Optimism barely begins to describe it.
09.02.2026 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@cameronphilips.bsky.social
Middle aged Ausie bloke. Proud husband and dad. Left leaning rusted on Labor supporter. Power industry engineer. Atheist.
Optimism barely begins to describe it.
09.02.2026 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Suggesting the crisis of confidence in the Liberal Party can be fixed by anointing Angus Taylor as leader is....optimistic.
But I encourage them to give it a go.
#Nuclear risk in an increasingly unstable world.
Volodymyr accuses Putin of "attack that no terrorist in the world has ever dared" after more Russian strikes causes #nuclear facilities to powere down.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Kudelka's 2016 cartoon about Pauline Hanson's return to federal politics. (Jon Kudelka) A giant dinasoar with the head of Pauline Hanson is stomping over Parliament House. There are laser beams coming out of her eyes setting fire to the building.
Kudelka's 2016 cartoon about Pauline Hanson's return to federal politics. (Jon Kudelka)
09.02.2026 03:56 β π 264 π 45 π¬ 9 π 2BYD sold 5,001 vehicles in Australia in January, a staggering 641% increase year-over-year, while Tesla managed just 501, leaving the American automaker in 24th place as Chinese brands continue their takeover of the Australian EV market.
#BYD #Tesla
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So long as they donβt come to mine.
09.02.2026 18:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How stupid are they?!!
Wouldnβt the slightest bit of research warn them that asking such a question could only result in the massive own goal that it was?
Jim Chalmers reminds Tim Wilson that the underperforming business incentive heβs complaining about was a βCoalition programβ & despite his claims of high insolvencies,
βInsolvencies as a proportion of coβs under the Albanese govt are the lowest for any govt on recordβπ₯ #auspol
"Bankable, critical:" State puts two pumped hydro energy storage projects on planning fast-track reneweconomy.com.au/bankable-cri...
08.02.2026 20:01 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0For their sake I hope not.
08.02.2026 22:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Spanish giant completes Sydney battery ahead of schedule, lands contract for a bigger one reneweconomy.com.au/spanish-gian...
08.02.2026 19:57 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Woeful again!
06.02.2026 13:13 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Good!
06.02.2026 21:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It might be a tired state government but the alternative seems worse given all the never ending infighting.
And of course the right wing Christian element..
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
In 2025, installed nuclear capacity of 4.4 GW was 180 times lower than new solar and wind capacity, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicting 4,600 GW new renewable capacity by 2030 (current global nuclear capacity is 369 GW), meeting 90% of global electricity demand growth.
05.02.2026 21:42 β π 62 π 18 π¬ 2 π 0Cost of living is rising in Australia β but migrants are not the cause.
βMigration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.β - Matt Grudnoff
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/
Shell's 2025 annual profits of Β£13.6 billion in stark contrast to the misery suffered by communities across the UK - who endured successive storms, floods, wildfires and drought - amounting to losses and damages exceeding Β£2.8 billion.
www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/
"Battery storage rapidly becoming one of the public sectorβs most powerful tools for cutting costs, strengthening energy security and supporting the shift to clean power"
governmentbusiness.co.uk/features/how...
#Chinaβs clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the countryβs investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the worldβs economies.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Massive increase in the production of renewable tech in China in the last twelve months. A lot of that is destined for βthird worldβ countries that will bypass the need for conventional infrastructure or reliance on fossil fuels. Not good news for Saudi Arabia or the US.
05.02.2026 02:01 β π 262 π 71 π¬ 15 π 5Fuck project 2025, ICE, CBP, DHS, DOJ, SCOTUS, and ANYBODY that protects pedophiles.
It's time for Project Andor.
It's time to dismantle the empire.
βAustraliaβs grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal.β
βSolar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditionersβ.
#auspol #energy #renewables #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As an engineer I wholeheartedly agree.
05.02.2026 18:34 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Australia pledges to restore Anzac war graves bulldozed during war in Gaza
Satellite imagery has revealed parts of a Commonwealth cemetery containing Anzac burials had been bulldozed during Israeli military operations over the past two years.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
βThe scale of solar being deployed in such a short period of time has not been seen, I think, anywhere ever before.β
This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pow...