⚡ ENERGY BILLS ARE RISING AGAIN. AND THE WORST INCREASES ARE THE ONES YOU CAN'T AVOID. ⚡ From 1 July, many Australians will see higher electricity bills as retailers roll out new pricing schedules. The headlines often focus on usage charges. But look closer. Some of the biggest increases are occurring in daily supply charges — the fixed cost of being connected to the grid. In many cases these charges are increasing by double digits. You can't reduce them. You can't avoid them. You can't install enough solar panels or batteries to make them disappear. You pay them simply for having the lights connected. At the same time, some retailers are slashing solar feed-in tariffs by as much as 50%. Households that invested thousands of dollars in rooftop solar expecting to reduce their bills are now being paid less and less for the electricity they export. The result? Many households will see higher overall electricity costs from both directions: 📈 Higher fixed charges. 📉 Lower solar credits. And then comes the latest trend. Instead of ensuring enough reliable generation exists to meet demand, the energy system increasingly tries to manage when Australians are allowed to use electricity. "Free electricity" periods in the middle of the day are becoming common marketing tools. But they're often accompanied by much higher charges before 11am, after 2pm, and during peak demand periods when families actually need power. In other words: The grid is increasingly being designed around the needs of the system. Consumers are increasingly being expected to adapt their lives around the needs of the grid. That is a profound shift in thinking. For decades, electricity providers worked to meet consumer demand. Now consumers are increasingly expected to modify their behaviour to suit electricity supply. And spare a thought for small business. 🏪 Retailers running refrigeration. 🍖 Butchers and food processors. 🏭 Manufacturers and workshops. 🔧 Welders and fabricators. ❄️ Businesses relying on air-conditioning. They don't have the luxury of turning operations on and off according to the weather. Higher electricity costs flow directly into higher prices, lower competitiveness and fewer opportunities to invest and grow. The uncomfortable reality is this: Despite decades of promises that the energy transition would deliver cheaper electricity, most Australians are still seeing bills rise. More infrastructure. More subsidies. More regulation. More transmission. Yet affordability remains elusive. This is why Libertarians support a different approach. ✅ No subsidies. ✅ No technology mandates. ✅ No government picking winners and losers. ✅ Technology-neutral energy policy. ✅ Reliable, affordable and secure electricity. Energy should be an input into prosperity. Not a growing burden on families and businesses. Australia became prosperous because we had abundant, reliable and affordable energy. We can have that again. But first we need to put affordability, reliability and consumer choice back at the centre of energy policy. #EnergyFreedom #ElectricityPrices #CostOfLiving #EnergyPolicy #Queensland #Australia #SmallBusiness #EnergySecurity #FreeMarkets #Libertarian #TechnologyNeutrality #KeepTheLightsOn #ProsperityForAll

ENERGY BILLS UP. SOLAR PAYMENTS DOWN. WHAT EXACTLY ARE AUSTRALIANS GETTING IN RETURN? From July: ⚡ Daily supply charges up 13% ⚡ Solar feed-in tariffs slashed from 4 cents to just 2 cents per kWh ⚡ Electricity usage charges increasing again Australians were promised cheaper power. Instead, we're getting higher fixed charges, higher usage charges and lower returns on the investments many households made in rooftop solar. For years we've been told that spending hundreds of billions on the energy transition would reduce costs. Yet somehow: ❌ Power bills keep rising ❌ Grid reliability remains a concern ❌ Transmission costs keep growing ❌ Taxpayers keep funding subsidies ❌ Solar owners are being paid less for their exports The reality is becoming impossible to ignore. The more governments interfere in energy markets, the more expensive electricity seems to become. Australians don't care about political slogans. They care about whether they can afford to run their air conditioner in summer. They care about whether manufacturers can stay competitive. They care about whether pensioners can pay their bills. Energy policy should be judged by one simple test: 👉 Is power becoming more reliable? 👉 Is power becoming more affordable? Right now, many Australians would struggle to answer "yes" to either question. It's time to stop chasing political targets and start focusing on what actually matters: ✅ Affordable electricity ✅ Reliable electricity ✅ Energy security ✅ Technology neutrality ✅ Competition instead of subsidies The lights don't stay on because of government press releases. They stay on because of engineering, investment and reality. And reality is sending Australians another bigger bill. #ElectricityPrices #PowerBills #CostOfLiving #EnergyPolicy #Queensland #Australia #EnergySecurity #FreeMarkets #NoSubsidies #TechnologyNeutrality #KeepTheLightsOn

