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Alternative Fuel & Technology Summit


NRMA Alternative Fuel & Technology Summit

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NRMA Alternative Fuel & Technology Summit

To build on the findings of the Jamison Group report, NRMA hosted the second NRMA Alternative Fuel & Technology Summit on 3 March 2010.

Key decision makers and stakeholders were brought together to identify ways of overcoming the obstacles that are currently hindering the development and production of alternative fuels and technologies – and to help determine a concrete plan to progress them.

NRMA President Wendy Machin began the day by highlighting the following findings of the Jamison Group Report:

  • The widening gap between oil demand and local oil production
  • That there is no single solution to the challenge of providing alternative fuels for passenger vehicles
  • That there is a need to reduce oil dependence and carbon emissions
  • That passenger transport options must be affordable
  • There is a need for urgent action to address the economic, energy and environmental security issues. 

The key themes to emerge from the Summit include the need for:

  • Strategic action to develop Alternative Fuels and Technology at a national level – There was a strong call for urgent and collective action to progress the issues at a government level (strategic level), to create top down drivers for change that will enable a range of options to be developed (the "silver buckshot” approach). The call was for this national approach to incorporate specific measures such as targets and incentives.
  • Education campaign – A strong call to raise awareness in the community to create greater consumer and public pressure to drive a national agenda.
  • NRMA to make energy security an election issue. You can read this media release here.
  • Read the Summit outcomes.
  • Watch the keynote addresses from the Summit (coming soon).
  • Read presentations from the Summit.
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