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- Niger, Africa where 17 million people use less electricity than Dubbo, NSW Wed, 16 Jul 14, 6:21pmNiger Africa, is considering building a new small coal fired power station. Greenpeace have protested before at coal power stations in Africa. But how compassionate are those who don’t want Africa to use cheap coal...
- Upgrade coal power and cut 15% of emissions. Where is the Green applause? Wed, 27 Mar 13, 1:34amIf the Greens cared about CO2 they’d be very interested in ways to reduce emissions. But their selective interest speaks volumes about their real priorities. Anton Lang shows how newer coal fired powers stations run...
- Australian floods show how cutting electricity use doesn’t reduce CO2 Wed, 27 Feb 13, 9:33pmAnton Lang cuts the numbers, and finds that while the Australian floods cut power consumption by 9% on the Eastern seaboard they only reduced CO2 emissions by 0.9%.
- Who actually took notice of the Kyoto Protocol? Coal fired plants going up everywhere. Wed, 6 Feb 13, 5:35amGuest post by Anton Lang (TonyfromOz) (Thanks to ianl8888 for bringing this map from Tallbloke’s site to my attention) This is a map of projected coal fired power plants that have been approved for construction...
- How much electricity do solar and wind make on a global scale? Answer: “Not much” Sat, 18 Aug 12, 1:59amSimple numbers are hard to get, so when Anton Lang pointed me at the EIA site (U.S. Energy Information Administration), I wanted to give everyone the straight answer to the question: just how much electricity do renewables...
- Solar Power costs less than Coal, and the Wishing Chair lives on Wed, 24 Aug 11, 7:40pmFinally, a new day has dawned and solar power is cheaper than coal fired electricity! Gadzooks! It must be true, the Sydney Morning Herald says so. “Solar energy cost hits par with coal fuel” Who knew they conquered...
- We can lower Australian CO2 emissions by… (wait for it) building new coal plants! Wed, 3 Aug 11, 1:47amA joint writing project: Anton Lang (who writes as TonyfromOz at PAPundits), Tony Cox, and Jo Nova It’s the paradox that will torture the Greens...