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Interview with Cameron Murray from Sep 2025. The lengthy delay is an example of how disrupted I have been the last few months. Onwards and upwards.
The Baseload Podcast Ep3600:00 intro02:34 electricity system problems part 1 – disappearing middle07:24 electricity system problems part 2 – missing money09:07 Danny Price vs the rest16:04 The GOAT vs Chris Bowen, 7:30 report 18 Sep 2-2536:57 Interview – Mark Ostwald interviews Ben Beattie86:58 EndChris Bowen, ABC 730https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/government-vows-to-cut-emissions-by-62-to-70-per/105791392Danny Price on ABC radiohttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-mornings/mornings/105717128Here’s a youtube clip of Chris Bowen’s first question as treasurer in 2012https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2yLcNrxajYChris Bowen’s recent media releaseshttps://minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-releasesChris Bowen October 12, 2022 730 report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxbx6AU0rkMark Ostwaldhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-ostwald-19097441/?originalSubdomain=au
00:00 Intro14:08 Government vs landowners25:52 GOAT vs John Grimes50:44 Robert Brycehttps://robertbryce.substack.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ15g4Un_g
Shorter episode this week, no goat, just a quick chat and an interview.00:00 intro05:23 Gerard Holland, Page Research Centrehttps://www.page.org.au/research-papers/
00:00 Intro06:09 Tomago electricity blues11:30 AEMO transmission cost blowouts20:44 Why renewables cannot reduce electricity prices41:48 Goat vs Chris Bowen62:02 Matt Canavan
Yes there’s a gap but Baseload is back. Post-election and post-sanity, physics and economics remain intact everywhere except in the minds of those deciding Australian energy policy.This episode we discuss options for realistic energy policy by comparing Australia to America, the goat takes on a pre-election ABC panel and I get into the details of Coal Australia’s GenCost submission with the author, Arche Energy’s Andrew Murdoch.00:00 Intro05:51 Ben’s net zero rant15:05 GOAT49:53 Interview: Andrew Murdoch
Welcome to the first episode for 2025.00:00 Intro04:43 Diesendorf vs reality10:21 Aidan’s monologues, Friendly Jordies and Punters Politics43:33 Senator Tim Ayres vs goat65:22 Saul KavonicBen with Cameron Murray https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/fet-48-the-cheap-renewables-gridDiesendorf with Cameron Murray https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/fet-50-mark-diesendorf-on-why-a-renewablesAidan’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@miltechntac5507Feedback: thebaseloadpodcast@gmail.com
00:00 Intro02:50 Frontier Economics’ nuclear scenario costs08:51 Ben’s blurb13:32 Energy hearings continued24:42 GOAT: Ted O’Brien vs Chris Bowen on the 7:30 Report53:14 Interview: Zoe Hilton and Aidan Morrison84:56 Interview: Doomberg https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/12/climate-chains-rise-of-the-normies/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-drive/danny-price-frontier-economics-nuclear-costings/104724780https://www.frontier-economics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Report-1-Base-case-report-Nov-14-2024_v2.pdfhttps://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/power-down-blunder
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