Archive - Energy & Stuff

$46bN per year: What Australia squanders on gas revenues would easily decarbonize (and educate) us.

Australia ships as much LNG as Qatar. Qatar's government collects A$56B. Ours collects A$9.6B. The gap is A$46B/yr — more than enough to electrify the…

May 5 • Saul Griffith

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…

May 4 • Saul Griffith

April 2026

Pax Electricana

The Middle Power Strategy for a Decentralised Electro-Industrial Order

Apr 19 • Saul Griffith

March 2026

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.

Mar 10 • Saul Griffith

November 2025

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…

Nov 7, 2025 • Saul Griffith

The Shameless Plug Episode 8: Sarah Aubrey

Electrify This: How Sarah turned her life electric

Nov 3, 2025 • Saul Griffith

44:35

October 2025

The Other John Muir and Making Better Cars

The inane weight gain of un-necessary complexity.

Oct 29, 2025 • Saul Griffith

The Shameless Plug Episode 7: Katherine McConnell

Switching fuels for finance.

Oct 27, 2025 • Saul Griffith

44:45

Talking electrification on the Curveball podcast

Spending time on OPPs (Other People's Podcasts).

Oct 15, 2025 • 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…

Oct 13, 2025 • Saul Griffith

The Shameless Plug Episode 6: Daniel Bleakley

Coal miners, Teslas and the road to electric trucking

Oct 10, 2025 • Saul Griffith

1:02:36

The Shameless Plug Episode 5: Fred Hopley

Symmetrical tariffs, fairness and the future of the grid.

Oct 1, 2025 • Saul Griffith

1:31:19