Two new fast-track energy projects offer very different paths: one tied to volatile fossil fuels, the other to a more sustainable, renewable future.
- Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
Even the big oil companies are predicting global demand will decline within decades. With investment in oil exploration projected to decline too, New Zealand should be putting its energy elsewhere.
The New Zealand government has set the goal of net zero by 2050 but to get there, New Zealanders will need to let go of our big cars and embrace smaller options.
Investment in renewable electricity needs bipartisan political support and some bold decisions if New Zealand is to meet its future energy commitments.
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