Posts Tagged ‘ Australia ’

CleanTech Skepticism

Most readers of this blog are likely those we could call CleanTech “early adapters.” People who are excited about a technological breakthrough, especially when it is also economic and profitable. The demand for energy is mostly inelastic- and usually the game is to figure out a way to produce it cheaper, cleaner and more efficiently. [ READ MORE ]

The economics of Water

Why do we worry about water so much? Even in the UK we talk about droughts a lot – just to get news on historic floods a day or month later. Isn’t water really a regional issue or should we trade water cross border thus water rich countries helping water scarce economies? We are positive [ READ MORE ]

The Great, Fake Lithium Supply Scare

“But there’s not enough lithium for all those batteries- and now you’ll switch dependency to a few lithium supplier countries!” That is the claim less informed journalists and hacks often make when they need a counter point to balance their first article on the emerging, electrified transportation sector. Why do we care? Because if true [ READ MORE ]

China the New OPEC for Rare Earth Elements?

If it is a daunting thought that the OPEC controls 40% of the world’s crude oil supply, think again. China has 95% of the world’s rare earth elements (REE) leading the late Deng Xiaoping to presciently remark that “the Middle East has oil, but China has rare earths.” While oil gets a lot of attention, [ READ MORE ]

FT: Which country has the greenest bail-out?

There is an interesting interactive graphics posted on FT (Mar 2009, updated Aug 2009) about the countries with greenest bail-outs. It reported that governments around the world have committed over $512bn of the global economic stimulus outlined so far to green projects, with 22% to be spent in 2009, HSBC estimates. While we know that [ READ MORE ]

GE predicts tide coming in for water business

Reuters reported on 11 Aug 2009 that General Electric Co predicted water purification could grow from a drop in the corporate bucket to a major growth driver within years, just as its wind unit did. With an estimated $2.5 billion in revenue, the water business remains a sliver of the $156 billion in sales expected [ READ MORE ]

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