I have three related pieces to share today that will remind us that normal people are sensible. By normal, I mean people other than politicians and the associated grifters that try to use political power to extract unearned money.
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Any Greens paying attention?
To ask is to answer. Of course they’re not.
Rich energy hobbyist carpetbaggers
A prominent national journalist recently published an opinion piece about the crazy state of the Australian energy market. In it he referred to the small number of individuals that are trying to use political power to enrich themselves as “rich energy hobbyist carpetbaggers”.
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Australian energy mix, summer 2024
Summer, the 3 months from the solstice to the equinox, has just ended in the southern hemisphere. How did Australia generate its electricity over that time? With renewables?
Continue readingBP – back to petroleum
It must be around 20 or 25 years ago that BP rebranded itself: Beyond Petroleum. Remember?
Continue readingThat must have Hert(z)
Update: Hertz announced on March 15, 2024 that that the CEO was being replaced, effective March 31. Another idiot bites the dust, but not before trashing a big chunk of shareholder funds.
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I am not a shareholder of the Hertz Inc car rental company. Fortunately. For I think Hertz shareholders have every right to be thoroughly disappointed in the Board.
Continue readingGrift or Satire?
My mind is unclear on this point. Grift means to obtain money illicitly. Satire is to expose foolishness using irony or humour. PLOS One has published a paper that is one or the other, but I genuinely can’t tell which.
Continue readingNet Zero
Net Zero is not a term that is easily defined but that has not stopped the Australian Federal Government legislating a requirement that the country be net zero by 2050.
Continue readingAustralian energy production by fuel mix
For the 3 months to 25 January 2023, the Australian energy market operator reports the following supply sources.
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Australian Actuary 