

Tim Baxter

Tim Baxter

Australian clmate and energy researcher for my day job, but these opinions are written on my own time. While I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth.

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