GregB1@bsky.social
@gregb1.bsky.social
Engineer, energy transition enthusiast, climate change aware, interested in EV technologies - and cats. Can tend to sarcasm. Living on the traditional land of the Yuggera nation.
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Why are we being told Australia could run out of gas, when we have more than almost any other country?
And we export 80% of it?
The gas industry just wants an excuse to drill for more.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
And we export 80% of it?
The gas industry just wants an excuse to drill for more.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
March 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Why are we being told Australia could run out of gas, when we have more than almost any other country?
And we export 80% of it?
The gas industry just wants an excuse to drill for more.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
And we export 80% of it?
The gas industry just wants an excuse to drill for more.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
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Ethiopian artist Makeda Bizuneh,
The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #womensart
The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #womensart
January 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ethiopian artist Makeda Bizuneh,
The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #womensart
The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #womensart
And on hearing this pronouncement by Peter Dutton, Ted O’Brien and David Littleproud decide they’ve clearly heard enough, and Angus Taylor thinks “I’ll be the leader of the opposition next year”.
Peter Dutton defends #nuclear by claiming that rooftop solar cannot charge EVs and household batteries at the same time. How wrong and ignorant can you be? #auspol
“You can’t charge your battery and your car at same time:” Dutton does not have a clue about energy
Peter Dutton defends nuclear by claiming that rooftop solar cannot charge EVs and household batteries at the same time. How wrong and ignorant can you be?
reneweconomy.com.au
December 13, 2024 at 7:41 PM
And on hearing this pronouncement by Peter Dutton, Ted O’Brien and David Littleproud decide they’ve clearly heard enough, and Angus Taylor thinks “I’ll be the leader of the opposition next year”.
More people are employed in Nov ‘24, unemployment reduced, but interest rates may not be cut in February 2025. 👀 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Australia's unemployment rate falls to 3.9pc in November
Australia's unemployment rate falls to 3.9pc in November, down from 4.1pc in October.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2024 at 2:28 AM
More people are employed in Nov ‘24, unemployment reduced, but interest rates may not be cut in February 2025. 👀 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Oh how great to see the artist in action. Beautiful work. 👀
Gang-gang Cockatoo drawing, always a bit tricky trying not to smudge it!
#pencilart #drawing #wildlifeart #birds
#pencilart #drawing #wildlifeart #birds
December 8, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Oh how great to see the artist in action. Beautiful work. 👀
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One type of comment on renewables I get frequently is from people who show primary energy demand.
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of…
medium.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:50 AM
One type of comment on renewables I get frequently is from people who show primary energy demand.
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,710,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,180,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,710,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,180,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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December 6, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,710,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,180,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,710,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,180,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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The first home electric vehicle (EV) bidirectional-capable chargers are already on the market in Australia, even though they are yet to receive final approval from the industry body thedriven.io/2024/12/06/f...
First V2G chargers hit Christmas shelves, but yet to get final approval
The first home electric vehicle (EV) bidirectional-capable chargers are already on the market in Australia, even though they are yet to receive final approval from the industry body.
thedriven.io
December 6, 2024 at 4:25 AM
The first home electric vehicle (EV) bidirectional-capable chargers are already on the market in Australia, even though they are yet to receive final approval from the industry body thedriven.io/2024/12/06/f...
With a battery electric vehicle, the driver can just turn up and go. The vehicle and cabin is preconditioned - warmed or air conditioned.
In his 14 years of driving school buses in frigid weather with up to -40°F wind chills, he says that diesel buses would struggle to start and need to idle in the garage to warm up enough to run. #CleanRide4Kids #Moms4CleanBuses
December 6, 2024 at 7:59 PM
With a battery electric vehicle, the driver can just turn up and go. The vehicle and cabin is preconditioned - warmed or air conditioned.
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Renewables set to contribute 45% of power in Australia in 2025, targeting 82% by 2030. theconversation.com/record-renew...
Record renewables go into the grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025
This year will set a record for the addition of renewables to the grid, according to figures to be released on Thursday by the Clean Energy Regulator.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Renewables set to contribute 45% of power in Australia in 2025, targeting 82% by 2030. theconversation.com/record-renew...
Western Green energy hub prospect would transform Western Australian outback. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
A mega energy project would bring 8,000 workers to the outback. What are the odds of it going ahead?
