Category Archives: transport fuel

Tasmania’s energy strategy tackles the shock of the new

Posted on 17 February 2015 by Peter Boyer

The current iteration of Tasmania’s energy strategy has discerned new forces at work; now it must work out how to deal with them. [17 February 2015 | Peter Boyer] The first thing to be said about the Tasmanian government’s five-year … Continue reading →

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The madness of mining for oil in Alberta

Posted on 6 January 2015 by Peter Boyer

The things we will do for a quick buck [6 January 2015 | Peter Boyer] The pictures show rich wheat fields under big prairie skies giving way in the west to rolling foothills and the pine-clad, snow-topped Canadian Rockies. Alberta … Continue reading →

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Oil vulnerability: out of sight, out of mind

Posted on 19 August 2014 by Peter Boyer

By ignoring transport energy, Matthew Groom’s proposed energy strategy will be looking at less than half the picture [19 August 2014 | Peter Boyer] Energy minister Matthew Groom has rightly identified a state-wide energy strategy as an important government priority, … Continue reading →

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