| A lack of ambition in New Zealand to do anything serious about climate change irritates Ralph Sims. "New Zealand should support more public transport, encourage more freight off road, by rail or coastal shipping, substitute woody biomass instead of coal for heating in industry and buildings," he says.
"The Kiwi car culture could be supported, but only for more efficient vehicles such as hybrids and electric vehicles. Thirty per cent of car trips are less than 2 kilometres, so cycles, including electric ones, will become more common." Professor Ralph Sims is a science panel member of Climate Change Mitigation, and he is Massey University's director for the Centre for Energy Research in the School of Engineering and Technology...............................................Full Article: Source |