CLIMATE CHANGE:
Australian teenage environmental activist Scomo Turdberg has welcomed an initiative of the ACT Government to refer to natural gas as “fossil gas” or “methane” to better indicate its origin and composition in a bid to raise awareness of it contribution to climate change.
ACT energy minister Shane Rattenbury said the change would better communicate to consumers the gas’s environmental impact.
“Because it’s called natural gas, it’s perceived as a solution for climate change rather than a driver,” he said.
Ms Turdberg, a previous winner of The Bug’s Australian of the Year Award for her environmental activism including her How good is carbon! campaign (below), said she wanted to extend Mr Rattenbury’s idea by renaming other resources.
“For instance I think oil should get a new name,” she said. “I’ve done a lot of research – mainly by watching a lot of old black-and-white TV shows from the 1960s – and I recommend that from now on oil should be called black gold or Texas tea. That would totally change its public image.
“Another material we need to rename is coal. It’s composed largely of sulphur, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen so I suggest we start using an acronym referencing those elements.
“I think people would be happy to learn that the electricity they use in their home or business was coming from a sonch-fired power station.
“A change of name would mean a complete change in public attitude. People would soon learn that there is no reason to afraid of sonch.
“I’ve even made a prototype of a children’s plush toy which I call Sonchie (main picture) so that future generations get the message loud and clear from a very early age,” Ms Turdberg said.
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