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Roo Bar

@roobar99.bsky.social
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Departed Twitter as @Roobar99 Clean energy, home PV, batteries & EV chargers. V satisfied Model Y owner. Hoping for a viable electric MC to replace my BMW. Country NSW with cattle, sheep & kangaroo for neighbours.

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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It’s our kids and grandkids who will suffer and are owed an apology.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Much watch episode.
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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
‘Competition drives efficiency, innovation & better outcomes for consumers. But it only works when market rules are clear, and monopolies are held in check,’ writes @stephaniebashir.bsky.social #energy
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
How can @australia.theguardian.com not have heard of Jason Collier? He is arguably the Mozart of the 21st Century. Moon River is a masterpiece of vocal arrangement and production. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Brian Wilson was a musical genius. Are there any left?
In pop, which equates genius with innovation, recent artists have not pioneered new forms like those from the 60s. Has the digital age sidelined invention and promoted the derivative for ever?
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My wife asked for an update on how our solar system and @amberelectric.bsky.social account were doing. I explained that we had consumed 20.5MWh of electricity over the last 18 months for a net usage cost of -$140. That is, we were paid $140. That’s nice! 👍😀
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"… to now expect the party to cover Pesutto’s substantial debts goes against the grain of everything we believe as Liberals” says Demming. Apparently, she also believes in blackmail… as a Liberal. 😂 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Moira Deeming offered John Pesutto chance to avoid bankruptcy on condition Liberal party assured her preselection
Payment of $2.3m in defamation costs Pesutto owes would have been delayed until 2027 under deal, which was not accepted by Liberal party
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Battery power in South Australia is starting to look really interesting. We're going to see the same in other states over the next few years.
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
From today’s Sun-Herald. Great talking to the fabulous Peter Fitzsimons.
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The Driven @thedriven.io · 09/05/2025
EV buyers in Australia can now choose from 100 different electric vehicle models, and there are more to come. Just seven years ago, there were only 6 models available
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From six models to 100 in seven years: The stunning acceleration of Australia's EV market
EV buyers in Australia can now choose from 100 different electric vehicle models, and there are more to come. Just seven years ago, there were only 6 models available.
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David Armstrong @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Amber Electric @amberelectric.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We’ve wrapped the first phase of our ARENA-backed EV smart charging trial, and the results speak for themselves. 850+ Teslas, 100 smart chargers. Cheaper, greener charging, all automated. Now we’re looking ahead to what’s next: V2G. www.amber.com.au/blog/lessons...
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Amber Electric
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💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
the nats are almost done killing the libs.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
“If the Liberals want to continue their anti-science, anti-democratic culture wars, no one should worry, or try to stop them. Their future is a ‘them problem’.”
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The death rattle of the nuclear debate in Australia. Nuclear bros find out who their true friends really are.
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 05/05/2025
Volvo's electric semi-truck lineup is doing quite well these days. insideevs.com/news/758587/...
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As Tesla Semi Struggles, Volvo Just Sold Its 5,000th Electric Truck
Volvos are chugging down the highway while Tesla is still trying to figure out how to mass-produce the Semi.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Always worth remembering the Liberal Party is now a minor party of the Coaltion
Current seat count
Party	Count
Australian Labor Party	86
Liberal	14
LNP Qld	16
The Nationals	10
Country Liberal Party	0
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 05/05/2025
Opinion | News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry. This election shows the public is over it, @mediumandmessage.bsky.social writes.
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Australia has jumped the media snark as the coalition of the shrilling collapses
News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry. This election shows the public don't like it, and the result has done untold damage to media relevance.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Joe gets it right for once. www.skynews.com.au/opinion/the-...
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‘The Opposition lost this election far more than Labor won it’: Joe Hildebrand
Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand has claimed the Opposition “lost this election” more so than “Labor won it”. “Anthony Albanese had a pretty much note-perfect campaign,” Mr Hildebrand said. “There could’ve been missteps, there could’ve been gaps, there could’ve been holes in his policy, there was none of those things. “There was depth in the team.”
