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The Iran war exposes our stupidity. Australia should stop buying oil and electrify everything.
Australia exports 94% of our crude oil and buys it back as refined fuel. We should electrify our end uses instead — it would save us $135m a day. Let's…
 • Saul Griffith
Pax Electricana
The Middle Power Strategy for a Decentralised Electro-Industrial Order
 • Saul Griffith
Let’s get the rules on e-bikes (and the physics) right.
We don't unduly limit the power of cars and make them useless, but thats exactly what we do to bikes.
 • Saul Griffith
Electricity "too cheap to meter" is so... 1975. FREE ELECTRICITY is 2025!
The Australian electricity market is showing the world where we are going. American friends please make rooftop solar cheaper. Then you can have nice…
 • Saul Griffith
44:35
The Shameless Plug Episode 8: Sarah Aubrey
Electrify This: How Sarah turned her life electric
 • Saul Griffith
The Other John Muir and Making Better Cars
The inane weight gain of un-necessary complexity.
 • Saul Griffith
44:45
The Shameless Plug Episode 7: Katherine McConnell
Switching fuels for finance.
 • Saul Griffith
Talking electrification on the Curveball podcast
Spending time on OPPs (Other People's Podcasts).
 • Saul Griffith
Sam Altman vs. Jane Goodall
The astonishing commitments of energy to AI, put in perspective. A better idea to power it all, and a contemplation of why we think AI is more important…
 • Saul Griffith
Energy & Stuff
Energy & Stuff
Energy and Stuff looks at global and local flows of energy, and of materials — "stuff" — which I connect to decarbonization, politics, and your life. Free to subscribe - paid subscriptions are optional.
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