Australia is experiencing two energy crises: International high prices due to supply issues, and local deterioration of infrastructure that isn’t being replaced because of… climate change. Its a false dichotomy, and we can’t afford for it to continue.
Fossil fuels are still essential for the world. And oil is still a core ingredient in international politics. And hence the recent history of Oil is still important to understand…
Hydrogen has become very topical recently. There are valid concerns about whether it will really take an important role in the energy sector. Those concerns may not be what you think…
It didn’t fall down, which is good. But it did provide a pretext for Engineers Australia to advocate for registration again. Ugh.
Japanese car-makers and, more recently, Elon Musk, both found that automation is not as good as everyone assumes. “Humans are under-rated”. There’s an important lesson in that for policy-makers.
It is often claimed that renewables are less expensive. But its a deceptive claim, because it ignores some of the costs and the unusual ways that renewables interact with the rest of the system.
Climate change is one issue. Sustainability is another issue. They’re two different issues. Nuff said. But read on anyway…
Allow me to pull out my soap box and explain why registration of engineers is a really bad idea and Engineers Australia is not on the side of either engineers, or Australia.