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BP posts profits of $3.3bn as oil prices rise again

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67264120

BP posts profits of $3.3bn as oil prices rise again

The oil giant's profits were down from 2022 but up on the previous quarter due to higher refining margins.

BBC News
Exclusive: China snaps up Australian, French wheat as crop damage spurs buying spree

China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources say, with rain damage to its crop and worries over dry weather in exporting nations fuelling Beijing's appetite to buy while prices are low.

Reuters

Rooftop PV take a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again

https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-pv-take-a-bite-out-of-everyones-lunch-as-minimum-demand-records-tumble-again/

Rooftop PV take a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again

Rooftop PV sets new records for share of generation, and sends minimum demand levels to new low, taking a bigger bite out of the fossil fuel lunch, and that of large scale solar farms.

RenewEconomy

Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero

https://theconversation.com/worried-economists-call-for-a-carbon-price-a-tax-on-coal-exports-and-green-tariffs-to-get-australia-on-the-path-to-net-zero-216428

Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and 'green tariffs' to get Australia on the path to net zero

30 of the 50 economists surveyed want a carbon price of the kind introduced by Julia Gillard in 2012 and abolished by Tony Abbott in 2014. Several say there’s little “time left to act seriously”.

The Conversation

Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products

https://reneweconomy.com.au/negative-prices-a-gift-to-industry-to-shift-demand-and-make-new-products/

Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products

Telstra energy boss says negative prices are a “gift” to encourage big energy users to produce at low cost, and turn megawatt hours into petaflops, and other useful things.

RenewEconomy
@takvera The more batteries, the better.
@ewen Beautiful. Untouched by property developers.

Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax
‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/teal-mps-call-for-national-road-user-charges-after-high-court-shuts-down-victorias-ev-tax?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax

‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan

The Guardian
High Court EV decision: The longer Jim Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV road charging will be to fix

What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?

Australian Financial Review
@ewen @ironchefshellie Hello Ewen and Shellie. Hope had a great weekend!! Cheers