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Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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For some sound figures, see the 25 years of lithium production graphic here [1] Australia is responsible for twice the seperated end product as Chile which itself produces twice that of China (2021). Half of Australias 55.4 ktonnes of production (REO) comes from Mt Weld ( 240,000 tonnes per annum of ore to produce up to 66,000 tonnes per annum of concentrate containing 26,500 tonnes of REO ) [2]. Mt Weld Australia sh…
Its really hard to find stats for refinement. I thought I had seen 90%, but I do not remember where. Your [1] seems to suggest its only 60%. So I might have been wrong on that.
My [1] states that :
[ China ] also hosts 60% of the world’s lithium refining capacity for batteries.
Batteries == 74% of total lithium usage
That's also a tad out of date as it fails to account for post 2020 refining plants and the coming changes as proposed plants (eg: Musk's super Texas plant) lay ground and get built to start production in (?) near future.
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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> That's absolutely not correct, the tax subsidy for buying bikes and ebikes in this country is bonkers and better than pretty much anywhere else. Have you actually tried using it? Four problems: 1 - The bicycle belongs to your employer, and when it's ownership is formally transferred to you, you have to pay tax on it. 2 - The 'cycle Scheme' is implemented separately by each major bike shop running their own scheme,…
I have. We have an ebike that was £2200 brand new, and it was effectively a 100% tax deduction. And yes there are some restrictions around it but they are easy to work with. I have no comment about employers setting their own limits, that's just dumb.
Props to you, I also use the scheme but I had to get a bicycle one year, then wait, and get motor next year and install it myself. Because of the limit.
Most people would not even realise that there are little shops besides halfords on the scheme, and attempt DIY.
Basically I think it would be much simpler, and cheaper to administer if we did away with all the employer nonsence and just removed all taxes from bicycles, like VAT.
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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Here it is from the ATO: https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Fringe-benefits-tax/Types-of... It came into effect a few months ago, but was back dated to 1 July 2022.
I think the original comment is misleading. As far as I can tell you need your employer to buy the EV for you; and then they don't have to pay Fringe Benefits Tax on it. This might benefit people who get a "company car" but I don't know of anyone who has gotten a fringe benefit as large as a car from their employer before. I don't doubt it happens but I doubt it helps anyone except employees and employers who could c…
It also requires the vehicle to NOT be subject to Luxury Car Tax ... which many longer range EVs are.
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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For people living in cities/towns, how much of an option is it to go car-less? Is it more like, say, Dutch cities, or more like in the US? Anyway, whenever I hear talk of promoting EVs without mass transit being mentioned together with it, my instinct is to assume it's some sort of an upwards-transfer-of-wealth scheme in which richer people get subsidized.
You're right, and I hate it for that reason. However there are not many other levers to be pulled, and any price reduction in what are expensive vehicles will benefit the wealthy. The obvious alternative (make ice vehicles more expensive) will actively hurt the poorer car owners more. I honestly don't see obvious better ways to drive ev uptake
You can increase the tax on the cars wealthy people drive like in the UK we have an annual road tax that varies from not much on a 1L economy car and is like £500 a year on large engined vehicles.
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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Yes, lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time. "community input, ... environmental reviews" It all happens before the start of construction, doesn't it? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
> lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time This is incorrect: Russia builds new nuclear power plants slower than the average plant built by Japan and Korea in the last decades. The slowpokes are Europe and the U.S. > happens before the start of construction, doesn't it No. It’s an ongoing process in developed countries. (Including, increasingly, C…
Why don't you support your statements with sources?
"the average plant built by Japan"
Japan stopped building reactors after Fukushima disaster. If you cut corners, build a reactor in five years and later it blows up, that's not what you want, isn't it?
"It’s an ongoing process"
What kind of effect does it have on the construction? If none, it's just ongoing show.
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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We have exactly the same policies in Europe. In fact it was the directing line explained by Klaus Schwab, the West should consume less energy and let the rest of the world prosper. The danger is, when you have less energy, your industries move to countries where they can consume/emit, and you become a vassal state of those countries. If I were China, I would fund the hell of decarbonation and anti-nuclear groups.
> ...and you become a vassal state of those countries. As an interesting aside, I would like to see Australia opening negotiations with India in case the US pulls back from the Pacific. If it turns out the US can't afford to fight China and Russia at the same time, I think signing up with India is probably the most workable path. Either as some sort of inferior ally or maybe trying to sign up as a full Indian state.
> Either as some sort of inferior ally or maybe trying to sign up as a full Indian state
This overstates India's power projection and understates Australia's.
Instead - Japan, Australia, and India have been workng on Trilateral Defense and Economic relations since the mid-2010s, with this being formalized with the Quad (which offically isn't a defense agreement yet).
SK and VN have also shown interest in joining the Quad, and honestly, it makes more sense in the Asia context.
On the economic and energy policy side, ik India+Japan have put their renewable eggs in the Blue and Brown Hydrogen strategy - use Australian NatGas and Coal to create Hydrogen cells. This also allows both India and Japan to minimize any dependencies on Chinese battery tech and supply chains and integrate Australia's economy closer with India+Japan [0][1][2][3], and Australian mining companies are being selected by India to help with the Lithium deposits in Jammu [4]
[0] - https://www.csis.org/analysis/japans-hydrogen-industrial-str...
[1] - https://www.iea.org/reports/the-future-of-hydrogen
[2] - https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2021/12/11/the-long-read-r...
[3] - https://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/trade-and-investment/in...
[4] - https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Commodities/India-s...
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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> the subsidy increases the more you earn and the higher your taxes What's the name of this law called that does this? Seems like quite the oversight.
It's not a law, it's math. Anything that comes out of pretax income is a bigger incentive (dollar-wise) for those who have a higher tax rate.
math is law! :)
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here it is from the ATO: https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Fringe-benefits-tax/Types-of... It came into effect a few months ago, but was back dated to 1 July 2022.
I think the original comment is misleading. As far as I can tell you need your employer to buy the EV for you; and then they don't have to pay Fringe Benefits Tax on it. This might benefit people who get a "company car" but I don't know of anyone who has gotten a fringe benefit as large as a car from their employer before. I don't doubt it happens but I doubt it helps anyone except employees and employers who could c…
No, it's very common and there are companies that exist to provide this as a service, just look up "novated lease".
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
For people living in cities/towns, how much of an option is it to go car-less? Is it more like, say, Dutch cities, or more like in the US? Anyway, whenever I hear talk of promoting EVs without mass transit being mentioned together with it, my instinct is to assume it's some sort of an upwards-transfer-of-wealth scheme in which richer people get subsidized.
It's not quite as extreme as the US, in the city center you can manage okay without, but it's mostly not an option.
You can manage fantastically, not merely okay, without a car in Sydney and Melbourne’s city and inner suburbs. Most people I knew who lived in those areas did not own a car and were better for it.