HOT air powers Sydney:
THE City of Sydney has become Australia’s first “carbon neutral” government. It will spend about $2.5 million a year buying wind power to offset the electricity and fuel used to power council offices and public amenities including street lights, pools and libraries.
How happy the local taxpayers must be…
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Some may not consider $2.5M a burden on local taxpayers of a local government with cash reserves of $297M . It is good to see a government in Australia interested enough in the future of its residents and the global community to minimise the impacts potentially catastrophic climate change and invest in cleaner energy sources much the way London is doing (for which it should be commended).