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Energy wisdom-not energy denial-is the foundation of sustainable civilization. Three industry leaders share their individual thoughts on the state of energy, and then collectively join forces for a powerful conclusion.
Deputy governor Andrew Hauser likened Australia’s economy to a racehorse ready to sprint — but beneath the rhetoric lies stagnating productivity, rising business closures, and jockeys that keeps flogging the same tired mount.
Taylor’s stopwatch has become Amazon’s algorithm. In the age of AI and ESG, management has forgotten its humanity—and work has never felt more mechanical.
A world of eight billion people still depends on oil, gas, and coal for the very materials that make electricity possible. Until that changes, energy policy must balance reliability, affordability - and reality.
When Queensland’s Revenue Office treated a husband and wife differently over the same property, it raised an unexpected question: has bureaucracy finally outpaced biology?
The Crisafulli government’s roadmap is a welcome correction — more reliable and less reckless than Labor’s plan - but electricity won’t be getting any cheaper.
The COP30 attendees in Brazil do not comprehend that just electricity generated from wind and solar, will negatively impact humanity's demands for the products based on fossil fuels.
The IMO’s bid to impose a worldwide carbon levy on shipping has been postponed after U.S. opposition, but few believe the UN will abandon its net-zero crusade.
