{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Australia's diesel addiction problem - Tim Buckley Ep58","description":"Highlights Adelaide Green iron conference  Tim attends and presents at the WEF \/ Greenhouse green iron event, with almost 200 people from government, industry, think tanks and finance talking about the opportunities for green iron projects. A key need is for Australia to get a couple of proposals to FID and into construction, and this is a key opportunity should Australia win #COP31 \u2013 to announce bilateral agreements and public-private support for a German-Australia, a China-Australia and a Japan-Korea-Australia trilateral deal into FID.  China\u2019s emissions down - Clean-energy growth helped China\u2019s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining  trend that  started in March 2024. Lowlights Canberra - Not getting allocated funds off the table and out the door Energy Renaissance goes into receivership BHP&amp;nbsp; BHP Results this past week shows a distinct lack of pressure for BHP to show any serious climate effort, claiming EV technologies aren\u2019t ready, and BHP has deferred any material investment till next decade! Main Story - Diesel Fuel Rebate subsidy reform  CEF\u2019s new report on Diesel Fuel Rebate subsidy reform \u201cTransition Tax Incentive: Reforming Fuel Tax Credits into a Decarbonisation Tailwind\u201d A policy proposal to phase-out the fuel tax credit scheme for its largest beneficiaries with a transition tax incentive scheme to accelerate electrification and decarbonisation. Since the Fuel Tax Act 2006 (starting FY07), the FTC Scheme has provided $123bn in diesel subsidies to FY25. Beyond this, by FY30, it will have provided $184bn in subsidies.  What\u2019s coming up? A Green Hydrogen and Iron conference in Perth 4-5 Sept 2025, building momentum towards a German-Austral ia bilateral green iron agreement. ","author_name":"Spark Club Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/sparkclub.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37929315\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/192211305"}