Tag: Resources

Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We were told Iraq wasn’t about oil. Now will we be said about Lithium?

A traditional, potentially violent rivalry over the resources of yet another country, is in the offing. Only this time, the narrative will be slightly different: the competitors, notably the United States, habitually prone to cant and hustling, will argue that the mission to secure such minerals will be less a case of manifest destiny than environmental duty. The cry will be: Save the Planet; Invade Afghanistan.

Source: The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game – » The Australian Independent Media Network

ALP Government,

Albanese says Australia could be renewable energy superpower

Anthony Albanese will declare Australia is “eager and ready to do our part” to achieve a net zero world and could become a renewable energy superpower with its resources and research capacity.

In a key speech on climate change, the prime minister will tell the Sydney Energy Forum that Australia is ready to “once again be a trusted global partner on climate action”.

Source: Albanese says Australia could be renewable energy superpower

Mining & Politics

Resource sector on winning steak – Michael West

When Australia and China remain the best of enemies and will continue to be

China represents the largest market for Australian resource and energy exports, making up 42 per cent of all exports in 2020-21. The next highest share was Japan at 11 per cent.

Source: Resource sector on winning steak – Michael West

Informed Comment

Who is the owner of Nature?
Who owns Nature?

The greatest threat to humanity lies in this unprecedented and unequal distribution of resources – the inability of the selfish few to share what they have stolen from all of us through globalism. The future of life on this planet hangs in the balance.

Who is the owner of Nature?
China

Scott Morrison’s Grudge Against China Is About Capitalist Competition
Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations - ABC News

Scott Morrison’s Grudge Against China Is About Capitalist Competition

Tony Abbott turned his back and faced Europe changing the nature of the region. (ODT)

After riding the coattails of China’s boom for decades, Australian conservatives are now railing against China. They’re not just following a lead from Washington — the Liberal Party’s corporate backers are anxious to maintain Australian dominance in the South Pacific.

After letting its guard down in the Pacific, Australia has found that the superpower whose growth has helped to sustain the Australian economy is now staking its own claim to a region it perceives as its own. Australia’s resource giants have long enjoyed the best of both worlds: a vast Chinese export market and privileged access to resources in the South Pacific. But now both privileges are in jeopardy, and Australia is struggling to formulate a response.

After three decades of a China-fueled economic boom, the bust may have deep and dangerous consequences — especially for Pacific island peoples who find themselves, once again, caught in a game where no matter who wins, they lose.

Trumpland Revealed, Uncategorized

Coronavirus Exposes How Foreign Wars Bled America’s Resources Dry

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Even after two decades of nearly unmitigated strategic failure in the Middle East coupled with the disastrous self-harm of unchecked defense spending, it seems that significant portions of the U.S. elite have still not awoken from their intoxication with foreign wars of choice. Amid a global pandemic that could kill millions and cripple the American economy for years to come, there are strong signs that the U.S. military might be ordered to embark on yet another war in Iraq

If this war does take place, we can place it into a larger context: a once-powerful country depleting its strength through costly military adventures in distant lands, but institutionally incapable of providing the basics of life for its people at home.

via Coronavirus Exposes How Foreign Wars Bled America’s Resources Dry

LNP Economic Management, Uncategorized

If Australia’s resources were taxed the way Norway’s are, we could fully fund our schools | Emma Dawson | Opinion | The Guardian

This photo taken on 25 April 2012 shows coal being stockpiled at the coal port of Newcastle, Australia.

via If Australia’s resources were taxed the way Norway’s are, we could fully fund our schools | Emma Dawson | Opinion | The Guardian

Climate Change, Uncategorized

Water Barons: Gina Rinehart pitches cattle against sawfish – Michael West

Rinehart’s climate change denialism is well known, and she is reportedly and unsurprisingly amongst those voices that argue that 99% of the Fitzroy River’s water is wasted because it flows into the Indian Ocean.

Meanwhile, at the time of writing, Australia was experiencing catastrophic fire conditions across the Eastern seaboard. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the 11 November 2019 was the first day on record that no rain fell anywhere across the entire expanse of this vast continent. The north of Australia, like the rest of the country, is in the grip of drought.

via Water Barons: Gina Rinehart pitches cattle against sawfish – Michael West

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