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Well here we are. It’s 2026 and every man and his dog seems to be installing solar panels and batteries. Ten years ago, most people would have laughed at the idea that suburban Australians would be turning their homes into miniature power stations, yet that’s exactly what’s happened.
Around the world, renewable energy is often talked about as an environmental necessity. Yet for many nations, the real motivation is far more practical: economic stability and national security. Türkiye provides a striking example of how a country can reshape its energy system not just to cut emissions, but to strengthen its finances and reduce reliance on volatile global fuel markets.
In regional Australia, big infrastructure projects usually arrive from somewhere else. A corporation builds them, governments regulate them, and locals live with the outcome. What happened in Goulburn turned that pattern on its head.
The world has seen oil shocks before. Prices spike, markets panic, and eventually the system settles back into the familiar rhythm of the fossil fuel economy.