
Queenstown, Wānaka and the surrounding region have committed to one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets and pledged to create a carbon-zero visitor economy by 2030. It’s great to have a bold target to aim for but, as renowned electricity lover Thomas Edison said, vision without execution is just hallucination – and right now, the region is a long way off track and lagging behind a number of other places. So how can the region go from talking to walking? It basically all boils down to this: everything that can be electrified needs to be electrified - and quickly. Read Mike Casey's full opinion piece on Newsroom.
Read moreDownload the document hereRewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey says more public EV chargers going in the ground is positive but, as our vulnerability to high petrol and diesel prices has been exposed, the Government’s lack of support for EV adoption is simply not good enough.
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