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The Government’s decision to pursue the construction of an LNG import terminal has been justified primarily on the basis that it is required for dry-year insurance. There are also arguments being made that it is necessary to prevent deindustrialisation from diminishing gas supplies for our major industrial gas users. The Sapere report demonstrates that a LNG import investment is not the best solution to New Zealand’s energy security issues, nor is it the lowest cost dry year solution. This document sets out Rewiring Aotearoa’s interpretation of the Sapere report “From Faultlines to Resilience” and also references analysis from other sources.
Read moreDownload the document hereThe expensive fuel prices triggered by the choking of the Hormuz Strait were not stopping an undercurrent of change, Rewiring Aotearoa chief executive Mike Casey said. "We're talking about kitchen table or dinner table decisions rather than board- room table decisions." Casey, who runs a fully electric cherry farm in Central Otago, said New Zealand could benefit from introducing a “salary sacrifice" scheme similar to one available in Australia for people wanting to buy new electric cars. “We can get brand new basic electric cars onto the road ... for under $200 a week, at least for people in New Zealand, for our essential workers, for our teachers, for our nurses, and that includes registration, insurance, maintenance, energy and the car itself."
Read moreDownloadKeeping up with the Joneses (in a good way) as Australia shifts towards sun and wind and away from fuels; New Zealand gets a good grade in terms of how electric our economy is, but we're well behind the leaders; batteries are booming (also in a good way) and eating into gas; how to get that 'wok hei' flavour with induction; a big electric barbie event gets set to break a Guinness World Record; Joby Aviation's historic electric test flights in New York; and what's old is new again with electric classic cars and even an electric museum.
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