Tech Zero

The Australian Financial Review

How will we get to net zero? Meet the entrepreneurs leading the charge into the new industrial revolution. Empires will crumble. Fortunes will be made.

  • 31 minutes 7 seconds
    Season Finale

    In an exclusive interview, Shell chairman Sir Andrew Mackenzie says the world’s carbon challenge is harder than he realised while running BHP, and it’s time for a global focus on a few winning solutions.

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    23 June 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 25 minutes
    Clean energy from the Earth's core

    On this week’s episode of Tech Zero, we’ll explain why big oil is laying bets on a new type of geothermal energy.

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    9 June 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 18 seconds
    From kitchens to factories: How microwaves are redefining manufacturing

    Microwave ovens are great at heating up last night’s leftovers, but can they become the low carbon source of industrial heat for big industries like steel?

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    26 May 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 32 minutes 6 seconds
    Blocking out the Sun

    It might sound like science fiction, but a mix of scientists and venture capitalists are working on plans to block the sun to slow global warming.

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    12 May 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 1 second
    Turbocharging trees

    Come foraging on the forest floor as we go looking for the secret ingredient that will make trees grow faster and stronger and more able to suck down carbon.

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    28 April 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 31 seconds
    The incredible plan to refreeze the Arctic

    Melting of Arctic sea ice shapes as a critical tipping point in the battle against climate change. That’s why a new start-up is fighting back by making ice.

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    14 April 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 46 seconds
    Sustainable skyscrapers: How Atlassian's HQ is changing the game

    A new breed of builders are tackling the carbon footprint of high-rise buildings from every angle.

    Guests include: Joe Karten (Built), Victor Rosenberg (ClearVue Technologies) and Tony Dragicevich (Capral Aluminium)

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    31 March 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 12 seconds
    Formula 1 and the future of fuel

    Pat Symonds wrote the rules that will compel Formula 1 cars to run on carbon-neutral fuel from 2026. Big oil companies are now racing to find solutions.

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    17 March 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 55 seconds
    Green hydrogen hero steps out of the shadows

    An Australian scientist reckons he can break green hydrogen's addiction to renewable energy and the world's biggest hydrogen bull has got onboard.

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    13 November 2022, 6:00 pm
  • 32 minutes 17 seconds
    The coal empire strikes back

    Meet the scientists working to secure a place for coal in a net zero world.

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    6 November 2022, 7:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 28 seconds
    Electric aviation takes flight

    Electric motors and biofuels are competing for primacy as the aviation sector tries to decarbonise. We talk to those on the front line of both camps.

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    30 October 2022, 7:00 pm
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