Broken Gas Cox
At last week’s council meeting Councillor Kasby proposed a modest motion seeking a preliminary report on costs and options to reduce and ultimately eliminate council’s own dependence on fossil gas for their own operations. That sounds really quite uncontroversial, doesn’t it? In 2023 … in this very climate-ravaged and vulnerable community … it really should be a no-brainer! We listened to the “debate” which laboured and lumbered on for about an hour. We can’t recommend it but it is available in the council web pages if you have a sufficiently serene disposition. Firstly the positives. Well known and respected medical practitioner and climate advocate, Dr Kim Loo, gave an authoritative account of the health impacts of indoor combustion of fossil gas in cookers and heating appliances. Councillor Kasby advocated for the motion eloquently and defended it valiantly from attacks on multiple fronts. Councillor Tracey seconded the motion and spoke well in support of it including drawing t