Could you run an aluminium smelter with wind, solar and batteries? Let's suppose we tried to do it in South Australia. We have thousands of MW of utility scale wind and solar. Could we run a smelter with it? How may batteries would we need? https://t.co/XiIhiSzY64

I don't get it. Why would anybody eating bacon, ham, or steak without blinking worry about a link with glyphosphate and cancer? It's like smokers worrying about chemicals in shampoos. https://t.co/7iLwy0qSlm

Germanys energy transition: Step 1: Build unreliable Solar & Wind. Step 2: Realize Solar & Wind screw up the grid. Step 3: Find out the costs are astronomical & the problem isn't solved. Step 4: Regret exiting nuclear. Step 5: Build out Nuclear. Steps 1-4 are optional.

Our thoughts are with communities impacted by the devastating floods across Queensland, and we call on governments to provide the support required for a speedy recovery. The floods have also resulted in the substantial loss of cattle and other livestock. This comes after over

Golden rice is a no-brainer: a publicly funded, non-proprietary genetically modified crop that combats vitamin A deficiency, a major cause of childhood blindness and mortality - yet it's opposed by many Western environmental groups and NGOs. 24 years ago, in The Blank Slate, I

The South Australian grid is the canary in the coal mine. Or should I call it the Monty Python dead parrot? Either way, too many people are being sucked in by wishful thinking and simplistic "modelling" and sleepwalking into the cul-de-sac.

Ppl r hallucinating on Greenland’s mineral wealth. Exploring and mining in the Arctic is a literal hellscape. The constraints r insane and the costs to overcome 'em r mooning way past imagination. Geologically, permafrost is a nightmare. Ground’s frozen solid—normal drilling

The anti-nuclear campaign would commence OUTRAGE if just 1 animal species' unique and fragile ecosystem was risked for a uranium development project. In my recent literature review I found little more than hand-wringing over lithium in the environmental movement.

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer exists. - Hannah Arendt

On this last day of the year, I want to congratulate France for its termination of the ARENH law 🥳 This law, in full "Accès régulé à l'électricité nucléaire historique" or "Regulated access to historic nuclear electricity" was a law that was introduced in 2010 by the then

What a remarkable week for utility scale solar farms in SA. They threw away almost everything they generated for the past week until we hit 40 degrees today ... when they were finally able to sell their power; but we still needed gas and Vic coal to run our air cons.

Large SUVs and utes are 82% more likely to kill children in collisions- 44% more likely to kill adult pedestrians or cyclists. They damage our roads and add to air pollution, harming our health. There’s twice as many utes as tradies in Australia. We need remove the luxury car

Just how easy is it to be a "renewable energy AI superpower"? A large data centre recently failed to get the 400 MW of firm power it asked for in NSW. Why doesn't it build its own generator? It's just wind and sunshine, how hard can it be? https://t.co/lxSGiEYvXO

This is for anybody hooked on the meat industry's protein-is-king scam

But really, if you want to play games, play with something that isn't so important. This is our energy system you are screwing with. Its reliability and efficiency is critical. 3/3

Intermittency was always hard. Nobody willingly employs staff who can vanish frequently and without notice & won't work nights (ever). Whoever thought we could run a grid that way? Engineers may have been seduced by the thought of heroically solving a really hard problem. 2/3

A Christmas present for anybody invested in wind/solar farms in SA. It's been pretty windy for the past 4 days, but they've been unable to sell much during the day. Rooftop solar will see wind+solar utilities having a hard time paying off bank loans without more subsidies. 1/3

South Australia has a world-leading percentage of wind+solar electricity. But, as predicted, we are getting to the pointy end where things are getting hard. A best-fit logistics curve isn't encouraging. Looking at the past 3 years shows us perhaps even more stuck.

I 🩵 large modular nuclear reactors! Great Christmas gift from @WECNuclear

Google's Gemini no longer needs training wheels. All I can say is wow!

Information integrity of the Senate Committee supposed to investigate it (Part II) https://t.co/ic322BgDWp