David Fickling

Sydney

Climate and Energy Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion

Climate & energy columnist at @opinion. Migrant. These are my views. If you don't like them, well, I have others.

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Articles

South Korea's new president has a chance to clean up

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | David Fickling

The election of left-leaning former labor activist Lee Jae-myung as South Korean president Tuesday is just the latest example of how much of the world is moving in the opposite direction to the US. In common with recent elections in Canada and Australia, it’s a rebuke of leaders on the right who’ve fought a rearguard action against the transition to renewables. Lee has promised to phase out coal, limit use of natural gas and accelerate the building of wind and solar.
South Korea’s New President Has a Chance to Clean Up

2 days ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

The cost of renewables in South Korea is sky high. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The election of left-leaning former labor activist Lee Jae-myung as South Korean president Tuesday is just the latest example of how much of the world is moving in the opposite direction to the US. In common with recent elections in Canada and Australia, it’s a rebuke of leaders on the right who’ve fought a rearguard action against the transition to renewables.
Australia Is the Future of Gas, and Always Will Be

4 days ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

The Woodside-operated North West Shelf venture. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- You can build a lot in 75 years. The Great Pyramid took about 25 years to be finished. The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sofia, roughly five. The Apollo Space Program put a man on the moon in less than a decade. Exporting gas from the tropical waters northwest of Australia is proving to be a lot harder.
Indonesia is pursuing the worst form of solar power

5 days ago | straitstimes.com | David Fickling

While the rest of the planet is catching on to the realities of energy, Indonesia is pursuing the most inefficient form of solar power – one that uses millions of hectares of land, is plagued by volatile supplies and hides a dark legacy of environmental destruction behind its renewable image. We’re talking about palm oil. The red grease is ultimately solar energy, soaked up by trees and converted into fatty fruit that can be crushed and refined into biodiesel.
Collapsing Swiss Glaciers Aren’t the Ones To Worry About

5 days ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

The village of Blatten after the Birch Glacier collapsed. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The sight of a Swiss village obliterated in seconds by a flood of ice and rock is a grim reminder of how a changing climate puts the societies we have built in jeopardy. The worst effects of such disasters will happen not in villages like Blatten, whose population of 300 was evacuated after landslides gave an early warning of the imminent collapse that destroyed the settlement last week.
Collapsing Swiss Glaciers Aren’t the Ones To Worry About

5 days ago | flipboard.com | David Fickling

Texas is headed for a drought—but lawmakers won't do the one thing necessary to save its water supplyTexas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis. LUBBOCK — Every winter, after the sea of cotton has been harvested in the South Plains and the ground looks barren, technicians with the High Plains …
Indonesia Is Pursuing the Worst Form of Solar Power

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | David Fickling

Palm oil is ultimately solar energy, soaked up by trees and converted into fatty fruit that can be crushed and refined into biodiesel. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- While the rest of the planet is catching on to the realities of energy, Indonesia is pursuing the most inefficient form of solar power — one that uses millions of hectares of land, is plagued by volatile supplies, and hides a dark legacy of environmental destruction behind its renewable image. We’re talking about palm oil.
Commentary: Chinese EV trucks will build the cities of the future

1 week ago | channelnewsasia.com | David Fickling

SYDNEY: If you think the world is starting to get used to surging sales of Chinese-made electric cars, the next wave of exports is going to be bigger, and more powerful. That’s because the construction machinery giants that grew fat off the country’s property bubble are looking for new markets to offset the downturn at home. Combined with looming electrification, the effects could be quite as dramatic as the other Made-in-China export booms which have so troubled trading partners.
Chinese EV trucks poised to build the cities of the future

1 week ago | thestar.com.my | David Fickling

IF you think the world is starting to get used to surging sales of Chinese-made electric cars, the next wave of exports is going to be bigger, and more powerful. That’s because the construction machinery giants that grew fat off the country’s property bubble are looking for new markets to offset the downturn at home. Combined with looming electrification, the effects could be quite as dramatic as the other Made-in-China export booms which have so troubled trading partners.
Chinese EV trucks will build the cities of the future

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | David Fickling

IF YOU think the world is starting to get used to surging sales of Chinese-made electric cars, the next wave of exports is going to be bigger and more powerful. That's because the construction machinery giants that grew fat off the country's property bubble are looking for new markets to offset the downturn at home. Combined with looming electrification, the effects could be quite as dramatic as the other made-in-China export booms which have so troubled trading partners.