Author: Rafe Champion

  • Read and weep for the green jobs in Australia

    The future of Australian industry is visible in Scotland where the green revolution was supposed to generate hundreds of thousands of new, well-paid green jobs. A longish piece but full of meat and a grim warning for us. In summary, the massive expansion of windfarms in Britain was funded by Britain and built in China…

  • Parallel universes

    I have never been a fan of the parallel universe theory in physics but I can see that it is a real thing in climate and energy matters. Check out the contrast: The British universe. The alternative universe in Australia. WINDWATCH UPDATE This picture will change, right now at 9.30 both Victoria and SA, the…

  • The real cost of unreliable energy

    The frog and the scorpion arrived at the edge of a river at the same time. Both wanted to get to the other side. The scorpion asked the frog for a ride on the frog’s back because the scorpion could not swim. The frog objected, saying that the scorpion might sting him if he was…

  • Wind power fails in SA & Victoria

    SA took the lead in the green power race, blowing up their last two coal stations and achieving accolades as a “clean energy superpower”. Victoria caught up quickly to take the lead with by far the most installed capacity. The numbers are changing all the time but these are quite recent figures for the installed…

  • A new dawn

    Settling down in new lodgings, thanks to Dover. I will appear on Jo Nova’s site doing climate and energy things. Will do some of that here, as well as the usual range of cultural, philosophical and miscellaneous commentary. A biography of Bill Leak is hot off the press, thanks to IPA.