Another great example from our government of what we shouldn’t be doing if we actually want to reduce emissions. The basic idea is to convert our fossil fuel reserves of coal and gas into transport fuels like petroleum. Robin Batterham hinted that this was inevitable if oil prices stay high for sustained periods.
‘Coal to gas’ energy plan draws scepticism - ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation
I was watching the news tonight about the effect the gas explosion is having in WA and wondering if people over there re starting to make a connection between what Amory Lovins calls ‘brittle’ networks i.e. centralised power distributiona and now thinking away from schemes like coal to gas.