EWCA Discussion Board

By Jeramy Webb (ISI ‘66-’68)
EWCA Brisbane Chapter

Petrol prices are reaching around $1.60 per litre in Australia and in New Zealand, when I was there, they had reached $2 a litre.

Now a lot of politicians around the world want to increase the production of ethanol to reduce dependence on oil and reduce the tax on petrol. But policies are badly misguided. The reasons are pretty clear. Firstly, given the world is inexorably running out of oil there is no better way to push people into substitutes than to let the price push them. Continue Reading »

Our deepest sympathy goes out to all of those affected by the recent tragedies in both Myanmar and China. Our thoughts are with the EWCA alumni and their families, along with everyone in the region and hope for a speedy recovery.

For those who would like to contribute to the relief effort in these areas there are several organizations accepting donations including, but not limited to: Mercy Corps, World Vision, Direct Relief International, and Operation USA. Please see their websites for more information.

By Dr. Noel Kent ( ‘67, ‘74 )

As an EWC alum and someone deeply concerned about climate change, I am wondering if we alumni can push, prod, make some proposals to the Center to focus on the impacts of China/India fossil fuel emissions in the years to come and help stimulate work on new technologies to be shared between our nations. What do you think?

The issue

Global warming is on course to become the most important issue facing the countries of the Asia Pacific region this century. The effects of unprecedented rapid climatic warming – are already a serious regional problem.

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