How to rouse a sleeping giant? The burning question for energy-rich Australia - Sydney Morning Herald

Australia’s energy ministers have started the ball rolling on our renewable energy future. If we remained reliant on carbon fuels, we would have become a “stranded asset”.

In other words, the mine is a stranded asset. This is Australias future if it remains reliant on carbon fuels. The country itself would become a stranded asset, an investment dead end, a political pa… [+7426 chars]

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