My nuclear journey started when I was asked 18 months ago “Is there any alternative to desecrating our forests in Far North Queensland to build wind farms?” I replied that nuclear might be an answer. My nuclear knowledge was out-of -date, after all I have been retired for more than a decade. As I learnt more and more I chose to share some of the information with others.
This page provides links to my blogs about Queensland Energy and Queensland forests written in 2023.
Recycling Wind Turbine Blades
Have you ever wondered how green wind energy really is, especially when you see those vast piles of wind turbine blades dumped in landfills? Social media posts with photos of wind turbine blades in landfill have raised this question, casting doubts on the sustainability of wind power. Is it actually horrible for the environment? The…
Energy Transition Needs Urgent Rethink, Warn 50 Leading Experts
Australia’s Current Energy Policy a ‘Dangerous Experiment’ – Risks Trillions in Costs and Irreparable Damage MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 30 April 2025 Australia’s energy future is in jeopardy, according to a major open letter signed today by over 50 of the nation’s leading scientists, engineers, economists, conservationists, business leaders, union leaders, and energy…
Erosion from a Little Bit of Rain
The wind turbine projects being built on the tops of the Great Dividing Range have very little sediment control. Some of the roads are very steep. I wonder how much sediment is washing into the little streams that host endangered species like the Magnificent Broodfrog. How far does the fine sediment flow? Many of these…
Concerns Raised About Wind Turbine Infrasound and Bird Eggs
What are the effects of infrasound on our wild birds? We have no idea. It has been known for many years that other forms of noise can impact the fitness and survival of birds. Eggs and nesting baby birds exposed to moderate levels of anthropogenic traffic noise experience large, direct, and additive adverse effects on…
Wind Turbine Generated Infrasound Can Travel 50- 90 Km
Images by Stephen Nowakowski Infrasound Can Harm Humans and Wildlife Infrasound is sound with a frequency below 20 Hz. It is normally not perceptible to the ear, but it can affect animals and humans (negatively) if the levels are sufficiently high. What makes infrasound special is that it travels very far, as it is barely…
Do Nuclear Workers Get More Cancer?
Should we trust recent claims that low-dose radiation causes cancers? What is the truth? Do we really know?
This Area Should Be a Koala National Park
Can you help or know anybody who can help me? Please save me and all the other koalas. Here are some actions that you may be able to do. The following is a copy of a letter from Steven Nowakowski Dear all, This is a call to action to STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CONNORS RANGE.…
Judgement Made: Whoops! He Bought Plutonium Online
Australian Associated Press Fri 11 Apr 2025 19.53 AEST https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/11/science-nerd-ordered-radioactive-materials-parents-sydney-home-spared-conviction-ntwnfb ‘Science nerd’ who ordered radioactive materials to his parents’ Sydney home spared conviction. A “science nerd” who ordered uranium and plutonium to his parents’ apartment has escaped conviction and been given a two-year good behaviour bond. Emmanuel Lidden, 24, admitted breaching nuclear non-proliferation laws by…
Decommissioning a Nuclear Site
How can nuclear facilities be closed down in an environmentally friendly way once they have reached the end of their operating life? This video shows what it takes to decommission and restore a nuclear site. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/multimedia/videos/decommissioning-restoring-former-nuclear-sites As Kris Kolasinski and Martin Klingenboeck wrote in the IAEA news: Planning and innovation play crucial roles when it…
Nuclear Power Radiation is Benign! Part 1
This is a copy of a Substack article by Robert Hargraves on April 6. The full essay will be posted in several parts. https://substack.com/@roberthargraves1 Abstract The root cause of nuclear power cost and opposition is excessive fear of radiation. This essay explores true observed radiation, effects, harm, and benefits, summarized here, proven later. Doesn’t radiation…
Let It Burn, Let It Burn – No Houses so Who Cares?
Climate Council please care! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/climate-council_this-is-a-critical-climate-electionand-we-activity-7310759962828230656-Ew5H?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAATsRIMBGWSii_UHiFxi192J88YazNv3XGI This infographic was produced by the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub. The ESCC Hub was funded by the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program and still feeds data into the Global Carbon Project. https://nespclimate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ESCC_Global-and-regional-carbon-budgets_Brochure.pdf It was our wonderful natural land that acted as a giant carbon sink squirrelling away…
Australia Can No Longer Manufacture Windows For Homes
It’s nuclear or nothing if we wish to be a reasonably self-sufficient country. With no merchant navy at all, we are very vulnerable from a security viewpoint if we rely on the import of all our fertilizers, most building materials and chemicals. The following article was written on Thursday 13 March 2025 written by Leith…
Meet Cecil Our Much Loved Microbat
All our mammals are precious. Read about Cecil’s adventures. Learn about barotrauma, bats and wind turbines.
The Cost of Renewables In Australia – Save Our Great Dividing Range
The cost is more than money. We blithely talk about protecting biodiversity in Australia. Are we doing so? What is the true impact on Climate Change when we buy renewables made overseas using coal fired power? Greenhouse emission data commonly quoted do not apply as they were calculated using nuclear and renewable energy for their…
The Electrification of China
China has been doing an astounding job of reducing the use of fossil fuels for transport. Australia is lagging so far behind. I am jealous that I can no longer be part of China’s advances. I was involved in the very early stages of China’s electrification and construction of its high speed rail system. It…
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- Overview of Queensland forests
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- Are we forgetting the aim of the energy transition?
- Queensland Super Grid
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