Electric trucking in Australia offers significant cost and environmental advantages over diesel, which accounts for 20% of the nation’s transport emissions. Electric B-Double prime movers cost about 30 cents per kilometer for electricity, a third of diesel’s cost. New Energy Transport is pioneering a fully outsourced, low-carbon transport solution to reduce freight costs by 20% on routes like Sydney-to-Canberra and, eventually, Sydney-to-Melbourne.
At Everything Electric UK 2025, pushed as both car and house, the house energy was very subdued. Most of the show where new EVs into UK. From Hyundai, to BYD, Geely, GWM, and Zeckr there are Chinese cars gallore. Octipus had a range of dozens of cars to suit lease with free charging.
Deep-sea mineral mining is a proposed industry that aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. While it offers potential benefits for meeting the growing global demand for metals, it also poses significant environmental risk. The pros and cons are shown to provie little benefit to the supply of minerals but the money speaks. More destruction likelu
A detailed look at solar panel recycling. The egulators are aware and have pilot programs in place and ready to scale for up to ensure the tsunami of panels from 2030 can be recycled. A challenge is cost and over 80% are currently landfilled. By 2030 with right policies that can be brought up to over 60% or higher.
Solar panels can be recycled. To date, there has been no legal requirement to do so, but governments are now mandating and the purchase price will includee recycling costs. The latest innovation is to recycle 98% profitably with recovery of all components and even recycling of silicon and glass, rather than repurpose.
Green hydrogen may not be green. Blue hydrogen may be worse than other hydrogen colours if the methane gas has leaks. Depending on the source of methane, electricity the climate change emissions of hydrogen varies by source, electrolyser efficiency, carbon capture and storage efficiency. The life cycle analysis needs to be done on all hydrogen projects to see how they can reduce carbon emissions.
Geothermal energy, although currently contributing less than 1% to global energy production, has the potential to supply 140 times the world’s energy demand. Next-generation geothermal, including engineered, advanced, and hybrid systems, can be used for heating, cooling, and power generation . Scaling geothermal requires leveraging the oil and gas industry’s expertise and infrastructure.
Fuel costs of large trucks suggest electric class 8 trucks would be economic. Turns out labour costs is the major item. Will humanoid robots or autonomous vehicles reduce operating cost so much that autonomous trucks take over trucking.
Renewable energy produced locally regains sovereignty when fossil fuel is gone. Countries regain sovereignty when they no longer have to buy their energy from fossil fuel rich countries. Fossil fuel exports provide luxury for about 24 countries – the rest of the 160 countries are dependent on importing oil gas and coal.
Inertia in electricity grids is a term used in electricity grids describing the behaviour of voltage. Many think solar and wind won’t be able to keep the grid stable because they lack “inertia”. Solar, wind and batteries will probably do a BETTER job and you can explain it
Hydrogen itself is not a direct greenhouse gas, as it does not absorb infrared radiation. However, evidence suggests it acts as an indirect greenhouse gas. When released, it extends methane’s atmospheric lifetime, increases tropospheric ozone, and adds stratospheric water vapor, all of which contribute to warming. Studies estimate its 100-year Global Warming Potential at 11.6 ± 2.8.
Hydrogen will be an essential fuel for the zero emissions economy says Dr Andrew Forrest in an interview on Cleaning Up Eps 210. With a 80% reduction in size, and an increase in efficiency to 96%, green hydrogen ammonia will move ships and enable green steel.
Wartsilar, better known for shipping engines in their modelling says 98% net zero by 2050 is cheaper than 100% WWS by Prof Jacobson. Meanwhile 100% is possible says Prof Mark Jacobson.
RethinkiX says Stellar enegy – 500% is most cost effective for superabundant energy.
Wartsilar fails the fossil fuel argument and keeps about 12,000 TWh of generation in the mix – albeit for just 3% of the electricity generation. The world demands 100% zero emissions, not net zero.
Fossil fuel companies like to promote they pay tax and contribute to teh economcy. In 2022 the gas companies contributed zero. Over 15 years of gas production of $36 billion. A casual food service worker pays more tax than these companies, combined.
Australia needs to lift its ban on balcony solar and battery systems. A balcony system in 25 European countries is up to 2kW of PV sol;ar and 800W battery. An apartment could save up to 30% of its electricity bill and pay back the system in less than 6 years. Landlords cannot prevent approved systems.
How to provide cost of living help, electrify the grid, and reduce 40% of Australia’s emissions? In 12 months? The govt could step in and provide buy 2 million household batteries for 40GWh. Customers would repay $60 per month interest free through their electricity retailer.
Cost is less than existing programs and subsidies.
Nuclear accidents happen
Summer thunderstorm patterns from Tarong to the Sunshine Coast means the Coast will be in the firing line of any accident at Tarong.
Low level radioactivity causes thyroid cancer for up to 60 years. People and lives are affected for generations and nuclear is not worth the risks
Many argue the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is good news. Wind solar and batteries are so cheap that little fossil fuel electricity is being built even in fossil fuel states. The US risks falling behind China in green technologies, and with substantial reductions in oil consumption from EVs by 2030, fossil fuel exports will plummet,
The evidence is clear that nuclear accidents risk polluting large areas with I-131 and Cesium and populations of tens of thousand have increased risk of thyroid cancer. There is no minimum safe exposure, inspite of nuclear advocate misinformation. Nuclear accidents cost billions, and kill thousands indirectly. The risk is simply not worth it.
If California’s 340 billion light-duty vehicle miles went electric, consuming 200 watt-hours per mile, it would require an additional 68 TWh/year, 24% of 2023’s 281 TWh generation. There is 4 times unused natural gas capacity, currently not used. Charging during low-use night hours would utilize this excess, reducing pollution and improving efficiency, enhancing air quality and boost ROI on existing infrastructure.
