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It’s often said that crises can create opportunity. As the price of 91 petrol climbs towards $4 a litre, there’s a growing push to use the current pressure on fuel costs as a catalyst for change, accelerating electrification and reducing New Zealand’s reliance on imported fossil fuels. Mike Casey, chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa and a leading advocate for electrification, joins Emile to discuss.
Could reframing energy independence as a national security issue, rather than a climate one, be our best chance to go electric? The Spinoff collects a range of views from various commentators like Liam Dann, Pattrick Smellie and Joel McManus and shows that it has clearly got the attention of the media and should be getting the attention of our politicians.
Read moreDownload"There is quite a lot of talk about EV price depreciation and resale value, but we are not really talking about petrol car price depreciation. In the next five years or so, we may start to see a big game of petrol car hot potato, first between New Zealanders, and then between other countries." That was Mike Casey writing in Newsroom in January last year but, after the current crisis, it might happen more quickly than expected.
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