I read the papers and watch TV and everything happens in a few minutes of reporting. Everything is so simple. Why can’t we just implement these obvious solutions?
This blog tries to get beyond headlines and media grabs. Most of the problems we face today are highly complex. There is a thing called the “Dunning Kruger Effect” which says that the less people know about a subject, the more adamant they are in stating their position. Those who are experts usually see a completely different and complex solution.
This blog is an attempt to state a view and start a discussion.
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Renewable energy and jobs, jobs, jobs.
Kevin Rudd called it our greatest challenge. At about the same time Tony Abbott called it “bullshit”. I am talking about climate change of course. The years have passed since then, so where are we now? We can start the inventory by looking at targets. Back then we had a renewable energy target (RET) of…
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What do we want of a government
What is the role of government? It is not a question you hear much unless it is in a very narrow context. Government should do this or do that. It is interesting though, to think in a much broader sense as to what we want governments to do for us. In order to get a…
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What they said.
We all have opinions we truly believe at the time. We also get things wrong from time to time. Maybe we didn’t completely understand the situation, or maybe there were unforeseen circumstances. Sometimes, what seems like a simple option, has layers of complexity we didn’t understand because we were not intimately involved in the area. In forming…
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