Tom Swann
@tomswann.bsky.social
Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
The best tree in the world I reckon.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The best tree in the world I reckon.
Fighting the social evil of tens of thousands of new homes.
I'm all for dunking on developers but this beyond parody.
I'm all for dunking on developers but this beyond parody.
September 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Fighting the social evil of tens of thousands of new homes.
I'm all for dunking on developers but this beyond parody.
I'm all for dunking on developers but this beyond parody.
Here we have in red the "we don't have to do anything" emissions reductions for all "large emitters". Given that coal and gas is most of these emissions, they probably make up most of it.
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here we have in red the "we don't have to do anything" emissions reductions for all "large emitters". Given that coal and gas is most of these emissions, they probably make up most of it.
Coal and gas production falls a fair bit in all scenarios behind the govts emissions reduction targets.
The fact it's almost the same in each policy scenario suggests it is driven mostly not by Aust policy in the model.
The fact it's almost the same in each policy scenario suggests it is driven mostly not by Aust policy in the model.
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Coal and gas production falls a fair bit in all scenarios behind the govts emissions reduction targets.
The fact it's almost the same in each policy scenario suggests it is driven mostly not by Aust policy in the model.
The fact it's almost the same in each policy scenario suggests it is driven mostly not by Aust policy in the model.
"The IEA, for example, has significantly underestimated investment in solar PV" - Australian Treasury
treasury.gov.au/publication/...
treasury.gov.au/publication/...
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"The IEA, for example, has significantly underestimated investment in solar PV" - Australian Treasury
treasury.gov.au/publication/...
treasury.gov.au/publication/...
Two blokes in a tinny and a vast shrine to extraction. Darwin Harbour.
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Two blokes in a tinny and a vast shrine to extraction. Darwin Harbour.
Wheatstone gas feeds an LNG facility (namesake) further away than three others.
Scarborough gas goes to an LNG facility (Pluto LNG) further away than two others.
Reminded of the efficiency of the gas export industry.
www.boilingcold.com.au/western-gas-...
Scarborough gas goes to an LNG facility (Pluto LNG) further away than two others.
Reminded of the efficiency of the gas export industry.
www.boilingcold.com.au/western-gas-...
September 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Wheatstone gas feeds an LNG facility (namesake) further away than three others.
Scarborough gas goes to an LNG facility (Pluto LNG) further away than two others.
Reminded of the efficiency of the gas export industry.
www.boilingcold.com.au/western-gas-...
Scarborough gas goes to an LNG facility (Pluto LNG) further away than two others.
Reminded of the efficiency of the gas export industry.
www.boilingcold.com.au/western-gas-...
Soft Centre festival, sydney
August 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Soft Centre festival, sydney
Palestine protest in Canberra even bigger this week.
August 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Palestine protest in Canberra even bigger this week.
"An LNG plant is a very clean facility".
Literal sentence in original application docs for Darwin LNG.
Literal sentence in original application docs for Darwin LNG.
August 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"An LNG plant is a very clean facility".
Literal sentence in original application docs for Darwin LNG.
Literal sentence in original application docs for Darwin LNG.
Aust Govt's own "Future Gas Strategy" says
Net-Zero Emissions = massive reductions in gas exports.
Our energy debate is disordered and borderline delusional.
Net-Zero Emissions = massive reductions in gas exports.
Our energy debate is disordered and borderline delusional.
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Aust Govt's own "Future Gas Strategy" says
Net-Zero Emissions = massive reductions in gas exports.
Our energy debate is disordered and borderline delusional.
Net-Zero Emissions = massive reductions in gas exports.
Our energy debate is disordered and borderline delusional.
A report to the SA government proposes to expand carbon dumping at Moomba by building CO2 pipelines all over the country and import CO2 from Asia via SA ports.
Pretty wild material here. www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/asset...
Pretty wild material here. www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/asset...
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A report to the SA government proposes to expand carbon dumping at Moomba by building CO2 pipelines all over the country and import CO2 from Asia via SA ports.
Pretty wild material here. www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/asset...
Pretty wild material here. www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/asset...
Top Half Folk Festival
August 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Top Half Folk Festival
Even for the NT, this is an impressive list of bad shit.
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Even for the NT, this is an impressive list of bad shit.
We now cross to Eric Abetz interrupting peak time at a rave, and the punters are not happy.
July 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We now cross to Eric Abetz interrupting peak time at a rave, and the punters are not happy.
Trump has said he would do and not do everything at different times so I guess in some sense this is true.
June 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump has said he would do and not do everything at different times so I guess in some sense this is true.
Australia runs its own tax haven allowing rich people to avoid paying billions in tax for no reason and it is called superannuation.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
June 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Australia runs its own tax haven allowing rich people to avoid paying billions in tax for no reason and it is called superannuation.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
The NT government looking to recruit smug southerners with a big ad in a national newspaper.
June 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The NT government looking to recruit smug southerners with a big ad in a national newspaper.
Liberal party no longer represent the most affluent seats. This is so interesting.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
May 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Liberal party no longer represent the most affluent seats. This is so interesting.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
4% counted, but David Pocock is absolutely cleaning up in the ACT Senate.
May 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
4% counted, but David Pocock is absolutely cleaning up in the ACT Senate.