Mark Duffett

Commercially irrational. Not my employer. Footy, energy, cricket, climate, geoscience. From South Australia to Tasmania via the Northern Territory

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

Abu Dhabi emissions to fall *50% by 2025* as a result of Barakah plants reaching full capacity, new large-scale solar projects, and increasing water desalination efficiency. Is this a new record for decarbonisation speed? #nuclear #ClimateAction https://t.co/1GM8EeW4Ps

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@ConversationUK So much for 'conversation'. Enjoy your echo chambers.

[Colin Wright @SwipeWright]

It's impossible to convey the amount of credibility "public health and disease experts" instantly torched the moment this was published.

It will take decades to recover, if it ever does.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Out of 202 movie geologists found in 141 movies released between 1919 and 2023, 69 die on screen or are found dead—a mortality rate of about one-third, according to a new paper.

The authors, several geologists–slash–movie buffs, began their analysis more than a decade ago and have provided regular updates, although this is the first in a scientific journal.

Learn more: https://t.co/HuFQqAyWap @NewsfromScience

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

“market value” is becoming far more important than levelised cost alone...generation profiles increasingly matter as renewable penetration rises. As one example, he described mid-day solar output as becoming “junk in the middle of the day” #EnergyTransition

[WattClarity @WattClarity]

Reflections on supply and demand across two very different industry conferences last week https://t.co/xMfb2cu0Y6

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

"many journalists fell prey to the unmarked-graves social panic because they didn’t understand the limitations of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology"

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

My latest for @quillette, on lessons for journalists to prevent the next unmarked-graves-type social panic. Lesson #1: Stop treating Indigenous sources as if they were sacred mystics who channel unfalsifiable "knowings." Like all of us, they make mistakes
https://t.co/qCAjdH4lYO

[Alex Trembath @atrembath]

“Secular progressives’ attempts to displace ancient anthropocentric theology with ecocentric climate scientism failed. Something new is happening now.”

My reaction to Pope Leo’s AI encyclical @TheBTI:

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Climate activists keep saying:
“Something must be done.”
Okay. What exactly?

Shut down farms?
Consume less?
Stop flying?
Drive less?
Heat less?
Travel less?
Work less?
Grow less?

Because modern civilization runs on energy, industry, fertilizers, transport and technology.

You cannot demand lower emissions while pretending there are no trade-offs.

And you definitely cannot scream “follow the science” while rejecting nuclear power, GMOs, dense cities, or innovation.

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Why Scientists Retired the Dire Climate Scenario Used for Over a Decade / While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated. https://t.co/W6CLmKex4w

[Daniel Cherny @DanielCherny]

Sanjay Govil, owner of Washington Freedom and co-owner of Welsh Fire, is “very, very interested” in buying a stake in the Hobart Hurricanes.
https://t.co/hb6elOhqHU

[Paul Roundy @PaulRoundy1]

It's complicated. Climate change is still occuring, and we're causing it. But RCP 8.5 has always been hyperbolic and wrong. Massively numbers of studies (including some of my own) were done on data made from models assuming RCP 8.5. We used those data because few other scenarios were run in the contexts we needed. So, climate science produced and incredible amount of research building on absurdities, making the whole thing look much worse than it actually was. Does that mean climate change is harmless? Of course not, but the idea that we're all going to bake in a few years was always nonsense.

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@SatPaper The courageous thing would have been to take the policies to an election.

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@RonnyLerner Incorrect - it's actually worse

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@australian "scenario assumes global warming reaches 2.5C by 2030." Then it's complete rubbish.

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

Drop. Punts. 🤦‍♂️ #AFLHawksCrows #footy

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@railmaps Though notably omits the fact that Tuvalu's land area has increased over the last four decades https://t.co/PnIPsI0xa1

[The Honest Broker @RogerPielkeJr]

The idea that RCP8.5 is today implausible because of climate policy success is a lie

Climate scientists are hurting their own agendas when spinning falsehoods like this

They know better

[Je Réinforme @JeReinforme]

Une nouvelle étude révèle que le « récit dominant » sur les biais contre les femmes en sciences est faux.

Les professeurs surestiment massivement les discriminations contre les femmes, qui en général sont inexistantes, voire dans le sens inverse.

Les auteurs de cette étude ont par exemple constaté que dans les embauches en tenure-track (USA + Europe), les femmes sont clairement préférées aux hommes aux qualifications égales.

[The Advertiser Sport @TheTiserSport]

The SANFL’s top coaches want the AFL to rethink the mid-season draft saying poaching players mid-season is an “absolute disaster” for local footy.

FULL STORY 👉 https://t.co/nleHNeKzyP

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@TheTiserSport https://t.co/hLDFYfATpP

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

Mani Liddy currently 4th in the #MagareyMedal count with votes playing in two different guernseys. The mid-season draft is a travesty #sanfl @SANFL @AFL

[Mark Duffett @MarkDuffett]

@WhellumAnthony @FootyonNine @CalTwomey He should have been less subtle about pointing out the asininity, not to mention disrespect, of implying that 'the game' started in 1990.