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A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an associate lecturer in Science Communication at the ANU. She’s author of The Skeptics Handbook which has been translated into 15 languages. Each day 5,000 people read joannenova.com.au

EVs report 80% more problems than petrol, diesel cars

EV’s are on the verge of becoming uninsurable.

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|2023-12-02T19:35:51-05:00December 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on EVs report 80% more problems than petrol, diesel cars

Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret

If the market won’t build crazy loss-making unreliable generation machines, the government will.

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|2023-11-27T14:53:12-05:00November 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret

China promised to strictly control coal then started 182 coal power plants instead

China's coal boom fits the axiom: "Socialists always lie."

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|2023-11-17T08:44:00-05:00November 17th, 2023|Comments Off on China promised to strictly control coal then started 182 coal power plants instead

Wind-power Investors abandon Siemens Energy — another shocking 37% fall, and it’s not alone

Siemens Energy lost another 37% as it revealed orders and revenue would be even lower than the current subdued expectations.

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|2023-10-30T12:07:46-04:00October 28th, 2023|Comments Off on Wind-power Investors abandon Siemens Energy — another shocking 37% fall, and it’s not alone

Australia’s “Snowy 2.0” doomed from the start — after the sinkhole came the poison gas

“Worst major project in history” emblematic of your "Clean Green Future."

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|2023-10-24T11:01:54-04:00October 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Australia’s “Snowy 2.0” doomed from the start — after the sinkhole came the poison gas

Investors abandoning “green” energy as they realize it’s never going to be cheap

Decisions are being delayed, contracts abandoned, auctions left without bidders and almost no new projects started.

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|2023-10-24T11:33:59-04:00October 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Investors abandoning “green” energy as they realize it’s never going to be cheap

Failing underwater cables “pose global threat to offshore wind”

The underwater cables needed for offshore wind are apparently so costly to repair, and the losses from lack of generation so steep, they are in danger of becoming uninsurable.

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|2023-10-09T10:11:25-04:00October 9th, 2023|Comments Off on Failing underwater cables “pose global threat to offshore wind”

Climate activists teach kids to plant malware on your computer

"Climate Justice" looks a bit like a criminal phishing campaign.

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|2023-09-25T09:44:46-04:00September 23rd, 2023|Comments Off on Climate activists teach kids to plant malware on your computer

2,500 years of wild climate change in southern Europe

It appears to have been warmer in Roman Times than now.

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|2023-09-18T10:24:57-04:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off on 2,500 years of wild climate change in southern Europe

Australia is on the precipice of a radical experiment with their energy grid

The grid will be flickering and faltering Down Under.

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|2023-09-03T13:59:09-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Australia is on the precipice of a radical experiment with their energy grid

Suddenly Australia needs $1.5 Trillion dollars for energy “moonshot”

Realizing wind and solar do not produce free (or even affordable) electricity.

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|2023-08-25T20:11:49-04:00August 23rd, 2023|Comments Off on Suddenly Australia needs $1.5 Trillion dollars for energy “moonshot”

European heatwaves: Soldiers died in the heat in 1160, rivers ran dry in 1303, animals fell dead in 1393

Medieval “climate change” was filled with heatwaves, droughts, and crop failures.

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|2023-07-29T11:07:52-04:00July 29th, 2023|Comments Off on European heatwaves: Soldiers died in the heat in 1160, rivers ran dry in 1303, animals fell dead in 1393

Cars are winning against the UK’s 15 Minute cities

It’s hard to believe someone thought that adding artificial blockages to roads would free people from their vehicle-addiction.

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|2023-07-27T09:17:54-04:00July 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Cars are winning against the UK’s 15 Minute cities

Models wrong again: Looks like climate change is making rainfall *less* intense globally

A new satellite study of rainfall suggests that during the last 20 years the intensity of rainfall has mysteriously declined.

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|2023-07-17T21:24:38-04:00July 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Models wrong again: Looks like climate change is making rainfall *less* intense globally

Another skeptical Nobel Laureate of Physics — “Climate science has metastasized”

It’s just another climate "denier" with a Nobel Prize in Physics…

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|2023-07-13T22:29:47-04:00July 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Another skeptical Nobel Laureate of Physics — “Climate science has metastasized”
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