There
appeared to be an “Eagerness for action and participation,” according to one
audience member at Friday’s Slap Energy Forum at Mooroopna’s Westside
auditorium.
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| Slap Tomorrow president, John Pettigrew. |
The Melbourne audience member, one of more than 200 people at the forum said,
“It’s wonderful and offers much hope”.
“I was so pleased that time was given to really explore things, especially
through audience questions,” she said.
Friday night’s event was organized by the Shepparton-based group, Slap Tomorrow
and was dedicated to reviewing and considering future energy options for this
region.
The speakers were Dr Mark Deisendorf, of the University NSW, Dr Gordon Rodgers, Director of Applied Horticultural Research and David Coote a bioenergy lecturer at the University of Melbourne.
They told the audience that renewable energy was no longer a utopian dream, but a realistic option for the Goulburn Valley.
All said the necessary infrastructure was readily available “off the shelf” and had already been implemented successfully in many parts of the world.
Thinker, comedian and advisor to the Melbourne Sustainability Society Institute, Rod Quantock oversaw proceedings and opened with a whiteboard presentation that enabled him to illustrate his unpredictable comic style, but convey a powerful message about the damage our present life-style is causing to the earth.
The question and answer session allowed many to question the speakers, including GV community Energy’s CEO, Geoff Lodge, who joined the panel to introduce local knowledge and experience into the session.
Slap Tomorrow chairman, Mr John Pettigrew, said the key messages from the night were:
Why not create local jobs and maintain economic activity here in the Goulburn Valley, rather than support jobs in Gippsland and have profits flow not just out of our region, but in many cases overseas?
How we could replace base-load power with a mix of renewable options, including large and small scale solar, bio-energy, gasification and fermentation.
Renewable options are getting cheaper and in many cases have a capital return inside seven years.
The fact that the Goulburn Valley has the resources available to feed these renewable options, sunlight and a rich variety of waste lines.
Mr Pettigrew said it is plainly obvious that the Goulburn Valley has the personal and technical resources to readily adapt to a renewable energy industry.
Slap Tomorrow’s next event on Wednesday, December 17, will see the artist responsible for the “Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse”, Penny Byrne discuss reasons for the Shepparton Art Museum owned four-piece sculpture with the University of Melbourne’s, Prof Kate Auty.
The speakers were Dr Mark Deisendorf, of the University NSW, Dr Gordon Rodgers, Director of Applied Horticultural Research and David Coote a bioenergy lecturer at the University of Melbourne.
They told the audience that renewable energy was no longer a utopian dream, but a realistic option for the Goulburn Valley.
All said the necessary infrastructure was readily available “off the shelf” and had already been implemented successfully in many parts of the world.
Thinker, comedian and advisor to the Melbourne Sustainability Society Institute, Rod Quantock oversaw proceedings and opened with a whiteboard presentation that enabled him to illustrate his unpredictable comic style, but convey a powerful message about the damage our present life-style is causing to the earth.
The question and answer session allowed many to question the speakers, including GV community Energy’s CEO, Geoff Lodge, who joined the panel to introduce local knowledge and experience into the session.
Slap Tomorrow chairman, Mr John Pettigrew, said the key messages from the night were:
Why not create local jobs and maintain economic activity here in the Goulburn Valley, rather than support jobs in Gippsland and have profits flow not just out of our region, but in many cases overseas?
How we could replace base-load power with a mix of renewable options, including large and small scale solar, bio-energy, gasification and fermentation.
Renewable options are getting cheaper and in many cases have a capital return inside seven years.
The fact that the Goulburn Valley has the resources available to feed these renewable options, sunlight and a rich variety of waste lines.
Mr Pettigrew said it is plainly obvious that the Goulburn Valley has the personal and technical resources to readily adapt to a renewable energy industry.
Slap Tomorrow’s next event on Wednesday, December 17, will see the artist responsible for the “Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse”, Penny Byrne discuss reasons for the Shepparton Art Museum owned four-piece sculpture with the University of Melbourne’s, Prof Kate Auty.
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