QOTD Tim Winton on our land: “This is why we write about it. This is why we paint it. From love & wonder, irritation & fear, hope & despair; because, like family, it refuses to be incidental.” Australia, we refuse to be incidental ❤️🙌🏻
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🤔 If it’s the size of a bus or two with a balloon on top and we can’t be sure what it’s for… can we be sure no one dived off it?
Maybe should paint the thing blue to make it less threatening and more fun.
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I took a bit of time to dissect the “spy balloon” story - both how it is portrayed in the US and China’s response.
As you'll see, the more you think about it, the more stunned you get at the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.
A small 
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: New independent system cost study from on decarbonising heating is out.
Result: Green hydrogen for heating is more 2-3x more expensive, less efficient and has more environmental impacts than electrification.
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1. A short thread on a fundamental trend in economics of physical stuff that's highly relevant to the conversation about nuclear & renewables:
A. Manufacturing things gets cheaper with scale.
B. Constructing things in the field gets more expensive with time.
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Because the Netherlands is a sunburnt country… wait…
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Australia has lost the mantle of global solar leader (solar capacity per person)to Netherlands.
Time for new policies to enable Solar for All focussing on low income and social housing.
(Graph from BP 2022 Energy Review thanks to @KetanJ0 )
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Important debunking of more of Toyota's aggressive anti-EV lobbying. I've seen evidence of this one deployed to stakeholders in Australia.
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I see @Toyota's chief scientist Gill Pratt everywhere with his seemingly 'sober' claim that scarce lithium should be used in small batteries for hybrid cars (that Toyota is market leader in of course).
He's calling out "EV-only extremists".
And it's such utter bollox.
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Doesn’t get more Aussie than this.
Respect Dad! Legend 👊🏻🇦🇺
When the road between two places is cut, you go around. 4,770km around.
For reference, the length of Europe - Gibraltar to Moscow - is only 4,752km!
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For xmas, mum and dad drove from Kununura to Broome and then flew down to Perth (cheaper than flying from kun). Then a biblical flood came and destroyed the only road connecting Broome and Kununura, stranding their car in Broome..
.. until dad got permission from mum to do this:
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1.5 years ago Germany imported more than 60% of the gas it consumed from Russia.
Since late August 2022 it is 0%.
The scale of this change is incredible and would have been thought of as impossible in the past.
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1/ "Leadership is a repeatable skill, not an art." Over 25 years ago, I attended a leadership session at Netscape, run by Jim Barksdale. It was a single hour that profoundly impacted my career.
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I'm going to get it out of the way and point out that Donovan Mitchell and Robin Lopez combined for 72 tonight. Hashtag Historic Game.
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Key Lesson 1: Life is probabilistic. So, we should think probabilistically -- not deterministically.
For example, suppose David's skill gives him an 80/20 advantage over Goliath.
In this case, David nearly always overcomes Goliath's size advantage (~94% of the time):
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And that's a wrap for #Sydney's wettest year on record:
- The city's final annual total for 2022 was 2530 mm
- Its previous annual record was 2194 mm in 1950
- Long-term annual average is 1213 mm
- Sydney has 164 years of annual rainfall records (1859 to 2022)
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The Smart Energy Council welcomes the strong announcement of a 70% emissions reduction target by 2035 today by NSW Treasurer . Huge for the state and definitely heading in the right direction.
#NSW #EmissionsReduction #2035
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It's great to see a continuing strong commitment to emissions reduction from NSW. Committing to 70% by 2035.
For the last two years, NSW has been the top rated state in Australia's EV policy scorecard. This is targets backed by real action.
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I've worked from home for the past 7 years.
During this time, I've:
- Had offers above $300k/year.
- Worked with people in 40+ countries.
- Developed an async-first culture in my teams.
This is what I know about remote work👇
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Home electrification is great for household savings. Less well understood is the high-value of the gas that is freed up when a home electrifies. We should be prioritising scarce gas for sectors such as industry, negating the need for expensive and strandable new gas fields.
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Two of the highest ranked issues of concern for Australians are energy bills and the impacts of climate change.
That’s why Boundless has spent the last 3 months working on how we can accelerate the electrification of Australia’s homes - which can help solve both issues 🏠⚡💪
🧵!
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My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.
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Stripe story time: A couple weeks after joining in 2012, I asked if he would like to go to a party on a Friday night.
His response: “ah I’d love to but I’m reading. Would you like to go for a run?”