NET ZERO IS BECOMING A VERY EXPENSIVE FAILURE Labor promised cheaper power. Labor promised more jobs. Labor promised a stronger economy. What Australians got was higher electricity bills, collapsing productivity, record spending and a grid becoming increasingly fragile. Now even the Productivity Commission is sounding the alarm. After decades of renewable investment, Australia's electricity sector has absorbed a staggering increase in capital spending for remarkably little increase in output. More money. More infrastructure. More subsidies. Less productivity. Australians are literally getting less return for every dollar invested. This is what happens when ideology replaces economics. For years, Labor and the climate movement insisted there was only one path forward. Subsidise renewables. Mandate targets. Close reliable power stations. Punish alternative technologies. Silence critics. Anyone questioning the plan was labelled anti-science. Now reality is delivering its verdict. The grid is under pressure. Home batteries are contributing less than planners expected. Renewable projects are facing delays. Transmission costs are exploding. Productivity is falling. And the promised economic benefits remain just over the horizon. Always just over the horizon. Meanwhile, the climate narrative itself is shifting. The most extreme emissions scenario used for years to justify urgent and costly interventions—RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5—is no longer regarded as a plausible business-as-usual future by many of the very scientists and institutions that once relied upon it. Yet Labor keeps charging ahead as though nothing has changed. Because this was never really about following the science. It was about following the politics. The Net Zero transition has become a monument to central planning: ❌ Government picks winners. ❌ Taxpayers carry the risk. ❌ Consumers pay the bill. ❌ Productivity suffers. ❌ Politicians demand more spending. Then they act surprised when the economy slows down. The Libertarian position remains the same today as it was 10 years ago: ✅ No subsidies. ✅ No mandates. ✅ No technology bans. ✅ No political targets. ✅ No corporate welfare. Let coal compete. Let nuclear compete. Let solar compete. Let batteries compete. Let every technology stand on its own merits. Because energy policy should be based on engineering, economics and reliability—not political symbolism. Labor's Net Zero dream is colliding with reality. Unfortunately, Australians are the ones paying for the lesson. #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #Productivity #CostOfLiving #ElectricityPrices #EnergySecurity #FreeMarkets #Libertarian #Australia #NoSubsidies #NoMandates #TechnologyNeutrality #KeepTheLightsOn

⚠️ NET ZERO ISN'T GOING TO PLAN ⚠️ For years Australians have been told that rooftop solar and home batteries would become a major pillar of the energy transition. Billions of dollars in subsidies have been spent. Households have invested heavily. Governments have built their plans around the assumption that millions of consumers would help stabilise the grid. Now Australia's energy market operator is warning that reality isn't matching the plan. According to AEMO, Australia now has around 600,000 home batteries, with more than 400,000 added in the last year alone. Yet most of these batteries are not connected to Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and cannot be coordinated to support the electricity grid when it needs them most. AEMO estimates up to $7.2 billion in system savings depend on much higher participation rates. In simple terms: 🔋 The batteries are being installed. ⚡ But many are not doing what planners assumed they would do. That creates a serious problem because Labor's Net Zero plans increasingly rely on consumer-owned batteries helping to balance the grid as coal-fired power stations retire. At the same time: • Renewable projects continue to face delays and connection bottlenecks. • AEMO has warned about system security risks as coal generators retire. • AI data centres are expected to place enormous new demands on the grid over the coming decade. This doesn't mean batteries are useless. It doesn't mean solar doesn't work. It does mean that the transition is proving far more difficult, expensive and technically complex than politicians promised. The uncomfortable truth is that Net Zero plans were built on a series of assumptions: ➡️ Renewables would be built rapidly. ➡️ Transmission lines would arrive on time. ➡️ Batteries would participate in grid support schemes. ➡️ Coal generation could be retired without reliability concerns. Increasingly, those assumptions are being challenged by reality. This is exactly why Libertarians have consistently opposed government attempts to centrally plan Australia's energy future. No subsidies. No mandates. No technology bans. No politicians picking winners and losers. Australia needs reliable power, affordable power and energy security. If solar wins, let it win. If batteries win, let them win. If nuclear, gas, hydro, coal or future technologies prove more reliable and affordable, let them compete too. Because the grid doesn't run on political slogans. The lights stay on because engineering, economics and reality ultimately prevail. #EnergyPolicy #NetZero #EnergySecurity #AEMO #ElectricityPrices #CostOfLiving #Batteries #RenewableEnergy #NuclearEnergy #FreeMarkets #Libertarian #TechnologyNeutrality #KeepTheLightsOn #Australia

