Lately, Australia has been having a bit of a problem with bushfires. You may have noticed. It’s been on the telly. Also, there’s a good chance you’ve been spluttering on vast clouds of smoke blowing across the country. Smoke and fine ash from the fires can travel thousands of kilometers before settling and most of us now have a fine layer of soot on our solar panels, while those nearer to fires may have a thick layer of ash. [Read more…]
Australia’s Energy Markets Are Broken Because They Ignore Externalities
You would think the middle of a horrendous bushfire season — at a time when large areas of New South Wales were ablaze and air quality in Sydney was worse than Shanghai thanks to smoke hanging in the air like the ghost of gums before drifting out to sea — would be a bad time for the Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to announce they are okay with people dying from fossil fuel use as long as someone is making money from it. [Read more…]
Wagga Wagga yesterday. So smokey you can’t even make out a single Wagga.
According to UQ Economics Professor, John Quiggin, Australia is likely to suffer 1,000 or more excess deaths due to smoke pollution from the current disastrous bushfire season. [Read more…]
If you’re willing to overlook a couple of major climate disasters, Australia has been doing great this year. We’re on fire! [Read more…]
It’s not about safety – it’s about cost. Nuclear power is just too damn expensive for Australia.
Last Friday the House Of Representatives released a report on nuclear energy in Australia. They said it’s a good idea — provided everyone is cool with it. [Read more…]
The Dyness Powerbox home battery.
There’s a new battery contender in town – the Dyness Powerbox. And if you live in SA it’s eligible for South Australia’s hefty home battery subsidy. [Read more…]
The conventional response to criticism of solar waste is panels can simply be recycled. But is that the greenest option?
Recycling is a good thing. Most of the time. Humans have been reusing material for thousands of years, probably beginning on a large scale when early agriculturalists noticed poo is good for plants. Ancient Greeks didn’t let pieces of broken pottery go to waste and used them like notepaper, while my father would collect (steal?) rubber bands because a dozen were worth a few cents back in 1950. [Read more…]
The “solar rebate” does not end this year. In fact rooftop solar power may be cheaper early next year.
DON’T PANIC! Despite attempts by dodgy advertisers1 to convince you otherwise, the “solar rebate” isn’t ending any time soon. Renewable energy certificates (called STCs) will still be lowering the cost of rooftop solar for years to come. To be precise, for another 11 years, 1 month, and 2 days. [Read more…]
Tesla’s Cybertruck reveal was a smashing success.
I am sitting in the SolarQuotes office awaiting revelation. In just one hour, plus 20-30 minutes to allow for Tesla time, Elon Musk will reveal to the world the wonders of the Tesla electric ute. The first wonder is it’s not called a ute, it’s called a Cybertruck. Personally, I would have gone with Wonder Ute myself, but if you fail to keep me on a retainer that kind of genius is just going to pass you by, Elon. [Read more…]
I was chilling in the batcave yesterday when I was startled by the jangling of an alarm bell.
“It’s the internet alarm, Batboy!” I cried. [Read more…]
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