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Gautam Adani might claim he can go ahead on his own money and doesn’t need cooperation from financiers. But the mine will be breaking the law if operations get no insurance. TheConversation

In anticipation of release IPCC report about land use, natural forests and cleared forest regrowth proven far more productive, for emissions capture/storage and biodiversity, than plantations of seedlings. TheConversation

How can the Strine claim to be a newspaper? Yet again, fairy tale insistence SA blackouts were caused by too much renewable energy from windfarms. Do they think folks have forgotten photos of transmission line pylons buckled like cooked spaghetti? … Continue reading →

If right wingers can do it there, how about they do it here? Fuel excise was subject of annual indexation until John Howard. Another expensive legacy. TheGuardian

The rumour materialises, from vacuum cleaners, now to EV cars. But Dyson first product mainly forgotten, radio for folks in developing countries, not powered by mains or even batteries, clockwork power no less. TheDriven

Why coal fired power doesn’t make sense any more, including 2 new projects, in the last decade, taxpayer funded and abandoned. TheGuardian

As Angus is, again, saying no, no, no, to latest IPCC report, which includes concern, major, world in general, as well as Oz in particular, about over exploitation of land, here’s some background about how he came to be such … Continue reading →

That’s why the first hyperloop systems will likely target very specific use cases with built-in passengers and minimal political hurdles. They could connect an airport to a city center or public transit hub, or send cargo from a port to … Continue reading →

How sad is it that people like Minister for Energy and Emission Reductions insists that we must provide “choice” for folks to be able to consume as much energy as they like, in houses as big as, drive cars as … Continue reading →

Adding just one more, Australia used to have SAA, Standard Association of Australia, until it got corporatised, divisionalised, privatised and now owned from Hong Kong. It used to be able to prevent imports of stuff as ordinary as flammable cladding … Continue reading →