Commercial Determinants Drive Political Determinants of Health in a Neoliberal Society; Comment on “Energy as a Social and Commercial Determinant of Health: A Qualitative Study of Australian Policy”

Commercial Determinants Drive Political Determinants of Health in a Neoliberal Society; Comment on “Energy as a Social and Commercial Determinant of Health: A Qualitative Study of Australian Policy”

Energy policies have a major impact on the health and wellbeing of the population. However, Australia’s energy policies rarely consider health and wellbeing in their policies. In Australia and in many other countries, energy policies, while developed by governments, are heavily influenced by commercial entities within the fossil fuel industry. This means that Australia’s energy policy does not reflect what climate science tells us is necessary f…