The limits to wind farming
150 years ago the Chief Surveyor in South Australia, George Goyder, drew a line across the map to warn prospective…
Wind and solar: the energy thieves
The unpopular truth about electricity and the future of energy
What green energy transition?
Last week the Net Zero universe was alive with the sounds of jubilation as the penetration of unreliable energy into…
Rebadging the Liberals
Alexandra Marshall recently noted Peter Dutton’s support of the e-Safety Commissioner where he said, ‘Julie Inman Grant is one of…
Put coal back in the Coalition energy policy
Most protagonists of nuclear power like to say it is clean, meaning no CO2 is released, as though this is…
A nuanced view of the nuclear option
Matthew Warren brings a refreshingly nuanced view to the acrimonious nuclear power debate because he knows enough about electricity generation…
Peak stupid? NSW Liberals back Greens and Labor on Net Zero target
Two big events occurred in Macquarie Street on Thursday morning. In Parliament, the Liberals joined the Greens in the Lower…
Adriane’s thread: from wind droughts to the heart of darkness
According to legend, the Greek hero Theseus went deep into the heart of the labyrinth to kill the dreaded Minotaur,…
Looking for the Net Zero exit sign
Let’s get serious about planning an orderly exit from Net Zero. We need a plan ready to go before a…
Planning for power failure
In south-eastern Australia, the capacity of conventional power has run down to the point where there is just enough to…
End the Net Zero nightmare
Matthew Warren knows as much about the energy industry as anyone and his book Blackout (2019) is a very good overview of…
Net Zero is a revolutionary idea, but not all revolutions are a good idea
There is a saying that revolutionary ideas are first heretical, then they become interesting and controversial, until suddenly they are…
Aboriginal cricket tour of 1868 the start of reconciliation
Tom Will won hearts pioneering indigenous cricket
Change the narrative, change the game
Michael de Percy challenged Chris Bowen in person at the Sydney Institute regarding whether or not the government had a…
The endless wind drought crippling renewables
The spectre of power failure is haunting Europe as Britain and Germany demonstrate that modern societies can’t run on wind…
Power policy in parallel universes
This year Daniel Westerman will become a well-known if not much-loved public figure. In his role as the energy czar…
The iron triangle of energy realism
Possibly the most powerful argument against the quest for Net Zero can be briefly stated using the Iron Triangle of…
The voice of energy realism
The transition from coal is limited by the lowest level of renewable energy input to the grid on windless nights……
Energy policy: where parallel universes are set to collide
There are parallel universes in energy policy and they are about to collide. In one universe, the governments of Australia…
