The experts are cautioning Australians not to romanticise their old lives since much of our normal lives were environmentally unfriendly- and points to last summer’s bushfire crisis as a perfect example of this.
The federal government’s renewable energy targets and emissions cuts have been a raging debating ground for years now.
We’re going to need an all levels of society approach to really re-making our energy system, thinking perhaps more after this crisis.
We need to couch them in terms of: if we really do transform our societies, can we do this in a direction that delivers a cleaner society, better environmental outcomes, more employment, and healthier lifestyles
