62 — Combustable assets

The Yallourn power station is breaking down and everyone won't shut up about NFTs, so we chat talk about mining for coal and mining for cryptocurrencies.

 

Labor landslide
Mark McGowan has led Western Australia’s Labor party to a landslide victory.
Liberal party leader Zak Kirkup used to have a business card calling himself “Future Prime Minister”.
Labor are talking about keeping WA’s border restrictions going indefinitely.

Gas rorts
The Federal government has spent millions of dollars in consulting fees to work out how to give millions of dollars to the gas industry.
The AEMO already does this!

Stop Yallourn, I can hear you already
The Victorian Yallourn coal power station is scheduled to close in 2028, 4 years earlier than previously planned.
Angus Taylor is big mad.
The Hazelwood power plant closed with six months notice, and a murky fund to support workers.

NTFs? Not Fuckin Talking-about-them
Bitcoin is bad, but Ketan Joshi’s article is good.
NFTs are bad too. How bad? Really bad.
I dunno about this very expensive art either.
The real world art market sucks too.

Shoutouts
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