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I really wish australia would get into silicon foundry and semiconductor manufacturing businesses. We have the space, we have the geo stability ( lots of our sp

I really wish australia would get into silicon foundry and semiconductor manufacturing businesses. We have the space, we have the geo stability ( lots of our space is really old and very stable from a geological standpoint...it finished moving yonks ago), we produce most of the precursor compinents in their raw forms in absolute masses or have the capacity and resources to do so and we also have the political stability. But alas, our politicians are short sited, our companies lack the willingness to make it happen. It feels like a massively missed opportunity.

qntmfred 2y ago
Any chance you've seen this, or have a personal take to add? https://youtu.be/QByN_XJIn8s https://youtu.be/QByN_XJIn8s
Mengkudulangsat 2y ago
Foundries are supremely water-hungry too. I recall the Abu Dhabi - Global Foundries experiment didn't work out.
- gtvwill 2y ago
  We got more coastline available that you can poke a stick at, much like the greenhouses next to the nullabor in south aus you just solar desalination your water and we have a near infinite supply of water available. https://www.sundropfarms.com/our-technology/ https://www.sundropfarms.com/our-technology/
ksec 2y ago
But then Australia is a country where getting Solar Power with such a vast space is difficult due to all sort of political reasons doesn't seems very friendly to all the manufacturing requirement for modern Foundry.
- gtvwill 2y ago
  https://www.canstarblue.com.au/solar/solar-farms-australia/ https://www.canstarblue.com.au/solar/solar-farms-australia/ Actually we have heaps of fairly reasonable sized solar farms both built and operating and also in development right now. The politics your talking about is actually just that...politics. It's the optics of opposition. We are cranking out solar and approving decent sized installs all the time. The opposition just likes to make it out like their is kickback and it's not happening in order to back up their own political view and make themselves feel good. Business on the other hand is churning on with rolling it out and making bank from it.
  - ksec 2y ago
    That is so good to hear! I could only hope more Solar then ever in AUS. Then they could start to become a manufacturing powerhouse!

qntmfred 2y ago

Any chance you've seen this, or have a personal take to add? https://youtu.be/QByN_XJIn8s https://youtu.be/QByN_XJIn8s

Mengkudulangsat 2y ago

Foundries are supremely water-hungry too. I recall the Abu Dhabi - Global Foundries experiment didn't work out.

gtvwill 2y ago
We got more coastline available that you can poke a stick at, much like the greenhouses next to the nullabor in south aus you just solar desalination your water and we have a near infinite supply of water available. https://www.sundropfarms.com/our-technology/ https://www.sundropfarms.com/our-technology/

ksec 2y ago

But then Australia is a country where getting Solar Power with such a vast space is difficult due to all sort of political reasons doesn't seems very friendly to all the manufacturing requirement for modern Foundry.

gtvwill 2y ago
https://www.canstarblue.com.au/solar/solar-farms-australia/ https://www.canstarblue.com.au/solar/solar-farms-australia/ Actually we have heaps of fairly reasonable sized solar farms both built and operating and also in development right now. The politics your talking about is actually just that...politics. It's the optics of opposition. We are cranking out solar and approving decent sized installs all the time. The opposition just likes to make it out like their is kickback and it's not happening in order to back up their own political view and make themselves feel good. Business on the other hand is churning on with rolling it out and making bank from it.
- ksec 2y ago
  That is so good to hear! I could only hope more Solar then ever in AUS. Then they could start to become a manufacturing powerhouse!