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Mugwump
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| Tannin wrote: | By the way - and on an entirely different thrust - you could do a lot worse than follow at least the high points of the renewable energy industry's rapid growth via a suitable news site such as the excellent Renew Economy - http://reneweconomy.com.au/ - which is run by the same chap who founded the now defunct Climate Spectator back before the then-current owners sold it out to Murdoch. Renew Economy is, of course, all in favour of renewables: nevertheless, it has very good coverage of the industry from an Australian perspective but with lots of international news as well. It is most impressive if you visit it one or twice a week for a month or two: over time, the sheer volume of major renewable wins rapidly becomes very persuasive. Most persuasive of all are the hard news items: major contracts signed, big projects coming on-line, and the relentless march of cost reduction.
More esoteric but also of interest is http://www.wattclarity.com.au/ which is ruthlessly agnostic with regard to fossil vs renewable generation but focuses simply on the workings of the Australian wholesale electricity market. There is a great deal to be gleaned from its pages about the nuts and bolts of integrating renewables into the grid; pricing and demand patterns, and so on, including amazing real-time graphic readouts of all the electricity being generated in Australia, colour-coded so you can see the coal - wind - solar - gas - hydro mix at the present minute. You can also follow things like the flow of power between the different states. Beware! You can quickly lose untold hours if you start reading this stuff!
If you are short on time, just flick into Renew Economy for a few minutes a couple of times a week. |
Good stuff, thanks. I will use those.
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Culprit 
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Tannin 
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A "great" article almost ruined by its continual use of ridiculous "temperatures" which are nothing of the sort. If it was really "73 degrees" everyone would be dead long since. In fact, it was 46 degrees - which is plenty hot enough for a juicy headline, plenty hot enough to be cause for real alarm, and doesn't make readers snort in disbelief and close the page without reading any further.
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Jezza 
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A fascinating article connecting the violent events of the Middle East (such as Syria and Iraq) to the droughts that have been experienced in these parts of the world at the same time.
Good link Culprit!
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