Geologist Scott Montgomery tells The Conversation Weekly podcast how strategic oil reserves work and why the U.S. keeps oil in underground salt caverns.
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NZ today stands as the only International Energy Agency member whose public oil reserves lie entirely offshore. How can it now rebuild its domestic fuel resilience?
Rising energy prices and tighter global financial conditions are exposing the limits of Ghana’s
import-dependent fuel model.
Nations’ stores of petroleum can dampen price shocks in the short term, but as reserve supplies dwindle, economic pain may continue.
The federal government is spending $94 million to buy cheap oil. Instead, Australia should use the money to manufacture our own energy.
The oil deal is a side-show. Australian energy diplomacy instead must grapple with the rapid deployment of renewables.
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Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor and Chair of the Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University, Macquarie University
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