An Indian worker cleans solar panels on top of the new Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi. Regiments of solar panels covering the outback, dozens of gas-fired power plants fuelled by a fracking boom, or huge nuclear power stations dotting the coastline: no one knows exactly what will power Australia by the middle of this century. There are several competing visions – each passionately argued by advocates – that outline plans for the nation's electricity as it grapples with finite resources, new technologies and climate change. Today, we are living with energy as it was understood in the 1960s and '70s – huge power plants that burn millions of tonnes of coal, linked together in a...
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