A radical proposal: bring back coal
Up to the year 2000, coal was responsible for over 80 per cent of Australia’s electricity generation. Its share today…
A new energy transition: coal, nuclear, and natural gas
What is the ‘energy transition’? For Labor, it is a transition to renewables. For the Liberals, it is a transition…
The Liberals, coal, and nuclear power
In a famous 1963 speech, US civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. said: ‘I have a dream that my…
Energising the Liberals
The Liberal Party’s energy policies lack clarity, making them ill-suited to take to the next federal election (due by mid-2025).…
The Liberals and energy policy: only half-right
The Liberals are to be congratulated for opening-up the discussion of nuclear power as an option for Australia. Following encouraging…
Coal: the missing link
Coal will be indispensable for electricity generation in Australia for the foreseeable future. Of its competitors; natural gas is much…
The Liberals need to thrash-out their energy policy with a debate
Defeat in the Aston by-election in Melbourne this month was a bitter blow for the Liberals. Victorian party leader, John…
A fresh approach to energy policy
Current energy policy in Australia is based on the arguments that greenhouse-gas emissions should be sharply reduced and that, as…
Looking back from 2035
Writing in 2035, it is easy to see what failed the Liberals in the 2020s. But it was not so…
Hydrocarbons: the miracle of modernity
Hydrocarbons are ‘part of the miracle of modernity’ and replacing them is an enormous challenge. But this challenge has to…
Who wants to run a gas company?
Between mid-2020 and late 2022, average gas prices in the eastern states of Australia increased four times, according to figures…
