Alcove If there is still room in his fond memoryFor the one he broke up withAfter they had spent five years togetherThere is a special alcoveFor the oneWho comforted him afterwardsFor five weeks. Argument with an Atheist “Show me one miracle –an effect with no evident cause,”he said,standing on the Earth,under the Milky Way. Hal G.P. Colebatch
AGL, Origin Energy and Energy Australia admit rising prices are due to closures of coal-fired power stations New Energy Minister Angus Taylor has turned his attention to the larger energy companies as he attempts to rein in the surging electricity prices that have accompanied the shift to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. The key question, however, is what the Government is going to do to deal with the consequences of the closure of large base-load power stations. Responding to a report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and consumer complaints that the…
That politics is a tough game is no excuse for bullying behaviour towards women MPs Allegations of bullying against female Liberal MPs has added further wounds to an already red raw and discombobulated party still reeling from its recent leadership implosion. Left to right: Julie Bishop, Kelly O’Dwyer, Linda Reynolds, Julia Banks and Lucy Gichuhi If it wasn’t enough that the Liberals dumped a second prime minister mid-term, botched the installation of the declared challenger, and installed someone voters know little about, claims of browbeating female MPs to the point of them quitting politics have emerged. However, the exact nature…
A paper sent to federal government ministers, shadow ministers and premiers by a group of engineers and scientists has warned of major price hikes for energy users if wind and solar energy keeps replacing baseload power. The paper, produced by Electric Power Consulting (EPC), lays out six different power generation scenarios in the National Electricity Market (NEM) and the resulting power costs expected. It exposes once again the lie that more renewables in the electricity grid equals lower power prices. Under a 100 per cent renewable energy scenario comprising solar photovoltaics (PV), wind and hydro, with support from pumped storage…
