Archive - Chris B’s Thoughts

Diminishing Returns #2 - DIY Kit

The Geek's Guide to replicating my analyses - I hope

Apr 3 •

March 2024

Intermittency aka Diminishing Returns #2

Analysis of a 'decarbonised' UK reliant on Wind + Solar PV generation based on real weather-dependent generation 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023.

Mar 30 •

February 2024

The Unstoppable Momentum of Outdated Science: 2024 Update

Much of climate research and policy is still based on implausible scenarios. Implementing a course correction is well overdue.

Published on The Honest Broker • Feb 22

January 2024

Diminishing Returns

GB is unlikely to fully benefit from ever more Wind and Solar generation *capacity* until immense electrical storage technology becomes cheap and…

Jan 7 •

December 2023

Real 'Green' Hydrogen

Some lessons from a couple of the first electrolyser plants

Dec 24, 2023 •

Labour's Climate 'Mission'

Extrapolating from 2023 data says it's impossible

Dec 3, 2023 •

Low Hanging Fruit

How to Eliminate 25% of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 2035

Published on The Honest Broker • Dec 1, 2023

November 2023

Dunkelflaute? Dunkelcobblers!

In this part of the world troublesome Wind lulls happen so frequently they don't deserve a fancy name

Nov 27, 2023 •

Winning through social dysfunction

A civilisation of broken feedbacks generates expanding social dysfunction: I

Published on Not On Your Team, But Always Fair • Nov 27, 2023

Net Zero Australia 'Mobilisation'

Maybe there's a better way to 'decarbonise' for a lot less than AUD 9 Trillion

Nov 6, 2023 •

October 2023

A Solar-Powered Lone Star State?

Texas is a sunny state, so at first glance a recent claim that its Solar generation is 'reliable' and 'predictable' seems reasonable. But there is…

Oct 20, 2023 •

September 2023

Climate Science in the House of Lords

THB prompts a debate over what the IPCC really says about extreme weather

Published on The Honest Broker • Sep 5, 2023

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts