One Finite Planet

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Australia as a clean energy superpower? Yeah…nah!

The third largest exporter of fossil fuels behind only Russia and Saudi Arabia, Australia could already be regarded as a fossil fuel superpower, but can Australia become a “clean energy superpower” as suggested by many including recently by the Fully Charged Show.

What is a clean energy superpower? There are several different possible interpretations ranging from greenwashing to world changing. Inspired by the Fully Charged video that looks at one modest by realistic interpretation, this is a deeper look at the possibilities.

Despite the rhetoric and enormous potential, Australia shows little commitment to any more than an attempt to move from “clean coal” to “clean gas” and miss potentially huge opportunities, not only for Australia, but perhaps even for the planet.

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COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

Reports from COP27 seems indicate the key initiative this year to make wealthy nations cover the cost of the damages poor nations will incur as a result of emissions that have main originated from those wealthy nations.

The proposal as it stands has a missing an essential piece, and trying to cover for that essential piece, appears most to likely to increase emissions, and move COP away from a focus on solving the climate crisis and instead toward just fighting over the cost.

This is a troubled look at the key flaw in what has been put forward and the real solution that should be in place.

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Mr Bean cans EVs: what he gets right.

Could Trump become responsible for more deaths than Hitler?

Big oil ramps up anti-EV stance… but how much?

Prigozhin lowers WWIII risks?

Australia as a clean energy superpower? Yeah…nah!

Australia as a clean energy superpower? Yeah…nah!

Oliver Zipse, BMW CEO climate denial or failure to read the room?

Why don’t climate scientists tell the truth?

Why don’t climate scientists tell the truth?

Australian fuel efficiency standards: A stall tactic?

SpaceX: Should we colonise the solar system?

Why Car Makers are Lying about the storm.

COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

Can Peter Dutton repair the democracy ‘loyal opposition’.

Can Peter Dutton repair the democracy ‘loyal opposition’.

The innocent child assumption: even Hitler?

The innocent child assumption: even Hitler?

News & Updates.

News & Updates.

News In Brief.

News In Brief.

Flatten the curve: Misleading?

Long Covid.

Population Growth Change Lag: The Population Pipeline

Population Growth Change Lag: The Population Pipeline

Coronavirus: Facts, Myths and Surprises (March 13th)

Might vs Right and Persuasion

The New Economics of Population Growth in a Finite world

Wuhan Coronavirus: The Real Threat Level

Left vs Right Perception Bias: Idealists vs The Economy?

Left vs Right Perception Bias: Idealists vs The Economy?

Photons: What is electromagnetic radiation?

“driven too far by issues that he’s suffered”

Solution: A quota system with equity?

Remdesivir: how does it change things?

Covid-19: Vaccines and Cures

Coronavirus: Facts, Myths and Surprises (Q&A and toilet paper Update)

Covid-19 Cases

Covid-19: Tipping point 3?

Covid-19: Tipping point 3?

Andrew Yang: Dangerous? Or just honest?

Highlander Economics: Does it end with only one?

The alliance: Conservative politicians and ‘secondary terrorists’

Tribalism, Racism and Despair: The xenophobia cycle

The ‘perfect’ everyday bag: messenger bag, shoulder bag or backpack?

Population: just how did the ‘engine’ switch off

How the ‘basic income’ proposal could change society

Is our wealth distribution system really broken?

Inferno: How could we limit the population?

The Growth Age is Over

Population: Why more than the current change is required.

Sport and Gender Equality