Author: Rafe Champion

  • Wind & solar roundup

    Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King.  QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 7/11/23   Richmond Valley Solar NSW 7/11/23   Woodstock Energy Hub QLD 7/11/23   Cethana PHES Tas 8/11/23   Darlington Wind VIC 13/11/23 Future Gas Strategy 23/11/23 Glenellen Solar, Cessnock, IPCN 23/11/23 Armidale BESS 31/1/24   Offshore…

  • Bob King’s report

    QUICK SUMMARY OF DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND SOLAR SCHEMES OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 31/10/23 Junction Rivers Wind, Balranald, formerly Burrawong 8/11/23   Extended Period,CWO REZ Transmission 15/12/23 Climate Active program DCCEEW survey PREVIOUSLY 22/10/23 Woodland BESS, Darlington Point 23/10/23 Victorian Offshore Terminal 24/10/23  &14/11/23 Guarantee of Origin 25/10/23 The Plains Solar and BESS, Hay 25/10/23 Oxley Solar, Armidale, currently at IPC…

  • Unreliable energy news

    Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King.  QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 23/10/23 Victorian Offshore Terminal 24/10/23  &14/11/23 Guarantee of Origin 25/10/23 The Plains Solar and BESS, Hay 6/11/23   Paling Yards Wind, Oberon 13/11/23 SA’s transmission and distribution infrastructure  15/11/23 extended period Illawarra Offshore…

  • Surviving the power tipping point

    Watch the RE crash dummies hitting the wall! SOUTH AUSTRALIA, GERMANY, BRITAIN, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS In summary, the major strategies appear to be importing power and deindustrializing. The first move will only last while other places have got conventional power to spare and the second is not likely to be popular. More details in preparation, but…

  • Exit from net zero

    Time to start planning We need a plan before a government comes to power with a mandate to exit, only to find that they have to make it up during the first year of office. More commentators are talking about an orderly exit from coal, instead of the insane stampede prescribed by most Australian governments…

  • Heads up for investors

    And others From the Beer Whisperer. Greg Canavan on the exit from net zero for investors. The smart money is shifting to fossil fuels, anticipating the collapse of the net zero ponzi scheme. Hear about it in the first few minutes of the video. Serious investors will need to listen to the end to get…

  • Net Zero three strikes and you’re out

    Strike One Impossible due to the wind droughts and lack of storage. Strike Two Impossibly expensive due to the need to keep 100% conventional power for ever due to One. Strike Three Catastrophic impact on people and other living things through the supply chain from mining through wreckage of forests and farmland to disposal of…

  • Help wanted

    Objections to wind and solar facilities The rising tide of protest against the loss of forests and farmland is strangely not reflected in a large number of people putting their hands up to lodge official submissions objecting to the proposals when they are listed for review prior to a decision on their approval. Bob King…

  • Wise words from Shirley Hazzard

    Speaking to our condition Dipping into Shirley Hazard’s Boyer Lectures, written in 1984, some useful thoughts about the voice debate turned up. From the chapter Australia and the Menace of Eternal Youth As Australia emerged from the first hard decades we had the experience, the inventions, and the institutions of many centuries to draw upon…as a…

  • Rafe’s Roundup 24 Sept

    The Free Speech Union of Australia LAUNCHING IN OCTOBER GET ON THE MAILING LIST The usual suspects THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE LIST OF DEPLORABLES The Conservative Party CPAC The Energy Realists   IPA Net Zero Aust Spectator    Jo Nova Centre for Ind Studies Conservative Vagabond      The Monarchists Quadrant   The Free Press    Bettina Arndt …