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This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

Europe’s oil demand never recovered from the shocks of the 1970s. If the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t end soon, a dramatic...

thursday 10

WA Today

David Fickling

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

Europe’s oil demand never recovered from the shocks of the 1970s. If the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t end soon, a dramatic...

thursday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

Europe’s oil demand never recovered from the shocks of the 1970s. If the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t end soon, a dramatic...

thursday 10

The Age

David Fickling

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

This oil shock will hit Asia harder than the 1970s

Europe’s oil demand never recovered from the shocks of the 1970s. If the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t end soon, a dramatic...

thursday 10

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

The Iran war has exposed Taiwan’s vulnerability to a Chinese blockade

Without setting foot on Taiwan’s shores, China could enforce a blockade similar to the one Tehran has been operating in the Strait of Hormuz.

09.04.2026 10

Financial Review

David Fickling

Fuelled by subsidised diesel, Australia is running dry

The energy shock has put a sharp focus on decades of complacency and misguided subsidies.

28.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

Fuelled by subsidised diesel, Australia is running dry

The energy shock has put a sharp focus on decades of complacency and misguided subsidies.

28.03.2026 20

WA Today

David Fickling

Fuelled by subsidised diesel, Australia is running dry

The energy shock has put a sharp focus on decades of complacency and misguided subsidies.

28.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Fuelled by subsidised diesel, Australia is running dry

The energy shock has put a sharp focus on decades of complacency and misguided subsidies.

28.03.2026 20

The Age

David Fickling

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

30.12.2025 20

WA Today

David Fickling

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

30.12.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

30.12.2025 20

The Age

David Fickling

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

30.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

You’re putting too much solar on your roof

Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat...

28.10.2025 10

WA Today

David Fickling

You’re putting too much solar on your roof

Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat...

28.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

You’re putting too much solar on your roof

Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat...

28.10.2025 20

The Age

David Fickling

You’re putting too much solar on your roof

Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat...

28.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

WA Today

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

The Age

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 20

WA Today

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 20

The Age

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 20

Brisbane Times

David Fickling