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Japan Tries out Osmotic Energy

Carbon-free. 24/7/365. No mining (salt mines excluded) involved. Available anywhere fresh water and saltwater meet. Works in conjunction with desalination plants. What’s not to like — at the right price?

Australia’s Energy Transition & De-industrialisation

Over the next decade, rooftops will force the demise of grid scale WDGs.  They are not renewable or sustainable.  They are stranded assets with no future.

Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure

A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks.

100,000 Amazon Trees Chopped Down to Build Road for COP30 Climate Conference

It’s likely that the Guardian will be assembling a team to travel the Avenida Liberdade Highway of Shame to attend the increasingly irrelevant COP Net Zero boondoggle. The newspaper recently reported that the…