As the energy transition ramps up, Australia risks becoming a more unequal society. Here's what needs to change | Dominic Jones

Governments must help households to make the switch to cleaner energy, and change the rules so that the benefits and costs are fairly sharedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereThe great energy transition is happening before our eyes. You can see it on our roofs: more than one in three Australian homes now have solar. You can see it on our roads: nearly 10% of new cars sold in Australia last year were electric.But the greening of Australia is creating losers as well as winners. While wealthier households are saving on their energy bills by installing solar panels and switching from gas to all-electric, many people have no choice but to stay with more expensive fossil fuels.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton's Clear Air column as a free newsletterDominic Jones is an associate in the Energy and Climate Change Program at Grattan Institute Continue reading...