https://www.afr.com/companies/manufacturing/cheap-us-energy-leads-bluescope-to-1b-ohio-mill-expansion-20190816-p52hxu

Bluescope is expanding steel production in the US whilst shutting down production in Aus due to high energy costs.

"US energy prices just one-third of those in Australia, along with a robust manufacturing sector stoked by President Donald Trump's policies, have prompted a $1 billion expansion of an Ohio steel mill by BlueScope."

I can clearly remember when Aus power prices were substantially lower than the US.

America is also taking manufacturing from China because of its lower costs and the fact that Donald Trump doesn't want to sit on the board of every business like the commos do. But, yes, the RET mania in Australia has made our country too expensive for manufacturing.

yep its certainly bad but thank God for men like Alan Jones who at least has pushed back against the gw scams and lies.

Take the so of the https then the link works SM
Yes true our power, nothing to do with renewables is too dear
We privatised it there is the problem
This country needs to take ownership of power producing back
And subsidise power for industry
Not pretend privatisation works, it never has

Re: Alan Jones. It's disappointing that he apologised to that naive little girl posing as the PM of Not-relevant Zealand. There would be many people ready to supply old socks for the job. Ardern is a ridiculously childish person with appalling manners. With China expanding into the Pacific, NZ is another tinpot island that could succumb to the lure of the same conditional loans and 'aid' other countries in the region have, and will, fall for. Another one to keep our eye on. They could do us more harm than repacking Chinese vegetables and sending them to us. Buy only Birdseye frozen veggies, by the way: the last Australian company left in the business.

Dear Shadow Minister,

We have been through this numerous times. Natural gas produces more energy than coal in the US. Renewables contribution in the US are now on par with nuclear and outstrips Australia's proportions.

The big difference is that the US have jealously guarded their domestic energy production throttling exports of coal and gas to a minimum so it could support their manufacturing with cheap energy. Even now they only export less than 10% of production.

Australia on the other hand, with your blessing, has squandered our energy advantage with the vast bulk of gas production headed overseas.

At least the Rudd/Gillard government tried to pare some of it back but not your lot.

Shame.