Common Wealth Dividends
Draws attention to the resource curse as a problem and dividends as a solution
Offers a general theory of common wealth dividends, encompassing both those based on natural commons and those based on man-made commons see more benefits
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Common wealth dividends are universal cash payments funded by fees on the private use of common resources like land, minerals, and the atmosphere as a carbon sink. Thomas Paine’s 1797 pamphlet
Cosmos Briefing: Lithium
As the demand for renewable-energy technologies skyrockets, we need to think about how to source their constituent materials without further damaging the world we’re trying to save, according to yesterday’s Cosmos Briefing.
Rick Valenta, from the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland, and Mahdokht Shaibani, a research fellow at Melbourne’s Monash University, discussed the future of lithium – a key component of batteries. With 55% of the world’s lithium supply currently coming from Australia, they highlight our nation’s responsibility to mine it in a sustainable way.
The session was hosted by the Royal Institution of Australia’s lead scientist, Alan Duffy.