Category Archives: Renewable energy

It’s groundhog day again, again.

Nothing new. Stasse’s pushing this. Apparently it’s truer-er if you shout it emotionally. In French. But it’s the same arguments – even if it’s short and passionate and eloquent. And French. (After a few subtitled French philosophy documentaries many years … Continue reading

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Michaux “Paints the world Singapore.”

Mike Stasse wanted me to watch another Simon Michaux piece. Thanks Mike – I know know how Michaux came to his odd conclusions about pumped hydro! Remember how mystified I was in my last post as to how he came … Continue reading

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Are we running out of lithium? 

A few things to remember:-  NEW CHEMISTRY: The first thing to note is that battery chemistries seem to be moving away from rare earths and into more abundant metals like LFP – Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. These are cheaper, and … Continue reading

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Regeneration launch

One of the biggest environmental movements has combined a bunch of different perspectives into an overarching philosophy of Regeneration. Regeneration “puts life at the centre of every act and decision.” Please watch this 5 minute launch of one of the … Continue reading

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Professor Simon Michaux – how to strawman renewables and ignore industry standards.

Professor Simon Michaux is the Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has published a giant strawman against the renewable energy transition. He is a scary smart guy, and asks important questions. But the false claims … Continue reading

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