⚡ THE SCIENCE IS CHANGING. LIBERTARIAN ENERGY POLICY HASN'T NEEDED TO. ⚡ For years, governments around the world used increasingly ambitious targets, subsidies, mandates and regulations to reshape energy markets. Many of those policies were justified using the most extreme climate scenario available: RCP8.5 (later SSP5-8.5). Now, the scientific community is moving on. The scenario framework being prepared for the IPCC's next assessment report (AR7) has dropped SSP5-8.5 from the range of plausible future pathways, concluding that the highest CMIP6 emissions levels have "become implausible" due to technological change, emissions trends and existing policy developments. Even the European Commission now states: "The highest emission scenario (RCP8.5) is no longer considered plausible." The Washington Post recently reported that the UN climate science process is poised to retire RCP8.5 because scientists found those projections "have become implausible." Importantly, this does not mean climate change is not real. Nor does it mean environmental challenges disappear. What it does mean is that governments should be cautious about building massive economic interventions around worst-case assumptions that are no longer considered plausible. And that's exactly where Libertarians have been consistent for decades. ✅ No subsidies ✅ No mandates ✅ No technology bans ✅ No politically imposed energy targets ✅ No government picking winners and losers Instead: ⚙️ Let engineers solve engineering problems. 💰 Let investors risk their own capital. 🏭 Let businesses compete. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Let consumers choose. If nuclear wins, build nuclear. If solar and batteries win, build solar and batteries. If hydro, gas, geothermal, hydrogen, coal, fusion or technologies not yet invented prove superior, let them compete fairly. The market should decide. Not politicians. Not bureaucrats. Not activists. What policy changes should come next? ➡️ End renewable energy subsidies. ➡️ End EV subsidies. ➡️ End battery subsidy schemes. ➡️ Abolish technology-specific energy targets. ➡️ Remove the federal ban on nuclear energy. ➡️ Prioritise grid reliability and energy security. ➡️ Focus on domestic energy self-sufficiency. Government has a role. That role is ensuring Australia can power itself reliably, securely and affordably. Everything beyond that should be driven by competition, innovation and consumer choice. The retirement of RCP8.5 doesn't prove Libertarians right about everything. Only about the need to treat the worst aspects of the most exaggerated reports on climate skeptically. But it does reinforce one lesson: When science evolves, centrally planned policy often struggles to keep up. Free markets adapt. Freedom adapts. Innovation adapts. And that's why Libertarians continue to support a simple principle: No Subsidies. No Mandates. No Targets. Let the market decide. #Libertarian #EnergyFreedom #EnergySecurity #FreeMarkets #TechnologyNeutrality #NoSubsidies #NoMandates #ConsumerChoice #Innovation #NuclearEnergy #Australia #Queensland #EnergyIndependence #KeepTheLightsOn #SmallGovernment #ProsperityForAll

Technology Neutrality: The Principle That Makes Tokenization Possible The most important principle in every comment letter to the SEC Crypto Task Force — from Fidelity to SIFMA to Solana Policy Institute — is technology neutrality. The idea is simple: regulate the function, not the form. If a platform matches buyers and sellers → exchange rules apply. If an entity custodies assets → custody rules apply. If a provider routes orders → broker rules apply. Regardless of whether it runs on AWS or Solana. OTCM Protocol embraces this principle. Our ST22 Digital Securities are securities — classified as Category 5 Digital Securities under Release No. 33-11412. We comply with securities law because we issue securities. Technology neutrality doesn't mean deregulation. It means smart regulation. #TechnologyNeutrality #SecuritiesLaw #Innovation #OTCMProtocol $GROO

As the EU shapes its new #HeatingAndCooling Strategy, ENZA calls for a pragmatic, multi-energy approach — and Liquid Gas Europe fully supports it. Europe’s regions have very different realities, especially the 49M households off the gas grid. Recognising this diversity is key to a fair #EnergyTransition. ENZA calls for: • empowering local choices #LocalFlexibility • supporting all clean solutions #TechnologyNeutrality • clearer, predictable rollout frameworks #CleanEnergyDeployment Renewable liquid gases like bioLPG and rDME offer up to 80–90% GHG cuts using existing systems — a practical pathway for rural and off-grid communities #RenewableMolecules. A fair Strategy embraces Europe’s diversity and gives every community a realistic route to decarbonise. liquidgaseurope.eu/news/enza…

Yesterday, nucleareurope Legal and International Director @bpicamal participated in the “we are the future of @enusa_sa days. she discusseed: 📑The European #policy framework 🟰The role of Member States to support #technologyneutrality 🤝Collaboration opportunities

🗣 “As the 2040 framework will soon be discussed, it is time for the EU to walk the talk of #technologyneutrality.” 📝Nucleareurope’s new DG @EmmanuelBrutin writes about the need for a mindset change to achieve #netzero targets. Read his full piece ➡️swll.to/ixdwSiW

📢 Happening NOW! 🚀Join our live #PLAMADISO talk with @MarcoAlmada on “A procedural theory of #TechnologyNeutrality”. 👉Send us a DM to join

