This is all true. But I am pretty pessimistic to be honest. Big chunks of our economy will be difficult to convert to renewables any time soon, especially while maintaining democratic consent for the… (View Post)

One of the biggest failings in Australian politics is not to have gone big on green aluminium. All that bauxite, land, sunshine and blue collar labour… and instead they export the ore to China so it … (View Post)

Trump as the motivation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Not Obama’s “red lines”, or Biden’s “it depends what sort of invasion”? Don’t overlook too Biden’s withholding of key pieces of kit at crucial… (View Post)

It’s a very strange election in that really, the middle of America probably wants to move on from the psychodrama of 2016-2024. But neither nominees are change candidates. Makes it tricky to predict.… (View Post)

The problem with all that, is that I don’t think it easy to say Biden’s was an objectively superior presidency to Trump’s. Trump ballooned the deficit even prior to covid but Biden has taken it to ne… (View Post)