Australia is a major exporter of commodities such as iron ore, coal, and natural gas, so theAUDis highly sensitive to shifts in commodity prices, inflation, and global demand. When inflation rises or falls, the exchange rate tends to adjust accordingly. Like other central banks, the RBA ...
We can't predict exactly how much the phasedown will cost, because that depends on information known only to the generators. But a market-based mechanism is sure to minimize those costs. The CPM can be designed to ensure the least viable plants close first. How much money generators receive...
With the war in Ukraine, much of the focus naturally has been on managing the immediate impact: making sure that people and operations are as safe as possible; resetting, exiting or idling operations in Russia and Ukraine; navigating sanctions; securing immediate resources; circumventing br...
But what we expect is that the role of biogas and biomethane will be much more important than what is currently in the energy transition plans of Southeast Asian countries. For example, the role that biomethane can play to decarbonise existing applications currently using natural gas such as ...
We are what we eat because what we eat every day has 【1】 great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits.【2】 we all know, baked or fried foods may be【3】 (taste), but eating too much of them will【4】 (probable)result in...
’ and ‘can you be a partner in fighting global warming?’, that gaslight them into believing that climate change is their responsibility, while the company continues to invest in fossil fuel expansion that has destroyed villages to build a coal empire across India, Bangladesh and Australia," ...
More broadly, AI and Earth observation data address a wide range of resource stewardship issues and opportunities (via EY.com Australia), such as mapping GHG sources, identifying biodiversity, preventing deforestation and improving confidence in nature-based carbon removals. AI Copilots can also ...
What I am most excited about is a ___ that I get to make on Friday to a charity. A dear friend found an organization accepting donations for ___ the upcoming people from the earthquake-stricken area. They will need so much ___ when they arrive and I’m ___ to be in a situation...
When Forrest returned, fully recovered, to Australia, he declared Fortescue, a miner of iron ore, was going all-in on green hydrogen. He believes the market could be worth as much as $12tn by 2050. “The journey to replace fossil fuels with green energy has been moving at glacial speed...
Coal, used heavily in Asia, was typically much cheaper. Figure 9. US industrial energy consumption per capita, based on data of the EIA. China took the lead in industrial production after it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, but now it is running into obstacles. One issue is ...