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22 Dec 01:19pm

Filed under: Climate Change, Environment, Government, Green Loans, Green Start, Mismanagement

I am a big supporter of energy efficiency initiatives and want to see all Australian homes retrofitted with energy and dollar saving technologies from blocking up drafts, solar hot water and insulation to double glazing.

It all looked so promising…

It is a no brainer in a world desperate to reduce fossil fuel emissions and power bills to roll out a national energy efficiency scheme to reduce costs to the planet and to the householder. But Green Start is not the way to proceed. Australia needs a National Energy Efficiency Target like the Renewable Energy Target that is a market based mechanism delivered by the private sector according to clear rules set by government. I agree with Minister Combet that it is not a good idea to throw good money after bad.

So what went so wrong with the Rudd government’s Green Loans election promise of 2007?

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John Parry says:

08:05am | 11/03/11

Well, it works for me! Free electricity (and enough extra to pay my gas bill and water bill too) for the next 6 years! Thanks Kev and the greenies. But don’t worry, the bleeding heart, tree-hugging, leftie brigade will still steal an enormous chunk of my income this year. I’ll… Read more »
Troy says:

01:59pm | 17/01/11

@Jotun, we are probably lucky Labor did run this sceme as if the Greens ran it, it would still be running and bankrupting the country all in the name of Global Warming. It is spectacular the utter incompetence of the Labor Government lead by the nose by the minority Greens. Read more »

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