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Ralph Evans

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“Green” industries and Albo’s Venn diagram

The PM has announced a series of big-dollar programs to promote energy transition, “green” industries, local manufacturing and “critical”...

22.04.2024 30

Pearls and Irritations

Ralph Evans

How smart is the government as it sloshes our money about into hydrogen, “critical” minerals and now solar panels?

We are getting used to mega-sized investment announcements from the government – a couple of billion for hydrogen projects, four or maybe six...

08.04.2024 10

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Ralph Evans

Bring on our Green Industrial Revolution – But watch for white elephants

Bravo to Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims for their effort at the National Press Club on 14 February to overturn the whole national debate on climate,...

19.02.2024 7

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Ralph Evans

Is climate change too hard for democracy?

We have all heard that 2023 was the warmest year ever for the world, by some margin. We have heard things like this before. What, on the face of...

20.01.2024 20

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Hazards in the critical minerals strategy

Demand is exploding for materials used in clean technology and IT. Amid worries that China dominates supply of many of these, Australia is developing...

16.11.2023 9

Pearls and Irritations

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