We will need to import batteries
14/03/2023
The Albanese government is spending $224 million of your hard earned dollars for 400 community batteries.
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Should the Australian Parliament have a serious discussion around Nuclear Energy considering Australia has enormous stocks of uranium which could provide households and businesses with cheaper power?
Will energy consumers get bang for buck? More gold plating for renewables
08/03/2023
It’s amazing how the government is happy to lend to the big end of town at concessional rates, while allowing the RBA to shaft the little guy with rapid interest rate rises.
Is Australia already at Net Zero?
06/03/2023
Since then Australia has reduced its CO2 emissions from over 600 million tonnes to less than 500 million tonnes. So we are closer to absorbing four times more CO2 than we emit.
Net Zero 2030: $500 Billion & costs have gone up 20%
25/02/2023
In 2017 the CSIRO said it would cost $1 trillion dollars to convert the energy grid to 100% renewables. Then last year they claimed the costs had dropped by 50% or a lazy $500 billion despite rampart inflation.
Albanese backflips & keeps National Cabinet secretive
06/02/2023
“Up to $3 billion in promised power price relief for householders will be rebadged as a cost-of-living centrepiece in the May budget, after design complexities and disagreements pushed back the intended rollout date beyond April….. The $3 billion in power
Scientists should always be the best skeptics
20/12/2022
At the moment, much of research literature, as you probably will be frustrated by, is behind a paywall. You want to access information, and it’s fantastic that you are so interested in this, and be able to really dig in to really get an understanding.
Are you concerned that transmission lines required to meet emission targets will destroy our environment and biodiversity?
14/12/2022
It is estimated that 5,000 to 28,000 kms of transmission lines will be required for Australia to meet its renewable energy targets. Not only will there be enormous costs and emissions associated with constructing these transmission lines, there will be
Labor is subsidising electric vehicles, but there’s no plan for charging stations
12/12/2022
How long will people have to wait in order to recharge their electric vehicles? The government has no idea. This is despite the fact they recently passed legislation that will subsidize the cost of an electric car by up to
Albanese and the Premiers have lost control of the energy market
11/12/2022
They are more than happy to throw subsidies at foreign owned renewables while taxing home grown energy.
Department of Climate Change admit they can’t cost renewable targets
08/12/2022
Boy o boy is our energy grid going be in trouble with this lot in charge.If only bureaucratic spin could be converted into electricity we would become the energy powerhouse of the world. Key points from this line of questioning
ABC reports manipulated temperature data, not the raw data
06/12/2022
In the estimates spillover last week I asked why the ABC only ever report the homogenised temperature data set and not the raw temperature data set. This was a question I asked in prior estimates when the former News Director
Why is the government giving rich people up to $30,000 to drive electric cars?
29/11/2022
If renewables are cheaper, why do we need to give a tax break of up to $30,000 for every new EV that is bought? That is absolutely absurd.
Senator RENNICK: Okay-last question. I had a conversation with Gavin Morris a couple of years ago about the way the ABC reports the increase in temperature from 1910. The ABC, like many other media organisations, reports the homogenised data without actually explaining the difference between the homogenised data and the raw data. Gavin Morris stressed that they reported the raw data. That is incorrect; the ABC reports the homogenised data. So I’ll ask this question again: why won’t the ABC distinguish between the raw data and the homogenised data, which is a different dataset to the actual observations recorded by the bureau? Mr Anderson: I don’t know the answer to that. I will need to take that on notice and provide a response to you. Senator RENNICK: Okay. I would like to point out that Gavin Morris did say last time that they reported the raw data and that they distinguished between raw and homogenised. I’ll stress this again, the ABC doesn’t, but I think in terms of full transparency they should.
29/11/2022
Question Number: 95 PDR Number: SQ22-000794 Date Submitted: 29/11/22 Department or Body: Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) uses data supplied by leading scientific bodies including the Bureau of Meteorology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics
Labor votes against my Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022
28/11/2022
Well it looks like Labor and The Greens don’t care for the environment after-all. Last week they voted down the below Second reading amendment of the Treasury Laws Electric Car Discount Bill. Greens and Labor don’t support cleaning up their
Senator RENNICK: Do you know how much it would cost to recycle a house battery or a car battery? Have you got figures on that? Ms Brunoro: I’m sorry, Senator, that’ a question for our waste colleagues, who have already appeared. I’m sure we could look into those sorts of issues. Mr Fredericks: We’ll take it on notice. It’s in an outcome that has already been done, but that’s okay. We’ll take it on notice and come back to you.
