George Marshall last
night encouraged those at a Shepparton lecture to do what they could to slow or
stop exploration for oil, gas or coal.
Interesting, about the same time the Warrnambool Standard has
reported that one of Victoria’s biggest onshore gas fields has been flagged in
the south-west by a company which wants the state government to lift a ban on
drilling.
The story: “Lake Oils wants leeway to tap south-west reserves” reports that Lakes Oil is confident it can tap into potential
reserves north of Warrnambool and Port Fairy with conventional techniques rather
than controversial fracking.
Marshall, a climate change communication specialist, was in
Shepparton to talk about why we are wired to ignore the climate change message.
Although not professing to understand the broad concept of
resolving climate change, in answering an audience question about “What do we
do now?” he urged people to do all they could to end fossil fuels exploration.
Known fossil fuel reserves in the world have the potential,
if dug up and burnt, to drive the world into catastrophic climate change.
George Marshall, who visited Shepparton courtesy of
Psychology for a Safe Climate and the Sustainable Living Foundation, spoke at
the University of Melbourne’s Rural School of Academic Health lecture theatre
at a forum organized by the Shepparton-based Slap Tomorrow.
George researched and wrote the book: “Don’t Even Think About It: Why our brains a wired to ignore climate change”.
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