Energy & Nuclear

It is foolish beyond measure to enter into an Emissions Trading System (ETS) based on the hysterical predictions of CSIRO’s computer modelling. To quote Prof Freeman Dyson of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, one of the world’s most … [Read more...] about Say No to Emissions Trading: Art Raiche

THE price of petrol could soar to a crippling $8 a litre over the coming decade, according to CSIRO-sponsored research to be released today. The nightmare scenario says the weekly family fuel bill for a medium-sized passenger vehicle could rise to … [Read more...] about $8-a-Litre Petrol?

According to Professor Gavan McDonell, the national electricity grid stretches over 4,000 kilometres, connecting far North Queensland down through the eastern states to Tasmania and across to South Australia. However, there is one notable exclusion: … [Read more...] about Excision from the National Electricity Grid

"Until the 1990s, Australia had a series of separate regional power grids. We now have a system linked almost across the nation - a system which, when well managed, is cheaper and more reliable. In the late 1980s, governments finally came to see that … [Read more...] about How the National Electricity Grid Works in Australia

There is an opinion piece in yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald entitled 'Crying Need for Doubting Peter' in which Gerard Henderson suggests that even if carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are contributing to global warming it … [Read more...] about Crying Need for Skepticism: Gerard Henderson