The case for energy loans: read our latest explainer
Old Man Gas was in for a bit of a shock last week. There he was, reminiscing about the good old days, when news about a report from EECA about the dangers of burning gas indoors came through on his state-of-the-art fax machine. 'Over 200 premature deaths isn't that many deaths, is it?' said Old Man Gas. 'Didn't they know they should just crack a window? And can you really put a price on the joy of being in the presence of that beautiful flame?' When he discovered that someone had actually put a price on it and gas cooktops cost the country $3.3 billion due to hospitalisations and lost productivity, he said: 'Well, $3.3 billion isn't that much, is it?'
Read more about the current gas situation, our declining domestic reserves, rapidly rising prices and what we can exchange gas for in our explainer 👉 https://loom.ly/fn0Oza8
Rewiring Aotearoa is in favour of universal Road User Charges as we believe it will address an artificial market distortion for vehicles that is not in New Zealand’s economic, fuel security, or resilience interests. Here's what we told the Select Committee.
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Read moreDownloadOur Political Power series aims to show that going electric is good for everyone, no matter where you sit on the political sprectrum. Whether you're looking to lower costs, reduce emissions or increase resilience, it increasingly makes sense at an individual, community and country level and ACT's Todd Stephenson, who bought an electric Jeep around one year ago and built his new home in Queenstown to run on electrons, is a good example of that.
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