The Sustainable Hour's video: Tim Forcey s presentation at Geelong Sustainability s Climate Action event

26 August 2020 Tim Forcey is an independent energy researcher and advisor, formerly an energy advisor with the University of Melbourne and a former engineer with BHP. He worked 15 years with Exxon Mobil and 15 years with BHP’s oil and gas division as Sr Advisor Facilities and Operations, including Bass Strait / Gippsland and Long Island Point / Westernport, with Jemena as Commercial Manager for the Queensland Coal Seam Gas Pipeline, with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) as Gas Planning Principal and as an energy-systems researcher with the University of Melbourne. . . . Quotes from Tim Forcey's Westernport submission: "Some Victorians spend billions of dollars every year on gas. But some other Victorians have worked out there are cheaper options. Heat your homes with your reverse-cycle air con – it is a renewable-heat harvesting heat pump. Heat your water also with a heat pump. Get your homes off gas and save billions. No gas import terminal needed." "Demand for gas in eastern Australia is falling. Households and businesses are switching off gas and turning to more cost-effective alternatives including energy-efficiency measures and fuel-switching to renewable-heat and renewable-electricity based energy services. The Victorian government's proposed fossil-fuel infrastructure project will have significant and damaging environmental and climate change impacts. Gas is an uneconomic energy source in many applications. Steps are already being taken by Victorian households and businesses to reduce gas use and to implement cost-saving energy-efficiency and fuel-switching solutions. Remarkably, even AGL, via its webpages, is informing its residential customers that gas is a poor economic and environmental choice. With expanded efforts to move households and businesses away from uneconomic and damaging fossil gas and on to more cost-effective energy-efficiency measures and renewable-heat / renewable-electricity based energy services, this and other proposed fossil-gas expansion projects become unnecessary." . . . The Age - 26 August 2015: 'Heat pump' tech could save Victorian homes up to $658 a year on gas: report "Thousands of Victorian households are missing out on cheaper bills because they are not using their already installed reverse cycle air conditioners to heat their homes as an alternative to gas systems." https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/heat-pump-tech-could-save-victorian-homes-up-to-658-a-year-on-gas-report-20150825-gj7gzt.html . . . AGL: Is your house ready for a new energy future? Renovating or building your home? Get ahead of what’s next in energy efficiency with independent energy advisor, Tim Forcey. "Growing up during the 1970s energy crisis in America, Tim Forcey watched his parents insulate their hot water heaters and double-glaze their windows – and became fascinated by energy efficiency. After taking this passion into his engineering career, and now working as an independent energy advisor, Tim shares his insights on what’s next – and why tried and tested methods are still worth doing." https://discover.agl.com.au/energy/house-ready-new-energy-future/