VW’s plan to mass produce a “unified cell” battery at half the cost of current produciton could turbo-charge Australia’s lithium and nickel exports.
— Read on thedriven.io/2021/06/30/volkswagens-battery-plans-a-game-changer-for-australian-minerals-government/
Queensland to invest in pumped hydro storage upgrade as it continues to look to energy storage in response to the Callide coal generator explosion.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/pumped-hydro-boost-follows-battery-blitz-as-state-responds-to-callide-coal-explosion/
Pumped hydro doesn’t need to be at river or lake, just height difference between ponds, water delivered then protected from evaporation with membrane.
Senator Matt Canavan also said landholders who took part in carbon farming – a policy the government is supporting – would “retire to the coast” and spend their money in “the Gold Coast or eastern suburbs of Sydney”, rather than in regional communities.
— Read on www.farmonline.com.au/story/7326181/senior-national-admits-farmers-are-not-partys-core-constituency/
The biggest threat to nation’s future in next 10 to 20 years was not climate change, Senator Canavan said, it was aggression from China.
“That’s the biggest risk to our peace, prosperity and security,” he said.
There aren’t enough trees in the world to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/there-arent-enough-trees-in-the-world-to-offset-societys-carbon-emissions-and-there-never-will-be-158181
More importantly, viewing natural ecosystems as “climate solutions” gives the misleading impression that forests can function like an infinitely absorbent mop to clean up the ever increasing flood of human caused CO₂ emissions.
If we absolutely maximised the amount of vegetation all land on Earth could hold, we’d sequester enough carbon to offset about ten years of greenhouse gas emissions at current rates. After that, there could be no further increase in carbon capture.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has ranked Australia last among 193 members for its level of climate action
— Read on ieefa.org/australia-ranks-last-for-climate-action-among-193-nations-in-un-report/
say no more, nudge, nudge
Ministers ‘should urge public to eat less meat’ – BBC News
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57580254.amp
With no climate action plan and his government’s support for more roads, runways and an overseas gas project, Boris Johnson risks being a laughing stock at the UN climate summit [which the UK is hosting].”
The fine tuning of inverters at wind and solar farms in north Queensland shows that synchronous machines may not be needed in a future grid.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/groundbreaking-solar-inverter-solution-points-way-to-grid-free-of-fossil-fuels/
hallelujah, no more inertial dinosaurs
28 June, 2021 − How do you safely store spent nuclear waste? No-one knows. It’ll be a costly headache for our descendants.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/nuclear-legacy-is-a-costly-headache-for-the-future/
UK early decommissioning of 2nd generation nukes, finances allocated for site rehab, no chance, taxpayers to the rescue but wait, didn’t taxes get cut and cut again? What, no plan at all?
Will hydrogen be a blessing or a curse? Probably a bit of both, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting for much more of the second.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/an-offset-loophole-could-be-the-saviour-for-high-emissions-fossil-hydrogen/
Don’t we already have enough dodgy accounting to pretend cuts to our emissions?
Australian commentator Alan Jones has been championing a contentious book about climate science which has gained traction in the US. So does it hold up?
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/a-controversial-us-book-is-feeding-climate-denialists-in-australia/
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