Not only that but as a carer for someone with chronic migraines, I’ve wasted enough of my limited time in this planet listening to the world’s loudest trolleys.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Not only that but as a carer for someone with chronic migraines, I’ve wasted enough of my limited time in this planet listening to the world’s loudest trolleys.
No they have thought about how to make everything maximum volume and minimum comfort.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
No they have thought about how to make everything maximum volume and minimum comfort.
This is a hill I am willing to die on. Make all hospital - including ED - into somewhere people might want to be.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This is a hill I am willing to die on. Make all hospital - including ED - into somewhere people might want to be.
Hasn’t there just been a massive reduction in the oil price? If I were a government this is the time I’d also announce we weren’t drilling for any more oil.
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hasn’t there just been a massive reduction in the oil price? If I were a government this is the time I’d also announce we weren’t drilling for any more oil.
Last sitting week of the year so it’s actually going to be longer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Last sitting week of the year so it’s actually going to be longer.
Yeah, I mean what do they think will happen if other countries cut emissions? Why is that only a good thing if they don’t cut demand for our fossil fuels? It’s bizarre.
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yeah, I mean what do they think will happen if other countries cut emissions? Why is that only a good thing if they don’t cut demand for our fossil fuels? It’s bizarre.
Nah I mean the guardian/ABC framing. Phase out of coal exports is what should happen!
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nah I mean the guardian/ABC framing. Phase out of coal exports is what should happen!
The framing of this as a shock is so absurd to me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The framing of this as a shock is so absurd to me.
They love trilemma almost as much as dunkelflaute. Which is funny because they always explain what each of these terms means every time they use them.
Energy people love nothing more than taking a simple concept, slapping a new word on it and bemoaning the complexity.
Energy people love nothing more than taking a simple concept, slapping a new word on it and bemoaning the complexity.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
They love trilemma almost as much as dunkelflaute. Which is funny because they always explain what each of these terms means every time they use them.
Energy people love nothing more than taking a simple concept, slapping a new word on it and bemoaning the complexity.
Energy people love nothing more than taking a simple concept, slapping a new word on it and bemoaning the complexity.
Oh my god I remember my dad watching these videos on vhs when I was about 5
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Oh my god I remember my dad watching these videos on vhs when I was about 5
Yeah, that’s why it would be very expensive. Once the supplies are on island it’s fine, it’s getting the right supplies in the right order on time that’s difficult.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, that’s why it would be very expensive. Once the supplies are on island it’s fine, it’s getting the right supplies in the right order on time that’s difficult.
Yeah I know there are competent people there. Bringing everything by ship makes things difficult! How are the port facilities there now? They used to have a barge the last time I was there, but that was many years ago.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yeah I know there are competent people there. Bringing everything by ship makes things difficult! How are the port facilities there now? They used to have a barge the last time I was there, but that was many years ago.
The reason it’s expensive is because it’s difficult.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The reason it’s expensive is because it’s difficult.
Christmas Island is a really hard place to build anything.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Christmas Island is a really hard place to build anything.
Hahahahha even the silicon will rust.
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Hahahahha even the silicon will rust.
These cars are almost as stupid as the journalists who push them. ‘Hard to get in and out of the third row’ is such a moronic statement about a car that will have one passenger on average.
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
These cars are almost as stupid as the journalists who push them. ‘Hard to get in and out of the third row’ is such a moronic statement about a car that will have one passenger on average.
Yeah, the triumphalism is overblown until the power plants shut down I agree.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Yeah, the triumphalism is overblown until the power plants shut down I agree.
Maybe. Maybe we will have a few years where it doesn’t look like anything and many years where coal falls dramatically.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Maybe. Maybe we will have a few years where it doesn’t look like anything and many years where coal falls dramatically.
I agree coal isn’t necessary. ‘We’ can’t shut it down unless ‘we’ own it though.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I agree coal isn’t necessary. ‘We’ can’t shut it down unless ‘we’ own it though.
Yeah the lifetimes are as speculative as the closures though. The proposed closure dates were just an avenue for them to be paid to stay open (see Eraring)
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Yeah the lifetimes are as speculative as the closures though. The proposed closure dates were just an avenue for them to be paid to stay open (see Eraring)
Anyway we are going to have years of graphs where the renewables rise and the coal just stays there because it’s sitting there burning and losing money waiting for night time. The batteries will make the night time dollars less lucrative. Eventually the coal generators will shut one by one.
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Anyway we are going to have years of graphs where the renewables rise and the coal just stays there because it’s sitting there burning and losing money waiting for night time. The batteries will make the night time dollars less lucrative. Eventually the coal generators will shut one by one.
Sorry if that capitalised emphasis seemed harsh, I should have used asterisks.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sorry if that capitalised emphasis seemed harsh, I should have used asterisks.
In Australia at least coal will look flat for a while and step down when each generator closes down. That won’t happen in a linear fashion because they are really big and you have to build the renewables to cover the gap BEFORE the gap occurs.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In Australia at least coal will look flat for a while and step down when each generator closes down. That won’t happen in a linear fashion because they are really big and you have to build the renewables to cover the gap BEFORE the gap occurs.