Ferguson Report
he’s “Getting on with the job” of fossil fuels apparently!
Martin Ferguson, our local Federal member, released his Spring update of what he and the federal government have been up to the last few months. Plenty of lovurly photos as you would expect.
However, as the Federal Minister for Energy, he just doesn’t seem to get the climate emergency we are facing. He has lumped gas in with solar and wind. Martin, given the latest science is calling for rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and for a developed country like Australia we need to be at zero emissions within 10 years, do you believe there is a place for gas? Perhaps 10 years ago this may have been viable, but we simply don’t have time to muck around anymore with small half steps. Infrastructure such as gas costs a hell of a lot of money, and once installed generally has a lifespan of decades, certainly not less than a decade. Also, any money, time, effort and resource directed to gas is resources not directed to where we need to be headed, which is 100% renewable.
So, DCAN members, please stay tuned – we’re organising an event soon and publicity campaign with letter drop to highlight this dangerous failing in our local member. We simply can’t wait for Martin to ‘get it’, and get going with the rapid transition we need. We’ll need your help, so stay tuned to see what you can do!
The other issue has been eloquently explained by Beyond Zero Emissions in their critique of Martin’s very belated selection of the Solar Flagships Round 1. A solar technology that can be used with gas backup was selected – amazing stuff. Read their Beyond Zero Emissions review here: http://beyondzeroemissions.org/media/releases/labor%E2%80%99s-solar-flagships-smoke-and-mirrors%E2%80%A6and-coal-seam-gas-110622
