WA has huge wind and solar energy resources, so why isn’t the Government using them?
Only the well-off bought into solar energy with government subsidies. Now everyone else has to pay top price for our energy.
Wind turbines and solar panels and other alternatives are clean energy, unlike coal seam gas that may leak greenhouse gases, or contaminate the water table or pollute the soil and threaten future food supplies.
The health of our water and soil should be a concern for everyone.
It is time the Government realised that land is not a profit trophy to hand over to overseas corporations. Land and water are the centre of our very existence.
But coal seam gas is not essential to our being and long-term future.
The State Government has the responsibility to manage land and water use and control access.
Bad-risk explorations have not been adequately weighed up against the long-term cost that may come in future.
How will government inspect thousands of wells and enforce proper disposal of polluted water from any potential leaks during the process?
Will this be left to self-monitoring as in the past? Who will pay for the clean-up when wells run dry?
There are many other alternatives such as wave energy and some sources not even thought of yet. The State needs to exercise a duty of care and control instead of just looking at immediate profits, much of which is going overseas.