David Leitch

David Leitch has labelled his upcoming film How to Rob a Bank as "a heist movie for the social media age".

One of the most interesting things to come out of a recent tour of China was to see up close one of its most energy intensive regions. Here's what stood out.

Diesel is where trade balance, jobs and strategic exposure all sit, and solar charged battery electric trucking is how to replace it. China has already proven the technology. Australia just needs the will and a plan.

GPUs (graphics processing units) are expected to be basically sold out for at least a couple more years. How long tight supply remains depends in part on how fast token demand grows.

Can or should data centres be sent into orbit? It might do away with land, permit, grid connection and water issues But it is absurdly unrealistic.

Can or should data centres be sent into orbit? It might do away with land, permit, grid connection and water issues But it is absurdly unrealistic.

With less need for networks to perform their traditional role, and the state of tariffs "a big mess," what does the future look like for Australia's regulated distribution monopolies?

There was likely a lot of talk going on at the ACES summit in Sydney this week. Talk is about all the industry does these days and the Summit is no doubt a good place to do it.

The CIS has not worked. But the capacity it was designed to procure is needed more than ever, and the cost of delay rises every year. Oh, and about diesel ...

China makes the most solar panels, most of the batteries and many of the wind turbines. But it also burns lots of coal and is by far the largest contributor to global emissions.