Policy

GOOD NEWS!

* 'Rewiring Australia' - independent not-for-profit organisation headed by Dr Saul Griffith that aims to 'electrify everything with renewable energy' has just released a proposal for a no-cost installation of rooftop solar energy systems and storage batteries for 11 million households owned and rented in Australia!  [see Rewiring Australia/EELS for video and details]

* EELS stands for 'Electrify Everything Loans Scheme'

* In brief the EELS proposal to Federal government works like this:

* ACT GOVERNMENT HAS PASSED AUSTRALIA'S FIRST LAW PROHIBITING THE USE OF FOSSIL GAS IN HOMES BUSINESSES!

*The Law 'Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Natural Gas Transition) Amendment Bill' passed on Thursday 8th June,2023 establishes the legal framework to end NEW gas connections before 2045 in the ACT.

* REGULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF 2023 PROHIBITING NEW GAS CONNECTIONS IN RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL AREAS IN ANY NEW SUBURB OR INFILL DEVELOPMENTS. 

Recently, the perennial debate about Australia building nuclear power stations has once again emerged. Once again, much of the comment demonstrates ignorance and myth!

* There are numerous reasons for why Australia should not engage in nuclear power. However, for me whether we 'should' build nuclear power stations or not is irrelevant. There is a more important argument than 'should' we! it is that Australia has NO NEED to develop nuclear power because we have more than sufficient renewable energy, particularly from sunlight!