The social, environmental, political and economic follow-on from oil's increasing price and the consequent changing forms and sources of our consumer energy supplies, are going to directly affect us all.

The challenge, whether we are individuals, companies, organisations or political parties, will be to build the most positive strategies we can, to maintain, and hopefully improve, our way of life.

In 2005 FTA established an Energy Group to collect the most credible information available on the emerging energy challenge, and present it to you in the most unbiased way we can. The outcome of this group's work can be viewed on www.newzealandenergy.org.  Where there is uncertainty and debate (and there is plenty), we have tried to provide both sides, so you can make up your own mind based on the best information we can find for you. This group's work has now been completed, and the website is not being updated.  However, because of the importance of the energy issue, we will continue to monitor events and will post new, relevant information on this site, whenever we find it.

Phil Hart's Energy Balance paper ,  April 2008 is worth reading