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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…
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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…
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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 …
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SA wind-loser
Wind fails, and fails again Who would have thought that the wind-leading state would have such expensive power, driving the business community to call for nuclear power so they don’t go broke or move offshore? MEMO Dont blow up your coal stations until nuclear power is on tap! This comes on top of the recent study of long-term trends…
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Latest evidence, windpower won’t work – Rafe
Long-term trend of wind production Paul McArdle is a long-term wind-watcher and net-zero supporter. He puts on the best spin that he can manage but the data are devastating. THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT TELLS THE STORY Look at the blue bars at the bottom of the chart. That is the wind supply during wind…
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Rafe Champion:Reviving critical thinking
John Droz is a prolific commentator on matters of education, science and policy issues like the quest for net zero that has been given legs by bad science and scientifically illiterate politicians, university administrators and journalists. This is a particulalry telling piece that he published this morning and it prompted me to suggest that a…
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Suicidal Power Planning
Has AEMO lost the plot? How this situation has been allowed to proceed this far is an astounding failure of political leadership and, quite frankly, common sense. Furthermore, it is a plan to transition our country from a safe, independent, cost effective and reliable NEM to one that exposes us to almost complete dependency on…
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Beware of pink and green Liberals
Using nuclear power as a trojan horse The Liberal Party has been plagued by pink and green rats in the ranks since the first emergence in the 1960s of the self-style “moderates” in NSW fighting the so-called “Uglies” for control of the party. Possibly the most destructive blow struck by the rats was the assassination…