James Thompson

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987 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Aug

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The Money Café with Alan Kohler · AI, AGMs, and Overworked Directors · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

But one of the reasons you don't hear so much about it, I think there's two.

One is that energy security has become a bigger issue than the energy transition in the last few years with war in Ukraine and now in Iran.

But the other thing is a lot of stuff that we might have called the green economy 10 years ago is actually just the economy now.

It's a pretty –

Rooftop solar is a pretty accepted part of Australia's energy mix.

We don't really need to call it out.

Everyone's got solar panels on their roofs or a lot of people.

So it's just part of the way that the national electricity market and the national energy industry has changed.

So I think that's part of it.

Have green bonds lived up to their hype?

It's a pretty small corner of the market.

I think from what I understand, they've done fine.

Ironically, Stephen,

The government could get a bit of bang for its buck with this AI strategy.

It's talking about basically making data center operators bring renewable energy to the grid and then organize grid connections.

Ironically, the AI boom could be the reason that we finally get our energy transition really stoked up.

So, there could be a double win there, and I think that's something that the government's trying to engineer.

I mean, let's see how it goes.

There you go.

Well, Cam's got an idea for us, Stephen.

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