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On a bad day $20 billion in wind power across Australia can only guarantee as much power as two diesel generators

How much back-up do we need for our 11.5 gigawatt wind system? About 11.4 gigawatts.

By Joanne Nova |2024-06-17T12:10:24-04:00June 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Skeptics visit the poster-child of severely “bleached” reefs, and it’s just fine 18 months later

When divers scan the Great Barrier Reef under the water, they find it’s been in record good health for the last two years.

By Joanne Nova |2023-12-09T10:18:07-05:00December 9th, 2023|Comments Off

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.

By Joanne Nova |2023-11-27T14:53:12-05:00November 25th, 2023|Comments Off

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."

By Joanne Nova |2023-10-24T11:01:54-04:00October 24th, 2023|Comments Off

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

The grid will be flickering and faltering Down Under.

By Joanne Nova |2023-09-03T13:59:09-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Comments Off

Tasmanian mega wind farm approved that can’t operate half the year

When does it make sense to build 122 giant industrial turbines that can’t operate for nearly half a year?

By Joanne Nova |2022-12-09T11:34:10-05:00December 13th, 2022|Comments Off

The Australian Climate is Fine — but the State of the CSIRO and the BOM is a Crisis

The latest State of the Climate Report is out to scare everyone with plucked esoteric records based on dubious datasets adjusted with secret algorithms

By Joanne Nova |2022-11-27T23:58:47-05:00November 26th, 2022|Comments Off

Wild west voltage spikes in South Australia and a billion watts of wasted solar

South Australia survived the big scary sunny day yesterday, but had to shut off solar power and throw all those sacred green electrons into a thousand open circuits.

By Joanne Nova |2022-11-23T16:16:30-05:00November 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Next big energy fraud — Replacing coal with Hydrogen to make steel

Hold onto your wallets Mr. and Mrs. investor who lack adequate knowledge of how mineralogy and chemistry work.

By Dr. Jay Lehr |2022-10-10T10:00:10-04:00October 10th, 2022|Comments Off

The secret climate election we didn’t know we had

There was not one word, barely, about climate change in the public square in Australia the last six weeks, yet today suddenly it was “a Green-slide” and a climate election post hoc. But the whole reason the Greeny-Teals did well was because no one talked about climate change.

By Joanne Nova |2022-05-27T11:18:47-04:00May 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Wind power is unreliable

Maybe if we could put wind energy in "shoe boxes."

By Joanne Nova |2022-04-05T10:33:16-04:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Old King Coal still rules the land Down Under

China’s boycott of Aussie coal has far-reaching impacts.

By Duggan Flanakin |2021-10-22T18:00:27-04:00October 9th, 2021|Comments Off

Nine o’clock horror: Climate change causes shape shifting animals

It’s a new horror to scare the kiddies.

By Joanne Nova |2021-09-09T11:16:41-04:00September 9th, 2021|Comments Off

Are mileage fees a means of control?

Electric vehicles are highly subsidized and inefficient, but at least don't pay a gas tax. Watch out for mileage fees.

By Duggan Flanakin |2021-08-06T08:53:52-04:00August 9th, 2021|Comments Off

Researchers confirm two new species of Australian gliders

Gliders are small marsupials that can jump incredibly far distances. Membranes in the creature’s limbs allow it to glide while in the air.

By Adam Houser |2020-11-13T17:34:45-05:00November 16th, 2020|Comments Off