THOUGHT LEADER
The Flint Forum recently gathered a panel of production energy experts to discuss the promise – and challenges – of running sets on zero-emissions energy. Founder Neal Romanek reports on the key takeaways
T he most important sustainability choice we can make right now is to eliminate fossil fuels from our energy supply. The use of plastics is bad, water pollution is bad, and biodiversity destruction is bad – but if you want to do one thing to make the biggest difference in the shortest amount of time, it’s cutting out all fossil fuels. Kicking fossil fuels out of your life can be a challenge when you’re stuck with a power infrastructure you may not have
a lot of control over. If your premises are heated by methane (aka natural gas), you can make an investment into electric heating – if you’ve got it in the budget. But if the electricity you have access to is generated by fossil fuels, you may have to focus on political change before you get infrastructure change. If you’re working in production, however, you’re faced with plenty of opportunities for lowering your carbon emissions. The complexity of film
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