And spawned a Rapidly growing $9B export industry... For China.. I've seen first hand how big wages paid by mining industry cripples local manufacturing. You just can't compete, You train up a tradie then they go. Aust businesses and policy can't seem to invest in the long game.
"Soon, our Aussie invention will be generating half the world’s solar power."
Proud to see this invention from @UNSWEngineering creating a global impact!https://theconversation.com/how-an-aussie-invention-could-soon-cut-5-of-the-worlds-greenhouse-gas-emissions-121571 …
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I toured this lab in the 90s. They were determined to build the industry here, and burnt years trying. Nobody in Oz (industry, gov, VC) would invest. I reckon they had no choice but to leave.
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I seem to remember that UNSW was at the forefront of solar research when I began studying there in 1966. Correct?
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