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“the Liberals would do well to lose the sneer” Is this remotely possible under any of those in consideration for the leadership position? I doubt it. insidestory.org.au/are-the-libe...
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Are the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics? • Frank Bongiorno
The party is taking a long time to understand its plight
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
@crikey.com.au “What the Liberal Party itself needs to understand is that News Corp is a foreign-owned communications business, with its own agenda of fostering hatred, resentment and division in order to sell advertising and subscriptions.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/05/n...
crikey.com.au
News Corp owns much of the Liberals' spectacular defeat. If they want more of them, keep going
News Corp contributed deeply the Liberals' election disaster. Its agenda, designed to serve its business interests and not the national interest, is deeply damaging to the Liberals.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Spot on. Mark hits multiple nails squarely on the head. We are not RWJWs wanting to emulate Trump’s America. Aussies are drawn to inclusiveness and equity.
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
theconversation.com/dutton-and-t...
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Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood
The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a wa...
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
After 25 years on Twitter and the final cremation of the nuclear debate in Australia, I can log out from that cesspit for the last time. We can now focus on the best way forward for solar, wind & batteries in our NEM. A positive discussion will be very welcome.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This explanation of Trump's tariff brain fart makes sense. However, it points out that the plan's success ultimately depends on global trust in the US. Unfortunately, Trump has comprehensively blown any such trust to smithereens. Sad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts5...
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Why Trump's tariff chaos actually makes sense (big picture)
YouTube video by Money & Macro
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Small modular #nuclear reactors (SMRs) are projected to be the most expensive source per kW of electricity generation www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/smrs-...
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SMRs most expensive of all electricity technologies per kW generation | New Civil Engineer
This comes from a report by ICF – a management consultancy firm – which found that SMRs in the United States (US) could cost $863/kW (£667/kW), far more
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@profgalloway.com at his most thoughtful. Nicely done, Prof G. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Jt...
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Scott Galloway on Markets, Musk, and Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Distraction” | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/03/2025
Alright doomscroll friends, here's a thread to 📌 on safeguarding yourself. First, a guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance as Donald Trump vows to go after his enemies and exploit America’s digital surveillance machine to do so.
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Very insightful commentary on Europe's diplomatic failure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh1z...
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Singapore's Top Diplomat Reveals TRUTH About Ukraine and Future of Europe
YouTube video by Cyrus Janssen
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“We have a prime minister afraid to say what is true and an opposition leader thrilling at the prospect of saying what is not.” @thesaturdaypaper.com.au www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/02/08/s...
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Second-cousin sycophancy
Donald Trump does not delegate the way ordinary presidents do. He is not interested in briefings. He makes decisions without thinking deeply, sometimes without thinking at all. His announcements, as o...
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is why nuclear has no chance of success in Australia. We’ll just turn off the grid. 🤣
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 07/02/2025
Rio Tinto is looking to add battery storage to contracted wind and solar to power its giant smelters in Australia, saying they have no future with #coal generation because of high costs and emissions
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Rio Tinto turns to big batteries to underpin green smelters, as firmed renewables eclipse gas and coal
Rio Tinto is looking to add battery storage to contracted wind and solar to power its giant smelters in Australia, saying they have no future with coal generation because of high costs and emission…
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 06/02/2025
The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...
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Honest Government Ad | Nuclear (Australia)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/02/2025
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive. Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Topics cdc, government, united states, dataset, archive
Language English
Item Size 98.5G
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“Like Earth’s most screamingly preposterous hypocrite.” Perfect! I will dine out on this morsal for months.🍷
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Aussies, we’re next. “Trump is single-handedly reneging on 80 years of American work to persuade others to trust and rely on the United States. He is remodeling the international image of the U.S. after himself: … untrustworthy.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs
Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 23/01/2025
‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
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‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
Report reveals solar power generated 11% of Europe’s electricity, surpassing coal at 10% Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a “milestone” for the clean energy transition. Solar…
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The climate and renewable energy debate is being settled by economics. The fossil fuel & nuclear lobby cannot withstand renewable's lower costs. But the knockout punch will come when insurance gets serious about climate change. thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
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Climate risks threaten the insurance model
After cyberattacks, the climate crisis stands as the greatest threat facing insurance companies. The 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia, known as "Black Summer," resulted in estimated insured loss...
