FOSSIL FUEL CLAIM OUT OF TOUCH WITH COMMUNITY

THYS Heyns, the author of the opinion piece (GA 18/05), was the chief operating officer of Viva Energy until March 2021, a fact not disclosed in his piece.

Given his former employer, he unsurprisingly perpetuated the myth that more fossil fuels are needed to save us from the crisis that fossil fuels created.

This is not in line with what the community wants.

In a recent poll, the ACF found that in Corio and Corangamite 70 per cent of people believe benefits they will receive from greater action on climate change outweigh any costs involved. Darcy Dunn, Hamlyn Heights, Geelong Renewables Not Gas Campaigner