The #CleanIndustrialDeal is here! A big step for EU industry—but we need all clean energy solutions on the table. ✅ Lower energy costs & security of supply are key. ✅ Electrification & hydrogen alone won’t be enough. ✅ #BioLPG provides a scalable, cost-effective, & secure transition for industry & off-grid areas. 🔹 EU policy must support ALL viable solutions—funding, State Aid & recognition matter! 📢 Let’s get the details right! 🔗 commission.europa.eu/topics/… 📄 Read our position paper: liquidgaseurope.eu/wp-conten… #AffordableEnergy #EnergyTransition #RenewableGases #EUIndustry #TechnologyNeutrality

#CleanIndustrialDeal & #AffordableEnergy rightly focus on #electrification for #decarbonisation & #competitiveness, based on a #clean energy w. #technologyneutrality. Tools to support #industry must launch ASAP #decarbonisationbank #PPA guarantees, #CISAF

📝nucleareurope remains steadfast in advocating for #technologyneutrality in policy making! 🗣 “nucleareurope will continue to advocate for technology neutrality across the entire legislative framework and in future discussions.” states nucleareurope new President @xursat

Yesterday, nucleareurope DG @YDesbazeille discussed upcoming #EU policy priorities for nuclear at @NIAUK #Nuclear2024 conference. He highlighted: ⚡Nuclear benefits for the EU energy system 📝 Importance of #technologyneutrality in policy making

🤖👤 It's the combination of the Human and AI That's Powerful 🔥 "What I tried to do was capture this juxtaposition of the human intelligence, the emotional, the soft side of being human 💗 with the hard, analytical, predictive aspects of being a machine and artificial intelligence. 🤖 "And I believe it's really the combination of the two that's very, very powerful. 💥 "The machines can do a lot of things that we are not so good at, but we have a lot of things that we can do as humans that the machines can't do. Things like empathy, things like building relationships, building trust. 💖 "So it's really that combination of the two that I wanted to capture in the book and talk about how I believe this technology is going to be transformational to us as humans transformational to society and technology is neutral, technology is neither good nor bad, but it does have some good things that you can do with it." ⚖️ - David Espindola on @ThtLdrshpStudio #podcast Episode 66 - Navigating the Future: AI's Role in Shaping Human Consciousness and Business Transformation with the Author of Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence 👉 thoughtleadershipstudio.com/… #ArtificialIntelligence #EmotionalIntelligence #Empathy #Transformation #HumanConsciousness #BusinessTransformation #TechnologyNeutrality #AI #HumanAICollaboration #Podcast #Futurism #Innovation #ThoughtLeadership

🤖👤 It's the combination of the Human and AI That's Very Powerful 🔥 "...What I tried to do was capture this juxtaposition of the human intelligence, the emotional, the soft side of being human 💗 with the hard, analytical, predictive aspects of being a machine and artificial intelligence. 🤖 "And I believe it's really the combination of the two that's very, very powerful. 💥 "The machines can do a lot of things that we are not so good at, but we have a lot of things that we can do as humans that the machines can't do. 🧠 "Things like empathy, things like building relationships, building trust. 💖 "So it's really that combination of the two that I wanted to capture in the book and talk about how I believe this technology is going to be transformational to us as humans transformational to society and technology is neutral, technology is neither good nor bad, but it does have some good things that you can do with it." ⚖️ \- David Espindola on TLS Episode 66 - Navigating the Future: AI's Role in Shaping Human Consciousness and Business Transformation with the Author of Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence 👉 thoughtleadershipstudio.com/… #HumanIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #EmotionalIntelligence #Trust #Transformation #HumanConsciousness #Thoughtleadership #BusinessTransformation #TechnologyNeutrality #AIPotential #HumanAICollaboration #Podcasts #Futurism #Innovation

Read our paper about the challenges of adopting a technology-neutral approach for liquid-immersed distribution and dry-type transformers. ➡️transformers-magazine.com/tm… #HitachiEnergy #TechnologyNeutrality #EnergyEfficiency #Transformers #HitachiEnergyTransformers

Belgian Bus Manufacturer teetering after loosing a tender to @BYDCompany. The story of Van Hool's bankruptcy is one of bad strategy and mismanagement, a lack of a clear government strategy and the emergence of formidable new competitors. Van Hool's troubles are mostly of its own making. Companies that are still babbling about #technologyneutrality, #hydrogen and #efuels are in for a rough ride. Politicians promoting this kind of narrative are doing huge damage. vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/03/08/…

#Technologyneutrality must be the guiding principle of the #GreenDeal, allowing regions and Member States to determine the best solutions for them to reach their climate objectives" 🗣️@ILPOHeltimoine1 | Green Deal Going Local

Czechia Prime Minister @P_Fiala makes clear that large #decarbonisation needs #technologyneutrality on the market and fair funding for R&D. Today’s declaration in support of #nuclear is an important step forward