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Australia’s Energy Crisis Worsens As Gov’t Ask People To Keep Lights Off To Avert Blackouts
Australia’s Energy Crisis Worsens As Gov’t Ask People To Keep Lights Off To Avert Blackouts Australia’s energy minister asked Sydney and the New South Wales (eastern part of the country) residents to turn off lights and energy-intensive appliances in the evening to prevent power blackouts due to an ongoing energy crunch, The Independent reports. The federal energy […]
Not Enough Renewables: Minister Blames Australian Electricity Shortage on Lack of Green Energy
Chris Bowen, Labor Party’s minister for energy and climate change, speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 16, 2022. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA Not Enough Renewables: Minister Blames Australian Electricity Shortage on Lack of Green Energy Energy Minister Chris Bowen has blamed Australia’s current electricity shortage on a supposed […]
Thousands of Homes in Sydney Plunged Into Darkness As Energy Shortage Plagues Australia
A stock image of an electricity tower going through a rural property in Sydney, Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) AUSTRALIA Thousands of Homes in Sydney Plunged Into Darkness As Energy Shortage Plagues Australia Thousands of homes on Australia’s east coast were plunged into darkness on Monday as electricity suppliers struggled to meet demand […]
Why did gas prices go from $10 a gigajoule to $800 a gigajoule? An expert on the energy crisis engulfing Australia
Why did gas prices go from $10 a gigajoule to $800 a gigajoule? An expert on the energy crisis engulfing Australia Australia’s east coast has been plunged into an energy crisis just as winter takes hold, which will see many people struggle to heat their homes due to soaring gas bills. Meanwhile, Origin Energy this […]
Australian fuel import bill going sky-high
Australian fuel import bill going sky-high In March 2022 Australia’s petroleum product imports have reached almost AU$ 4 bn per month, an increase of 70% compared to December 2019. Fig 1: Petroleum product imports by volume (black lines) and value (brown line) Fig 2: Australian dollar to US$ exchange rate The Australian Dollar was also […]
Digging In: Why powering a green future means more mines
Digging In: Why powering a green future means more mines “It’s absolutely ironic. But to save the planet, we are going to need more mines.” Government geoscientist Around Australia new mining operations are being established and old sites, shuttered decades ago, are being brought back to life. These miners aren’t digging for coal or gold, […]
Australia Shocks With Bigger Than Expected Rate Hike, As Lowe Admits Embarrassment At Being So Wrong
Australia Shocks With Bigger Than Expected Rate Hike, As Lowe Admits Embarrassment At Being So Wrong In our preview of what was expected to be Australia’s first rate hike since 2010, we said that consensus expects a 15bps rate hike to 0.25%, with a handful of bank still expecting a hold (including CBA, Goldman and […]
Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast
Flooding occurs in the town of Lismore, northeastern New South Wales, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2022. (AAP Image/Jason O’Brien) Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast New South Wales (NSW) residents are bracing for unprecedented floods across the east coast, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders and […]
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..?
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..? Further to my post where I explained how Australia’s poor soils are largely incapable of growing much more than meat, this article landed in my news feed… Here’s a list of what Australian farmers produce: Each year, on average each Australian farmer feeds 600 people. Agriculture powers 1.6 million Australian jobs. Australian […]
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day It topped 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Western Australia, tying the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the southern hemisphere A map showing the misery index in Australia on Thursday. Gif: Earth Wind Map It is really, really, really hot in Australia right now. On Thursday, Onslow, a coastal […]
Honest Government Ad: We Make Everything Good Sh!t
Honest Government Ad: We Make Everything Good Sh!t
World’s Largest Coal Exporter Warns Of Energy Crunch, Imposes Export Ban
World’s Largest Coal Exporter Warns Of Energy Crunch, Imposes Export Ban Chinese coal futures rose on Tuesday on Indonesia’s export ban over the weekend. Indonesia is the largest exporter of dirty fossil fuel, stoking fears of supply woes as the Northern Hemisphere winter is underway. Bloomberg Intelligence notes ever since China suspended coal imports from […]
Australian fuel import dependencies Sep 2021 Data
Australian fuel import dependencies Sep 2021 Data Diesel Imports Fig 15: Diesel imports Diesel imports increased from China since 2015 and also from a brand new Chinese refinery in Brunei. See Fig 18. Fig 16: Diesel imports from China have been increasing but were nil in July/Aug 21 Fig 17: Australian diesel imports compared to […]
Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades
Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades On Saturday 13th and 20th November, my partner Su Dennett and I joined others from central Victoria travelling by train to the “Kill the Bill”/anti-lockdown/anti-mandate protests in Melbourne. This essay documents the experience, and reflects on the relationship between permaculture and oppositional activism over […]
