Week 3.2 - Renewable Energy

In the near future, the world is due for a quantum shift in relation to its primary energy resource. The rate of global oil consumption is unsustainable, and as it is a non-renewable resource, this action, or lack of, neglects bigger picture issues. A more strategic approach is needed in relation to investing into renewable resources, even if it is currently less economically feasible. In Australia, the long term viability of our cities is dependent upon government initiatives to overhaul traditional systems and infrastructure in order to utilise the indefinite amounts of sun, wind and wave energy unique to our massive content. Such decisions require significant amounts of funding, however delaying action only serves to delay the inevitable. We shouldn't have to wait until we are forced into action when the writing is already on the wall. The government will have to 'bite the bullet,' so to speak, at one point or another, and the early it does so, the greater the long term benefits.