The Baseload Podcast

Chris Bowen’s capacity investment scheme, Oreos become a symbol of truth, the goat receives reinforcements, and I interview QLD Senator Matt Canavan.

This episode we look at propaganda spread by QLD Energy Minister Mick de Brenni, Jim Chalmers’ recent speech on how he’s going to further undermine Australia’s energy security, and we speak to Scott Hargreaves executive director of the Institute for Public Affairs about the IPA’s energy security initiative. https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/research-papers/energy-security-is-national-security-a-framework-for-better-energy-outcomes-in-australia

What effect will Net Zero policies have on society, Chris Bowen gets the goat and I interview David Carland - a thorn in the side of CSIRO and AEMO and their flawed electricity system modelling.

Industry Minister Ed Husic labels the gas industry all ‘glut and greed’, petroleum lobby CEO Samantha McCulloch's missed opportunities, renewables lobbyists Tim Buckley and Simon Holmes a Court, and will the climate alarmists be granted amnesty in the future?

Australia’s energy decline continues unabated. The energy bureaucrats are single-mindedly running the Australian electricity system into the ground with their increasingly desperate attempts to reach arbitrary renewable targets. Clips from AEMC CEO Ben Barr, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen, Alex Epstein, Michael Shellenberger.

Interference, both from bureaucrats in markets, and from activist shareholders in the private sector. AGL is a good example of the latter, and we’ll look overseas for precursors to what’s happening in our local energy systems, particularly at Europe and the head of the UN calling for increasing taxes on fossil fuels. And we’ll consider the potential for the largest interference in our energy systems – nationalisation.

Broken electricity market – the National Electricity Market is destined for even more government intervention; Central planning on steroids – bureaucrats out of control; and a new report by the US DoE – repurposing coal power station sites into nuclear.

Queensland's 'supergrid' aka how much does it cost to shut down half-a-dozen coal-fired power stations, outright climate alarmism from elites in the US plus a rebuttal from Bjorn Lomborg. Interview: Alan Moran

Market suspension, massive government spending, Europe rations electricity. Interview: Rafe Champion