by William Grace | Sep 20, 2017 | Paris accords |
Abstract The Paris accords will not deliver us from the worst impacts of climate change, even if the pledges are fully implemented. Even more concerning, hardly any countries are on track to achieve even these inadequate pledges. Australia’s emissions are set to far...
by William Grace | Aug 19, 2017 | Well Being |
The historical advancements in human society that have greatly increased the human population, average living standards, and reductions in violence are a result of the application of reason to our ever growing knowledge base. However our political and policy culture...
by William Grace | Mar 28, 2017 | death spiral |
Abstract Model based projections for the rapid uptake of rooftop solar photovoltaics in Western Australia indicate that private capacity will be so large that the centralised network based electricity system will become disrupted in the 2020s. By 2050 private systems...
by William Grace | Feb 4, 2017 | Electricity |
Ever since the South Australia blackout, debate has raged about the role of coal vs renewables in meeting Australia’s future electricity generation needs. The debate was ramped up significantly by the Prime Minister’s recent call for new generation coal to...