Plans lodged with WA's Environmental Protection Authority this month will bring wild transformation to an ancient desert landscape. Experts, who note the proposed scale is "incredible", say the idea h...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Western Green energy hub prospect would transform Western Australian outback. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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I don’t understand why the ABC don’t ‘both sides’ stories about housing the way they do about climate change
Why not add ‘while landlords and banks celebrate high rents, concessionally taxed capital gains and high profits’ to the headline?
Why not add ‘while landlords and banks celebrate high rents, concessionally taxed capital gains and high profits’ to the headline?
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 PM
I don’t understand why the ABC don’t ‘both sides’ stories about housing the way they do about climate change
Why not add ‘while landlords and banks celebrate high rents, concessionally taxed capital gains and high profits’ to the headline?
Why not add ‘while landlords and banks celebrate high rents, concessionally taxed capital gains and high profits’ to the headline?
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News Australia’s only #wind turbine tower manufacturer has decided to pack it in has been packaged by the Murdoch media and Coalition as a renewables embarrassment for Labor. History tells a different story
Australia’s only wind turbine tower maker to close shop, prompts Coalition to ignore its own history
News Australia’s only wind turbine tower manufacturer has decided to pack it in has been packaged by the Murdoch media and Coalition as a renewables embarrassment for Labor. History tells a d…
reneweconomy.com.au
November 22, 2024 at 6:03 AM
News Australia’s only #wind turbine tower manufacturer has decided to pack it in has been packaged by the Murdoch media and Coalition as a renewables embarrassment for Labor. History tells a different story
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Australian oil and gas giant lands government money for CCUS projects, to the horror of analysts who say it would be cheaper, cleaner and smarter to phase out #gas appliances
Woodside handed government funds for carbon capture projects, but activists say we should use less gas
Australian oil and gas giant lands government money for CCUS projects, to the horror of analysts who say it would be cheaper, cleaner and smarter to phase out gas appliances.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Australian oil and gas giant lands government money for CCUS projects, to the horror of analysts who say it would be cheaper, cleaner and smarter to phase out #gas appliances
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Australia’s sovereign wealth fund finally given instructions to invest in what it says on the box – the future – at least in regards to #energy technologies. The Coalition says it is the wrong direction
Labor issues new mandate to Future Fund to invest in the future, and the zero carbon economy
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund finally given instructions to invest in what it says on the box – the future – at least in regards to energy technologies. The Coalition says it …
reneweconomy.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund finally given instructions to invest in what it says on the box – the future – at least in regards to #energy technologies. The Coalition says it is the wrong direction
Forecast for tomorrow in 🇦🇺 has Canberra to be the hottest capital at 31 deg Celsius, 10 degree above average daily high.
November 23, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Forecast for tomorrow in 🇦🇺 has Canberra to be the hottest capital at 31 deg Celsius, 10 degree above average daily high.
Scientists say it’s an imperative we reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a catastrophic increase in sea levels.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Unprecedented changes in Antarctica ice prompt researchers to issue emergency statement
Hundreds of polar researchers issue an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate change in Antarctica.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Scientists say it’s an imperative we reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a catastrophic increase in sea levels.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered #coal fired power station reneweconomy.com.au/construction...
Construction begins at giant battery in ACT, as plans unveiled for even bigger battery at Hazelwood
Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered coal fired power station.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 22, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered #coal fired power station reneweconomy.com.au/construction...
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The Kiss, 2018, sculpture by Penny Hardy using recycled metals
November 22, 2024 at 6:25 AM
The Kiss, 2018, sculpture by Penny Hardy using recycled metals
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Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up.
On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year
about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up.
On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year
about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up.
On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year
about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up.
On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year
about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
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I cannot overstate how much we like our cold-weather heat pump. No more gas furnace (and its air pollution and emissions). The feeling of the house is much more comfortable both in the summer and winter, and we’re saving money for heating+cooling.
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I cannot overstate how much we like our cold-weather heat pump. No more gas furnace (and its air pollution and emissions). The feeling of the house is much more comfortable both in the summer and winter, and we’re saving money for heating+cooling.
Gorgon plant has in 5 yrs buried 10million tonnes of CO2, just 1/4000th of global greenhouse gas enitted each year. Doing little to prevent the release of vastly more carbon. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
The carbon capture facility at Chevron's WA project tells a cautionary tale
Amid the spinifex on a remote Western Australian island looms Chevron's troubled carbon capture facility. The role the technology might play in cutting greenhouse gas emissions is likely to get a fres...
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Gorgon plant has in 5 yrs buried 10million tonnes of CO2, just 1/4000th of global greenhouse gas enitted each year. Doing little to prevent the release of vastly more carbon. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM