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The Jamison Group
A Roadmap for Alternative Fuels in Australia:
Ending our Dependence on Oil
NRMA's Jamison Group report provides Australia with a road map to reducing its dependence on oil. The Jamison Group was established by the NRMA Motoring & Services following the company's Alternative Fuel Summit in 2006 and comprises four eminent scholars in the fields of energy and transport - David Lamb, Mark Diesendorf, John Mathews and Graeme Pearman.Jamison Group report 
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| Mark Diesendorf | |
| Dr Mark Diesendorf has contributed to this project under his business name, Sustainability Centre. Previously, at various times, he has been a Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO, Professor of Environmental Science at University of Technology Sydney, and President of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics. He is author of many scholarly papers, consulting reports, popular articles and media items on ecologically sustainable development, including the recent book 'Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy'. |
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| David Lamb | |
| David Lamb worked for 28 years in the motor industry in Australia and around the world. From 1992 to 2003 he was Chief Executive of the CSIRO Australian Automotive Technology Centre and was responsible for the CSIRO Low Emission Vehicle project that resulted in two hybrid electric show cars. The aXcessaustralia car was exhibited around the world to carmakers. He was also responsible for the collaboration between CSIRO and Holden Australia to produce the Holden ECOommodore Hybrid electric car, first shown publicly in May 2000. Now retired from CSIRO, David consults on automotive technology and strategy. |
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| John Mathews | |
| John Mathews is Professor of Strategic Management at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of the books Strategizing, Disequilibrium and Profit (2006), Dragon Multinational: A New Model of Global Growth (2002), Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia (2000). Specialising in technology and innovation, John has published papers on the renewable energy industries, alternative fuels and biofuels industries. He has worked internationally with UNCTAD, UNIDO and with the World Bank, and was a Visiting Scholar at the Rockefellar Foundation Study Center at Bellagio, in Italy, in September 2004. |
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| Graeme Pearman | |
| Dr Graeme Pearman joined CSIRO, in 1971 where he was Chief of Atmospheric Research, 1992-2002. He contributed over 150 scientific journal papers primarily on aspects of the global carbon budget. Graeme went onto help establish the new Monash University Sustainability Institute. Graeme's work has been internationally recognised with numerous distinctions and medals. As leading science advisor, including for Hon. Al Gore in 2006 and 2007, he was voted in the 100 most influential Melbournians by The Age newspaper in 2007 and was selected as a participant in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2020 Forum, April 2008. |
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