Sure!
“I’ll see you at 7am at this address”
😂😂😂
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❤️💚 Best Xmas present as always!! Father-daughter membership packs for 2023 are here!!
Only 75 sleeps till Round 1!
#PrideOfTheLeague #GoRabbitohs
Become a member here: membership.rabbitohs.com.au
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Oh. And you’ll likely live longer too. Nice added bonus - your own health.
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Electrification is just more efficient!
Induction: ~3x more efficient than gas range (energystar.gov/about/2021_res.)
EV: >4x more efficient than internal combustion engine (tank/battery to wheels)
Heat pump: ~3-4x more efficient than a boiler (HSPF 10-14 consumerreports.org/appliances/hea)
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Australian? Want to save money in the next 5 years?
1. Get yourself off fossil fuels - electricity, car, home heating, hot water, stove.
2. Get your business off fossil fuels.
3. Get the grid off fossil fuels.
It’s really pretty simple.
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If you haven’t already got solar, with energy prices forecast to rise 50%, now is the time. And if you don’t yet have a heat pump, and gas prices forecast to rise 40%, now is the time. Best way to save.
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Australia ‘vulnerable’ to power bill shocks until we break gas habit smh.com.au/national/victo
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The same dynamic is playing out in the auto industry over fuel efficiency standards. Certain car companies expect Australians to pay higher fuel bills, while they dump older, more profitable cars in our market... or else.
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This is exactly how Australia drives high priced gas out of the electricity system, unlocking more renewables & delivers lower power bills. Great leadership from
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The Albanese Government is investing in 8 large scale batteries to deliver 2GW of dispatchable power
This is double the amount added to the grid over the past decade, and will:
deliver cheaper energy for homes and businesses
help stabilise the grid
& reduce emissions
deliver cheaper energy for homes and businesses
help stabilise the grid
& reduce emissions
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Oh look, the gas lobby has commissioned INDEPENDENT economic modelling about the "soviet" energy legislation.
Let's take a look at this modelling, shall we?
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🤓 last 3 days in south australia… renewables have provided energy equivalent to 105.6% of demand.
average price over the period is $-24.49.
ie. ignoring transmission and distribution costs, on average you’d have been paid to use energy.
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LEGO Advent Calendars are a design lesson in how constraint + skill drive delightful, simple creation 👏🏻
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🤓 energy nerds have reminded me that 433 PJ of gas (7.6% of production) is used to process gas for export.
this means:
• only 14% of our coal…
• only 17% of our gas…
…ends up in the domestic market
the price caps will only limit #WarProfits on this sliver of coal & gas.
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key stats to help you prepare for the onslaught of gaslighting by australia's fossil fuel sector.
• 86% of our coal is exported
• 75% of our gas is exported
the price caps will allow them to continue #WarProfiteering on exports, and still extract healthy profits domestically.
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Australia has the opportunity to lead the world in the solar energy revolution. It is the sunniest continent, has world leading expertise having held the world record solar cell efficiency for 30 of the last 40 years and is blessed with the best minerals for solar manufacturing.
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ChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness.
it's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now. it’s a preview of progress; we have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.
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Oranje!! 🇳🇱
Calling a trick play in the 101st minute of a World Cup quarterfinal to tie up the game? Incredible guts.
Pulling it off? Legendary.
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The number of people who have inked the End Poem of Minecraft on themselves is both impressive and scary simultaneously. 😳
It is a beautiful piece of writing.
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So, eleven-and-a-bit years ago, I wrote the only written narrative in Minecraft: the story that appears after you kill the Ender Dragon. (A narrative which players often call The End Poem.)
Today, I officially librated that ending.
Er, what does that mean?
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Big milestone today 👊🏻
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NEWS: @SmartEnergyCncl response to Energy Ministers' meeting:
Today is a landmark day for renewable energy and renewable energy storage
After 9 long years of inaction on climate change and renewables, we finally have a national plan for renewable energy generation and storage
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Australian technology industry’s generational version of “pay it forward” in a single photo 👊🏻
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So much Australian startup detail in this photo.
Bardia (Business Catalyst).
James Windon (Flare HR) and Dean (Spreets).
@rayn_ong's ear.
Rick and I with Lucy & Heidi from @Mentorloop.
The top of @thomasrice_au's head.
@nikiscevak meeting Morse for the first time. twitter.com/MichaelDeNil/s…
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