'Thoughtful and provocative' advice, but a little misleading

“Thoughtful and provocative” are two words to describe the recent National Press Club appearance in Canberra by Nobel Laureate and Former US Secretary of Energy.

Dr Steven Chu, who talked with the Press Club about “Global Energy and the Climate Challenge”, seemed, however, to overlook or ignore and couple of important points.

He appeared excited about the potentialities of fracking and what he described as “tight and gas” by overlooked what Richard Heinberg had written about in his 2013 book,”Snake Oil: How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future”.

If humanity is serious about avoiding catastrophic climate change, most of the fossil fuel resources we already know about, need to stay where they are, in the ground.

However, the general message from Dr Chu needs to be absorbed and what is learned applied to Australia.