Author: Rafe Champion

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Rafe’s Roundup 4 Sept

    Reminder Coming soon The Free Speech Union of Australia! Sign up here, don’t delay, Get your free speech while there is still some left. STOCKS LIMITED The usual suspects THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE LIST OF DEPLORABLES The Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC Classical liberalism rebadged as bohemian or hippie conservatism. Inspired by a long lost…

  • Windwatching Sept 2023

    In case you were wondering SEPT 1 NEM Wind at 7.20am providing 3% of demand at Capacity Factor 11%. (CF is the % of installed capacity. 29% is the average.) SA the wind leading state, wind generating 4% of demand operating with CF 4. Victoria, wind providing 3% of demand with CF 4. NSW ,…

  • Economic miracle in Rwanda

    This is a remarkable story of economic success in Rwanda, three decades on from the genocidal Hutu-Tutsi conflict. Rwanda has become a rising nation. GDP per capita has nearly 8x’d while annual growth rates are often above 5%. It has formed a pro-business reputation, with relatively less taxes, regulations and corruption. Rwanda is ranked 38th…

  • Re-tribalizing Australia

    Update: 14/8 @ 3pm. The agenda of The Racist Voice is now clear. It is about re-tribalizing Australia to approximate the time when bitterly antagonistic tribes roamed across the sparsely populated country. That was sustainable when there were some hundreds of thousands of hunter-gatherers. It will be interesting to see how it pans out with…

  • The Racist Voice

    Lets be clear and talk about The Racist Voice Rebrand the product, it is racist so let’s rebrand, rename and rewrite press releases, articles, pamphlets and advertisements to refer to The Racist Voice. Change the brand, change the narrative, shift the vibe in the community to recruit the power of the anti-racism narrative to resist…