David Penington
DavidPenington@aus.social
<p>Sailor, father, database developer. I ride bicycles for transport.<br />Studied mathematics, physics & some meterology.<br />Wurundjeri country, Melbourne Australia<br />I talk quite a lot about Australian politics, Ukraine war, renewables/global warming. Some IT & military history.</p>
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Post #3896969
Last week on Wed 8th July there was a nasty power price spike in Victoria for an hour in the evening, averaging about %7/kwh for half an hour. The main cause: shortage of coal at Loy Lang coal fired power stations. Coal is unreliable. This was the first real price spike in Victoria in the 10 months since I joined Amber in September 2025.
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Post #2607628
RE: https://climatejustice.social/@ketan/116575438387533704 Electrifying the trucks and heavy machinery that use most of Australia’s diesel would be a sensible, long term beneficial action to help adapt to fossil fuel supply issues and global warming. It would also strengthen our economy. Fortescue Mining is doing it. Why doesn&#39;t the federal govt encourage it?
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Post #1703993
We went for a short walk about 9pm last night &amp; saw some small bats catching insects over the houses ... in Brunswick- inner Melbourne. The first time I&#39;ve seen/been shown them. I&#39;ve seen fruit bats by the hundred here, but these little ones (blackbird size?) Were new to me.
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Post #923384
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116337619732685497 Avoiding colliding with a satellite as Artemis returns seems to me like a much harder navigation problem than any of the rest of the trip.