Public meeting to discuss sustainable energy solutions
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will address a public meeting tonight to discuss the energy crisis, the
reasons behind it and how future crises can be avoided.
Ms Fitzsimons, a former Auckland University lecturer in energy planning and publisher of numerous energy articles since
late the 1970s, said the energy crisis should not be a surprise after decades of unsustainable energy policies and
practices and a culture of electricity waste.
Recent Government announcements to ensure reserve power generation won't go far enough to avoid future energy crises,
said Ms Fitzsimons.
"Electricity demand grew at five percent in the last year. If that keeps up we have to double to whole system in just 14
years and then quadruple it in 28. No rate if building new supply can keep up with that.
"We need a 'power shift' from fossil fuels to renewables, from waste to conservation and from profit seeking to the
common good."
What: Public Meeting: 'Why do we have an electricity crisis - and what should we do about it?'
When: Thursday, 5 June. 7.30pm
Where: Our City Cnr Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street.