IEEFA: ‘Carbon capture’ model at Exxon’s Shute Creek CCUS reveals questionable technology and uncertain economic viability

Posted on March 26, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Delving into the world’s largest carbon capture project, ExxonMobil’s Shute Creek CCUS facility, reveals a highly questionable technology.
— Read on ieefa.org/ieefa-the-carbon-capture-model-at-exxons-shute-creek-ccus-reveals-a-questionable-technology-and-uncertain-economic-viability/

“CCS projects also face technical difficulties and their economic viability is uncertain, as evidenced by the failed Chevron Gorgon CCS project — the largest CCS project in the world with dedicated geological storage based in Western Australia.“

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What Australian cities can learn from New York City’s building emissions laws – The Fifth Estate

Posted on March 25, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Ms Bocra said that in the Big Apple, a penalty of $US268 (around $A358) is charged for every metric ton (tonne) of CO2e above the limit.
— Read on thefifthestate.com.au/urbanism/planning/what-australian-cities-can-learn-from-new-york-citys-building-emissions-laws/

$268 represents cost of not just reduced emissions but cost of extreme weather, damage to human health and more, real cost!

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Tory MPs call the green transition ‘unaffordable’. Europe is proving that’s a lie

Posted on March 24, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

superbonus scheme pays for everything: insulation, ventilation, new windows and doors, solar panels, heat pumps.
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/23/european-countries-climate-crisis-deniers-green-schemes

Italy- 110% superbonus scheme pays for everything: insulation, ventilation, new windows and doors, solar panels, heat pumps.

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Michael McCormack’s movie nights cost taxpayers $2,500 a ticket

Posted on March 24, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

“It would’ve taken me, seriously, 10 minutes …
— Read on www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/24/michael-mccormacks-movie-nights-cost-taxpayers-2500-a-ticket-and-his-scene-was-cut

again, the better money managers, better than what?

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Scientists Shocked as ‘Impossible’ Antarctic Heat Wave Sends Temperatures 40°C Above Normal

Posted on March 22, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Please remember this is LaNinja year, cool,. Imagine El Nino year , warm!!

Temperatures now 40°C Above Normal – The Energy Mix
— Read on http://www.theenergymix.com/2022/03/20/scientists-shocked-as-impossible-antarctic-heat-wave-sends-temperatures-40c-above-normal/

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‘It’s not supposed to be white’: one of the Great Barrier Reef’s healthiest reefs succumbs to bleaching

Posted on March 22, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

first thing Dr Adam Smith does is glance at his dive watch. It tells him the water is 29C. That is warm.
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/22/its-not-supposed-to-be-white-one-of-the-great-barrier-reefs-healthiest-reefs-succumbs-to-bleaching

first thing Dr Adam Smith does is glance at his dive watch. It tells him the water is 29C. That is warm.

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Coal aid to Ukraine from Australia also weapons and humanitarian

Posted on March 20, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Ukraine-Russia war: Australia to send weapons, humanitarian aid and coal to Ukraine
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-to-send-weapons-humanitarian-aid-and-70-000-tonnes-of-coal-to-ukraine-20220319-p5a636.html

Coal as wartime aid, whatever next?

If you check, you find, high in list of exports from Ukraine is coal. No deterrent @ScottyFromMktg, generous with taxpayer $ to buy whole 70,000t from Whitehaven, no doubt expecting generosity in “donation” to electoral funds, not even peanuts value compared to $28Million to Whitehaven Coal.

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Subsidise cars before coal

Posted on March 19, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Below is wonderful story by Saul Griffith, even unlocked in The Australian,righting so many wrongs, in usual msm, especially boondoggle that electric vehicles will overload the grid and power stations, yet again, the never ending panic scenario.

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fspecial-reports%2Fsubsidise-cars-before-coal%2Fnews-story%2F420774f2f43115dc7b4d2ae5fba16b96&h=AT3KZIlEBZ6vRuMS2dnivqq22gmuBlOpx0_eAESDvXJNo9m81AMYv_AAq-ww8l1mfQEA3TYW_43kJJRWRRMwb9MQX6muEeVlizpogmNoEBujWhCRl92KQoQSWr84T9s&s=1

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Urannah Dam is RORT … for mining not agriculture

Posted on March 18, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Urannah Dam is for mining not agriculture – Mackay Conservation Group
— Read on www.mackayconservationgroup.org.au/urannah_mining

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“Clearly Unacceptable”: Environment Minister Sussan Ley bans renewable project, blesses three new coal mines –

Posted on March 17, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Sussan Ley rendered the Australian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) project “clearly unacceptable” while approving three new coal mines
— Read on www.michaelwest.com.au/clearly-unacceptable-environment-minister-sussan-ley-bans-renewable-project-blesses-three-new-coal-mines/

its the big renewable hydrogen project in W.A. which is canned!

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