Just over 50 people attended the fascinating talk on Beyond Zero Emissions
hosted by CCOF on 5th May. Jens Rumoller, an energy sector engineer,
introduced the evening by outlining the environmental and economic
challenges facing the planet and how other countries, such as Germany,
have led the way in implementing renewable energy technology. Ken
McGregor, physicist and associate of BZE, outlined how Australia's
future energy needs could be met using existing renewables technology,
particular solar thermal plants. After the talk the speakers and James a representative
of BZE answered questions from the floor which was a real highlight. A number of people came away with a real sense that as optimistic as the plan is that it is achievable but only if the political will to implement it. For more info on the plan go to http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org/. They are currently hard at work looking at Transport and Buildings and you can read and hear more about this and other zero emission talk on 3CR on Monday and Fridays see beyondzero for details.
The title for this post comes from a slip of the tongue made by James talking about his decision to not just worry about all this climate change stuff but to focus his energy on looking for solutions. It summed up the evening for me, that we need warriors not worriers to achieve lasting change to a course of action that just makes sense we should be putting all our energy into..
Peter (CCOF) | 
