TRANSPORT IS A KEY

S. WRIGHT is correct. A net-zero 2030 target must have a strong emphasis on the transport sector (“Integrated solution”, October 19). Tasmania’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report, 2021 shows that the transport sector accounts for 22 per cent of the state’s emissions, has increased by 17 per cent since 1990 and continues to rise.

With its excess of renewable energy and compact size, Tasmania has to be the state best suited to electric vehicles.

The federal government’s 2021 Future Fuels Strategy reports, for example, that “Only in South Australia and Tasmania does driving a battery electric vehicle have a significantly lower emissions impact than a hybrid.”

Similarly, the new trackless trams,

being trialled in Perth, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast, should be part of Tasmania’s transport policy. Because they are much cheaper and quicker to commission than light rail, trackless trams are ideal for cities that lack population density or accessibility to significant capital funding.

With the right policy settings and incentives, an electrified Tasmanian transport system could easily be a reality in the coming decade.

Ray Peck Hawthorn, Vic

GIVE THE PM A BREAK

WILL people like Peter Boyer ever realise 2050 is a number? For years those he classes as deniers have kept an even handed sane approach to earth’s climate change. His zealots deny coal must be phased out as a power generator but want it dumped today.

He denies or has no interest or knowledge about moving Australia to so called world standards. Just jump through the hoops!

Our PM has had plenty on his plate but has the strength to aim at keeping Australia prosperous while moving in an acceptable direction with the political stooges world wide. No easy street. So get coal power deniers to bring their troublemaking under control and for a big change support our federal government.

Ian Wallace Swansea