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New South Wales’ coal fired power plants operating at close to rated capacity: winter 2021
New South Wales’ coal fired power plants operating at close to rated capacity: winter 2021 This article follows 2 earlier posts on power price spikes in May 2021 (Tomago alu smelter load shedding and Callide C4 explosion) It is easy enough to click on the following link of the National Electricity Market (NEM) to get the percentage […]
Australia Lockdown Sending in Military & Increase Police Powers Without Limitation
Australia Lockdown Sending in Military & Increase Police Powers Without Limitation It is unbelievable that you listen to the things coming from the Australian government talking about two deaths due to COVID, one was 90, and the other 80, who were not vaccinated. They are saying that 25% of the people over 70 are not vaccinated […]
TSHTF
TSHTF You just know everything’s going pear shaped when the venerable acronym TSHTF, well known in our circles, hits mainstream media….. The below article written by Fiona Blackwood from the Hobart ABC Bureau appeared on the ABC News website and it’s so full of ironies I just had to pull it apart. So please bear […]
Sydney Sends In Military To Help Enforce Lockdown Amid Record Jump In COVID Cases
Sydney Sends In Military To Help Enforce Lockdown Amid Record Jump In COVID Cases Despite being locked down for nearly a month now, Sydney has just reported a record one-day rise in local COVID cases on Thursday as public health authorities warned that the outbreak would likely worsen, inspiring them to once again turn to the […]
‘That’s Not Orwellian, THIS Is Orwellian’: Aussies Mulling ID For Access To Facebook, Twitter, Tinder
‘That’s Not Orwellian, THIS Is Orwellian’: Aussies Mulling ID For Access To Facebook, Twitter, Tinder The Australian government is mulling a proposal which would require citizens to provide at least two forms of identification if they want to use social media, under the guise of ‘battling online bullying and more easily report users to authorities. […]
When Is Mountaintop Removal Not Mountaintop Removal? In Alberta, of Course!
When Is Mountaintop Removal Not Mountaintop Removal? In Alberta, of Course! The Kenney government plays word games as it plans to strip-mine the Rockies. Does this look like mountaintop removal to you? Coal mining underway in Elk Valley, BC, on the west side of the Rockies across from where Alberta plans similar mining. Photo by Callum […]
Facebook Goes Nuclear On Australia – Blocks All News Sharing Across Continent
Facebook Goes Nuclear On Australia – Blocks All News Sharing Across Continent After Australia’s government this week announced its intent to issue legislative changes known as the “News Media Bargaining Code” by the end of this month, Facebook in retaliation has said it will begin restricting news sharing on its platform in Australia. It comes a […]
Exxon Mobil’s refinery closure in Australia: peak oil context
Exxon Mobil’s refinery closure in Australia: peak oil context Exxon Mobil’s Melbourne refinery is closing and will be converted into a fuel import terminal. The Australian public broadcaster has found the right title for its article: Australia loses another oil refinery, leaving our fuel supply vulnerable to regional crises 11/2/2021 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-11/australia-loses-another-oil-refinery-risking-fuel-supply/13139648 Fig 1: Exxon-Mobil Altona […]
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines Five days after Kenney defended the province’s mining push, the government says it was all a big mistake. Rancher Renie Blades says she’s glad that the Alberta government admitted its mistake in cancelling the Coal Policy, but calls her response ‘very guarded.’ Photo by Callum Gunn. […]
Months Before Albertans Were Told, Australian Miners Knew Plans to Axe Coal Policy
Months Before Albertans Were Told, Australian Miners Knew Plans to Axe Coal Policy Investor presentations signalled the Kenney government aimed to open protected lands to open-pit mining. Documents show Australian firms seeking open-pit coal mining leases in Alberta got signals protections to sensitive lands would be lifted, clearing the way. The public only found out […]
China Restricts Electricity Use Amid Coal Shortage
China Restricts Electricity Use Amid Coal Shortage Despite the swift industrial recovery from the pandemic, factories in areas in China are working only part-time, and residents in several provinces are asked to save electricity, while authorities are turning off street lights and billboards, warning of coal shortages this winter. In at least three provinces in […]
Alberta Government Fines Hunter for Trespassing on Australian Coal Lease
Alberta Government Fines Hunter for Trespassing on Australian Coal Lease Levi Williams-Whitney traversed the land to make a video opposing open-pit mining. He has no regrets. Still from a video made by Levi Williams-Whitney, titled A Hunter’s Perspective: Open Pit Coal Mining in Alberta. The Kenney government has fined an Alberta hunter $600 for making an anti-coal […]
China Endures Worsening Electricity Shortages In Name Of Punishing Australia
China Endures Worsening Electricity Shortages In Name Of Punishing Australia Coal is among the latest in a growing list of major Australian exports hit by severe restrictions in China, also including commodities like cotton, timber wine, lobster, and barley. While Chinese citizens might be able to forgo luxuries for a while like Aussie wine as well […]
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context Fig 1: BP is in peak oil mode BP shuts down Kwinana refinery with 600 jobs expected to go, Commonwealth says no impact on fuel security Fig 2: Kwinana refinery in Perth Refining activities will wind down over the next six months, with the new [product import] […]
Australia’s Perth Mint Silver Bullion Sales Surge In 2020
Australia’s Perth Mint Silver Bullion Sales Surge In 2020 With the newest update just released, Perth Mint silver bullion sales surged in the first three quarters of 2020. And, for the first time in many years, the Perth Mint sold more than two million oz of silver bullion in a single month this year. The […]
