Category: energy debate

QLD Coal Makes Half the World’s Steel Mar 2017

Kind of embarrassing, but until recently I had no idea how much of the world’s economy is based on coal from QLD. For example – Queensland exports half the world’s…

CEO of ExxonMobil admits burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Sep 2012

CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, in an on-the-record speech to the Council of Foreign Relations that is publicly available online, has now said that it is clear that…

No Illusions 23 – “Atomic” Rod Adams on Fukushima Mar 2011

As I mentioned on episode #22, Rod Adams (@atomicrod) is a self-professed nuclear energy “obsessive” since 1981. He writes at the Atomic Insights blog and has produced the…

GDay World 366 – Dr Peter Ellyard on “Mining The Sky” Mar 2009

Today I had the pleasure to catch up once again with G’Day World regular Dr Peter Ellyard, futurist, environmentalist, and author of “Designing 2050: Pathways To Sustainable Prosperity…

Kurzweil doesn’t believe global warming is a problem May 2007

Didn’t expect THAT, did you? I’m prepping for my chat with Vint tomorrow morning and happened upon this recent interview with Kuzweil on CNNMoney where he says: “These…

G’DAY WORLD #240 – Atomic Religion May 2007

Rod Adams, host of TPN’s Atomic Show, joins me today to talk about nuclear energy vs solar and religion vs science. Don’t forget to make use of my…

Cam’s World 30 April, 2007 Apr 2007

While I was working out today I watched “Land Of The Dead“, George Romero’s 2005 4th zombie flick, starring Aussie actor Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and…

G’DAY WORLD #229 – Sunshine and Dark Clouds Apr 2007

No guest today, just a bit of a chat about: Robert Rodriguez’s cooking show on the Sin City Recut DVD this report that less than 7% of Australians…

GDAY WORLD 197 – Climate Change, Fake Bombs, and Comments Feb 2007

John Howard *still* doesn’t want to do anything about climate change. The Cartoon Network pays $2 million in fines in the cheapest ad buy this year. And I…

G’DAY WORLD 187 – Mark Pop on Solar Energy Jan 2007

The word of the day is “Enterdrainment“: Any passive form of entertainment that is so incredibly mind numbing that it sucks the intelligence from the listener or viewer;…