Engineering and science

Energy reality bites hard

Australia is experiencing two energy crises: International high prices due to supply issues, and local deterioration of infrastructure that isn’t being replaced because of… climate change. Its a false dichotomy, and we can’t afford for it to continue.

The story of oil

Fossil fuels are still essential for the world. And oil is still a core ingredient in international politics. And hence the recent history of Oil is still important to understand…

Hydrogen!

Hydrogen has become very topical recently. There are valid concerns about whether it will really take an important role in the energy sector. Those concerns may not be what you think…

The probability of God

A journal paper on the use of probability in the debate on Atheism, providing a defense against Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion.

The science is settled?

  • Science

Why I am not convinced by the climate change alarmists. My reasons, are not all to do with science…

The drawn-out death of Darwinism

  • Science

A N Wilsons biography of Charles Darwin was a surprise. Even to A N Wilson. He never expected to discover that, well, “Darwin was wrong”.

The fall of the machines

Japanese car-makers and, more recently, Elon Musk, both found that automation is not as good as everyone assumes. “Humans are under-rated”. There’s an important lesson in that for policy-makers.