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China threatens to pierce coal export bubble
China is reportedly looking to introduce an absolute cap on coal consumption from 2015. If true, the Australian government and the private sector should revisit their projections for international coal demand over the next decade or two. They could be wildly optimistic. -
Have our coal miners never heard of climate risk?
Perhaps the most appropriate backers of Greenpeace’s anti-coal campaign should be our superannuation funds and the government itself. The risks from a global carbon budget and technological change are growing rapidly. Even the head of Tata Power says “why invest in coal.” But our miners don’t want to know. -
Now US says solar PV to be cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020
The three biggest energy consumers in the world – China, the US, and India – each believe that solar PV will be cheaper than fossil fuels by the end of the decade. So what happens next? US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu says we should look to the introduction of the automobile for the answer. -
Efficiency: Can government and business get it right?
Energy efficiency offers the cheapest, quickest and easiest solution to cutting emissions and controlling energy bills. So why isn’t it taken up more widely? Blame an inability to sell a simple message, and the power of vested interests for whom quantity is king.
