A battery brand cracked the top three on SolarQuotes in under a year. Their secret? Powering an animal shelter before chasing your wallet.
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What if the clean energy transition is led not by utilities, but by the data and AI industry? Luis F. Gonzalez says AI doesn’t just use electricity - it reshapes who builds and controls the grid.
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Soaring energy costs have contributed to Australia’s declining manufacturing sector, which is the smallest in the OECD as a share of GDP. Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, illustrated the manufacturing sector’s energy problem in the following chart: Natural gas input costs in manufacturing have increased by 186% since 2000, while electricity prices have
Plans to develop a 200MW, two-hour battery in NSW have been sent to the Independent Planning Commission after attracting 61 objections, mostly from people living hundreds of kilometres away.
In a social media post late last year, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil claimed: “Why is housing so tough right now? Because for 40 years our country hasn’t been building enough homes.” But is that actually true? Today’s Numbers It’s certainly correct that Australia is currently not building enough homes and hasn’t been for quite some
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On Wednesday, I wrote an article explaining how both China and India—the world’s largest and third-largest carbon emitters (combined share of 40.1% of global emissions in 2024)—planned to aggressively expand their coal production and generation. China currently produces around 10 times more coal than Australia, and India over two times more: Both nations also import
DXY was strong last night, likely because the situation with Iran is coming to a head. It refuses to break down technically. AUD was quite weak, chasing JPY and CNY. Oil popped with gold. AI metals rose, but there is an almighty peak behind it. Big miners, too. EM stocks are at the highs. Remember,
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It’s a lot of motherhood statements so far, but they are good ones, at least. “Tiny” Tim Wilson has given us a sort of philosophy. Mr Wilson flagged plans for a two-tier system of company taxes and regulations that provided a more generous environment for small business owners. “I’m looking exclusively at how it is
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We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.
Since 1945, one country has carried out a conventional military buildup unmatched in scale, cost and global reach. Claims about recent rivals distract from the historical record of how modern military dominance was built.
Scapegoating migrants is designed to distract our attention from the truth and real issues – the abuse of corporate and media power and failure to tackle housing shortages for younger generations.
Russia’s stance that the Ukraine conflict can only be resolved if its root causes are addressed is “s**t,” Vladimir Zelensky has said.
The Ukrainian leader is increasingly using profanities in public statements and insulting those who disagree with his policies.
I was interviewed via email earlier this week by Harrison Christian, a senior reporter at News.com.au, asking why the US economy is performing so much better than Australia’s. In particular: US real GDP growth is 4.4%, compared with Australia’s 2.1%. US CPI inflation is 2.4% compared with Australia’s 3.8%. The US is still cutting interest
Expensive gas is not viable for Whyalla Steelworks, in the interim or the long-term. If we’re going to do massive subsidies, let’s at least back the best solution for a decarbonising world.
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