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By Rosemary Grant
Thursday, 04/09/2008
The Premier's Fuel Summit is on as we speak, with about 120 participants at the talkfest in Launceston.Amongst them is renewable fuels advocate, Bob Gordon, who's flown in from Canberra today to put the case for better planning for what he believes is the inevitable decline of petrol and diesel and the rise of biofuels and other renewables.However, Bob Gordon says it's time to acknowledge that fuel supply is in crisis, there are already major implications for primary industry, and future fuel shocks are almost certain.Bob Gordon says Australia has the capacity to match the deficit in oil with renewable fuels."We have a significant capacity in Australia to produce gaseous alternatives fuels, LPG, and biofuels, ethanol and biodiesel, sustainable without making them a risk to food sources so we have time up our sleeve, but we don't know how much time, so it's in our interest to take these steps as quickly as we possibly can."Bob Gordon says the only way of deploying alternative fuels in the short-term will be via government mandates."It requires governments, state and federal and the oil companies and the alternative fuels industry sitting around the table, bashing heads if necessary, to come together with what's in the national interest. Now is that too much to ask for?"
In this report: Bob Gordon, executive director of Renewable Fuels Australia
Thursday, 04/09/2008
The Premier's Fuel Summit is on as we speak, with about 120 participants at the talkfest in Launceston.Amongst them is renewable fuels advocate, Bob Gordon, who's flown in from Canberra today to put the case for better planning for what he believes is the inevitable decline of petrol and diesel and the rise of biofuels and other renewables.However, Bob Gordon says it's time to acknowledge that fuel supply is in crisis, there are already major implications for primary industry, and future fuel shocks are almost certain.Bob Gordon says Australia has the capacity to match the deficit in oil with renewable fuels."We have a significant capacity in Australia to produce gaseous alternatives fuels, LPG, and biofuels, ethanol and biodiesel, sustainable without making them a risk to food sources so we have time up our sleeve, but we don't know how much time, so it's in our interest to take these steps as quickly as we possibly can."Bob Gordon says the only way of deploying alternative fuels in the short-term will be via government mandates."It requires governments, state and federal and the oil companies and the alternative fuels industry sitting around the table, bashing heads if necessary, to come together with what's in the national interest. Now is that too much to ask for?"
In this report: Bob Gordon, executive director of Renewable Fuels Australia
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