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22 July 2008
Over a Barrel - a new vision needed
This article, first published in the Dominion Post on Monday
21 July 2008, suggests how New Zealand should respond to continuing
how oil prices, and the threat of further oil price rises and supply
restrictions.
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PDF (~7KB)
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29 February 2008
Sustainable Transport Submission
SEF submission on the Ministry of Transport's "Sustainable Transport"
discussion document. This document is part of the process of updating
the New Zealand Transport Strategy.
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PDF (~662KB) |
6 February 2008
Transport, Oil and Climate Change: Agenda 2008
A briefing paper sent to political parties about transport issues,
and their context, heading into the 2008 General Election.
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PDF (~554KB) |
31 January 2008
SEF submission on the Biofuels Bill.
Also available is the Appendix
to the submission.
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PDF (~454KB) |
10 November 2007
The Future of Oil.
Oil prices have grown strongly since 2004, and recently spiked over
US $90 per barrel. Speculation, international politics, exchange rate
changes, and the risk of terrorism and war have all played a part. But
the basic reason is that world oil production has not grown since 2006,
while demand continues to increase.
This article was first published by the Dominion Post on Friday
2 November 2007.
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PDF (~12KB) |
15 July 2007
SEF Submission on proposed changes to the Building Code and Compliance
Documents on energy efficiency of hot water systems and HVAC systems.
This submission has been prepared by the Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF)
and comments on the proposed changes to hot water systems. SEF is a
broad organisation. This submission is the result of discussion amongst
members and reflects a consensus. However it may not necessarily take
into account the views of every member.
SEF supports the concept of applying a standard to a whole design rather
than just to individual components, although, in some cases, better
component standards are also required.
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PDF (~488KB) |
3 April 2007
Submission on the Government’s Energy and Climate Change Policy
Documents
SEF’s submission on the Government’s suite of energy and
climate change policy documents focuses on the draft New Zealand Energy
Strategy (NZES) and New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
(NZEECS), but also covers the relationship between energy policy, land
use, and climate change.
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PDF (~386KB) |
10 March 2007
Report on the Sustainable Energy Forum / Energy Federation of New
Zealand Seminar on Government Energy Policy, 16 February 2007.
This report contains material which may be useful to those preparing
submissions on the Government's suite of energy policy documents. As
long as the authorship of the presentations is acknowledged, you are
welcome to use material from this report in your submission. The presentations
to this event are also available online (on the Energy Federation web
site).
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Word (~67KB)
PDF (~145KB) |
19 December 2006
Peak Oil: A Major Issue for New Zealand
The peak in world conventional oil production is fast approaching,
and New Zealand isn’t ready for it. In this document, the SEF
Transport and Oil Working Group recommends policies the Government should
adopt to meet the challenge of Peak Oil, and also suggests measures
that individuals can take to prepare for it. (This is a revised and
updated version of our document “Peak Oil: An Urgent Issue for
New Zealand”, from July 2005.)
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PDF (~60KB) |
9 November 2006
This SEF submission highlights the way in which many responses proposed
to deal with a short-term oil supply disruption could also be valuable
to reduce our present high dependence on oil for transport.
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PDF (~45KB) |
29 August 2006
New Thinking Needed on Land Transport
A SEF delegation put forward this presentation when meeting with Minister
of Transport Hon Annette King on 5 July 2006 to discuss the state and
future of land transport in New Zealand.
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PDF (~113KB) |
14 August 2006
SEF response to the Terms of Reference for the New Zealand Energy
Strategy
The Ministry of Economic Development recently released the Terms
of Reference for the New Zealand Energy Strategy. This is SEF's
response to the Ministry's Key Questions about the development of the
NZES.
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PDF (~47KB) |
2 March 2006
SEF Submission on the Climate Change Policy Review.
This SEF submission to the Minister for Climate Change Issues, Hon.
David Parker, is in response to the recent Cabinet Climate Change Policy
Review paper. The Cabinet paper (January 2006) can be viewed at www.climatechange.govt.nz/resources/cabinet/cbc-05-394.html
and the Review to which it refers (November 2005) at www.climatechange.govt.nz/resources/reports/policy-review-05/index.html.
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