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"The head of energy policy in the world’s fourth biggest economy says the
fossil fuel industry is spending billions of dollars each year promoting its
own technologies and demonising renewables, far more than the wind, solar and
battery storage industries combined.
David Hochschild, the chair of the California Energy Commission, who leads
energy policy in the world’s fourth biggest economy, says the renewables
industry needs to learn how to stand and fight against the more than $US4
billion ($A5.7 billion) spent each year by the fossil fuel industry on
communications and public affairs.
“Solar is the single biggest investment on the global electric grid annually,”
Hothschild told a Climate Week event in Sydney on Monday.
“It’s in excess of half a trillion dollars, and we’re just getting started. The
prices are still coming down. We’re going to win, but we want to win fast, and
so I think we have to push back against a tidal wave of hostile messaging
coming at us.
“You know, I just got this statistic a few weeks ago in the United States, the
fossil fuel industry budget for Communications and Public Affairs is $US4
billion a year.
“The entire renewable energy industry is $US150 million okay … we’re getting
outspent like 27 to one … And so we have a lot of work just to get the message
out about the basic facts.”
Hothschild says the fossil fuel industry is desperately fighting for its
existence, and cited the extraordinary progress of solar and battery storage –
including in Australia – as a prime example.
Bowen had said earlier that Australian had taken 10 years to put in the first
six gigawatt-hours of household storage, and eight months to put in the second
six gigawatt-hours of household storage.
Hothschild cited similar accelerations in China."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
