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EVs RIP
Look out for cheap second hand EVs From Rafe You were warned, look at Briefing Note 21.11 The list of problems is so long that you need to read the note to appreciate them. Consider the social injustice of subsidies for well-off people who can afford evs, the human rights of workers in the supply…
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Bob King’s Summary
WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK NOW and until 2024 FNQ regional plan 20/11/23 Mount Piper BESS, Wallerawang 20/11/23 Tarong West Wind, South Burnett 23/11/23 Capricornia Energy Hub (CEH) Transmission Project 1/12/23 Sustainable Finance Strategy 11/12/23 and 1/3/24 Accounting Standards for Climate change 19/2/24 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 amendments PREVIOUSLY 13/11/23 SA’s transmission and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…