28/11/2022
Question Number: 213 PDR Number: SQ22-000887 Date Submitted: 28/11/2022 Department or Body: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Answer Pending
We will need to import batteries
14/03/2023
The Albanese government is spending $224 million of your hard earned dollars for 400 community batteries.
Will energy consumers get bang for buck? More gold plating for renewables
08/03/2023
It’s amazing how the government is happy to lend to the big end of town at concessional rates, while allowing the RBA to shaft the little guy with rapid interest rate rises.
Is Australia already at Net Zero?
06/03/2023
Since then Australia has reduced its CO2 emissions from over 600 million tonnes to less than 500 million tonnes. So we are closer to absorbing four times more CO2 than we emit.
Net Zero 2030: $500 Billion & costs have gone up 20%
25/02/2023
In 2017 the CSIRO said it would cost $1 trillion dollars to convert the energy grid to 100% renewables. Then last year they claimed the costs had dropped by 50% or a lazy $500 billion despite rampart inflation.
Albanese backflips & keeps National Cabinet secretive
06/02/2023
“Up to $3 billion in promised power price relief for householders will be rebadged as a cost-of-living centrepiece in the May budget, after design complexities and disagreements pushed back the intended rollout date beyond April….. The $3 billion in power
Scientists should always be the best skeptics
20/12/2022
At the moment, much of research literature, as you probably will be frustrated by, is behind a paywall. You want to access information, and it’s fantastic that you are so interested in this, and be able to really dig in to really get an understanding.
Are you concerned that transmission lines required to meet emission targets will destroy our environment and biodiversity?
14/12/2022
It is estimated that 5,000 to 28,000 kms of transmission lines will be required for Australia to meet its renewable energy targets. Not only will there be enormous costs and emissions associated with constructing these transmission lines, there will be
Labor is subsidising electric vehicles, but there’s no plan for charging stations
12/12/2022
How long will people have to wait in order to recharge their electric vehicles? The government has no idea. This is despite the fact they recently passed legislation that will subsidize the cost of an electric car by up to
Albanese and the Premiers have lost control of the energy market
11/12/2022
They are more than happy to throw subsidies at foreign owned renewables while taxing home grown energy.
Department of Climate Change admit they can’t cost renewable targets
08/12/2022
Boy o boy is our energy grid going be in trouble with this lot in charge.If only bureaucratic spin could be converted into electricity we would become the energy powerhouse of the world. Key points from this line of questioning
ABC reports manipulated temperature data, not the raw data
06/12/2022
In the estimates spillover last week I asked why the ABC only ever report the homogenised temperature data set and not the raw temperature data set. This was a question I asked in prior estimates when the former News Director
Why is the government giving rich people up to $30,000 to drive electric cars?
29/11/2022
If renewables are cheaper, why do we need to give a tax break of up to $30,000 for every new EV that is bought? That is absolutely absurd.
Senator RENNICK: Okay-last question. I had a conversation with Gavin Morris a couple of years ago about the way the ABC reports the increase in temperature from 1910. The ABC, like many other media organisations, reports the homogenised data without actually explaining the difference between the homogenised data and the raw data. Gavin Morris stressed that they reported the raw data. That is incorrect; the ABC reports the homogenised data. So I’ll ask this question again: why won’t the ABC distinguish between the raw data and the homogenised data, which is a different dataset to the actual observations recorded by the bureau? Mr Anderson: I don’t know the answer to that. I will need to take that on notice and provide a response to you. Senator RENNICK: Okay. I would like to point out that Gavin Morris did say last time that they reported the raw data and that they distinguished between raw and homogenised. I’ll stress this again, the ABC doesn’t, but I think in terms of full transparency they should.
29/11/2022
Question Number: 95 PDR Number: SQ22-000794 Date Submitted: 29/11/22 Department or Body: Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) uses data supplied by leading scientific bodies including the Bureau of Meteorology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics
Labor votes against my Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022
28/11/2022
Well it looks like Labor and The Greens don’t care for the environment after-all. Last week they voted down the below Second reading amendment of the Treasury Laws Electric Car Discount Bill. Greens and Labor don’t support cleaning up their
Senator RENNICK: Do you know how much it would cost to recycle a house battery or a car battery? Have you got figures on that? Ms Brunoro: I’m sorry, Senator, that’ a question for our waste colleagues, who have already appeared. I’m sure we could look into those sorts of issues. Mr Fredericks: We’ll take it on notice. It’s in an outcome that has already been done, but that’s okay. We’ll take it on notice and come back to you.
28/11/2022
Question Number: 213 PDR Number: SQ22-000887 Date Submitted: 28/11/2022 Department or Body: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Answer Pending
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