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💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
⚛️ exactly zero OECD countries have poured concrete for a new #nuclear reactor this decade. …if all goes to plan, hungary🇭🇺 will be the first in mar '25. been a long time coming: • national assembly voted to proceed: 2009 • site preparation began: 2019 • operation: ~2032. www.vg.hu/vilaggazdasa...
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Nagy durranás lesz márciusban a Paks II.-nél - Világgazdaság
A Világgazdaság megbízható, naprakész, objektív információforrás, az üzleti élet befolyásos, mértékadó lapja.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It's the S-Curve, stupid: New model predicts half of world's energy will come from solar by 2035 reneweconomy.com.au/its-the-s-cu...
reneweconomy.com.au
It’s the S-Curve, stupid: New model predicts half of world’s energy will come from solar by 2035
New modelling corrects “three huge mistakes” underpinning traditional solar PV projections and smashes the myth that global energy decarbonisation will cripple the economy.
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Nuclear generation isn't 100% reliable. Analysis of European nuclear data suggests weekly fleet output during peak season can drop below 60% of average levels. This is comparable to the effect of a bad renewable drought on wind+solar generation in Australia. /1
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 20/12/2024
This is probably the most important story of year in the energy transition. ~600 gigawatts of new solar added to world grids today. That will produce ~1,000 terawatt-hours of clean electricity, or ~25% of all US electricity use or 2/3 of India's. In one year! Simply massive & it's accelerating. 🔌💡
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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Another inconvenient truth for Mr Dutton👇 #energy #auspol
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I have seen the green dot reflectors in my travels, had no idea what they were. Now I know and they are a fantastic idea. #truckers #drive #rest #safe www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Green dots saving drivers' lives but 'more funding needed' for upkeep
Advocates say an initiative that uses green reflector dots to signal upcoming stopping bays is a simple and cheap way to prevent road fatalities. However, they say more funding is needed to maintain a...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20/12/2024
Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models www.ft.com/content/4c5da16b-e85e-48…
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Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models
Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
They’ve belled the cat We’ve always known their expensive nuclear scheme was a stitch up. Now one of them finally admitted it
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Coalition ‘not serious’ about Dutton’s nuclear plan and running economy off it ‘unachievable’, Matt Canavan says - by @joshbutler.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Coalition ‘not serious’ about Dutton’s nuclear plan and running economy off it ‘unachievable’, Matt Canavan says
Nationals senator questions his own party’s policy, saying ‘all sides of politics are deciding their energy based on focus group’
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Batteries to the rescue. Get used to it. “AEMO has managed the heatwaves and the multiple outages … including putting several big batteries on standby – a protocol it is now using when the grid faces demand highs, and demand lows.”
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Roo Bar @roobar99.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“The 24-hour collapse of Dutton’s cunning nuclear news cycle — from Friday’s front-page banner, through the ABC same-day number-crunching, to its great vanishing on the weekend” They got that right! 🤣 www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/19/a...
crikey.com.au
Can Albo game out Lachlan's News Corp onslaught?
Australia is heading into its first election with Lachlan Murdoch at the head of News Corp. And that could make things tough(er) for the incumbent Labor government.
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Amber Electric @amberelectric.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
NSW residents, earn up to $500 with the new BESS2 rebate! Connect your battery to Amber’s SmartShift and start unlocking rewards. In 2024, we enabled over $300k for our SA customers through similar schemes - now it’s NSW’s turn. Make the most of your battery with Amber.
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