Editor:

The government鈥檚 announcement of $17 million to help get B.C. consumers into clean energy vehicles is something that our group, B.C. Citizens for Green Energy (BCCGE), applauds and fully supports.

Making clean energy transportation options more affordable for consumers, and getting more electric, hydrogen and natural gas powered vehicles on the road, along with the necessary infrastructure to support the initiative, is a good thing.

To achieve a net gain from reduced tailpipe emissions, we also need to ensure that the electricity powering these clean energy vehicles is coming from renewable clean energy sources, rather than from imported coal fired electricity.

That鈥檚 why BCCGE, has encouraged the province to stay the course with the current policy of electricity self-sufficiency and to support the jobs that renewable energy development can create. Our group has also encouraged members of the public who share our concern to write to their respective MLA鈥檚 and make their view known. If B.C. wants to remain a climate change and clean energy leader, then we are going to have to meet increased electricity demand with renewable clean energy.

David Field

Burnaby