Good job. Something does smell with this anti 1080 org.One does wonder is orgs like the NRA is funding/ advising them. A lot of these fanatics are hunters.
Man charged over threatening anti-1080 letters
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Good job. Something does smell with this anti 1080 org.One does wonder is orgs like the NRA is funding/ advising them. A lot of these fanatics are hunters.
Man charged over threatening anti-1080 letters
Decision might not be far away. He's admitted today he didnt even read the full report. Toughest decision in his life apparently. And he only read the bits he wanted. So much for throwing the poor officials under the bus - its all on ILG shoulders now. No wonder he likes to hide behind pillars - but he cant hide for ever
According to this govt organaisation 4 completed properties (https://www.hud.govt.nz/residential-...-our-progress/) only 99,996 to go.
Another bad few days for Twyford - remember when Labour promised "To avoid buyers reaping windfall gains, a condition of sale will require them to hand back any capital gain if sold on within 5 years." Well, looks like the five years has been wound back to three years. And the capital gain exposure is now only 30%. Strange how the realities of life strike home after the elections. All those wooly thoughts going out the door now.
Adern has real problems. Two ministers gone. Lees-Galloway will be next. Twyford out of his dept. And then there is Megan Woods operating in some galaxy far far away from here.
While happy to bin all exploration of oil reserves she relying on storing energy. Doesn't know how. But trust her she knows what she is doing. So what are her plans. Our future needs just requires 4 and a bit wind farms built a year. Well they can do four affordable homes so obviously four wind farms will be achievable.
But just how much energy is she going to store. 6 terawatt hours. That's not much if you say it fast. Its kind of like a MegaWatt which is not too far off a Gigawatt. Easy peasy.
So lets look at Australia who have the worlds largest storage facility. It can do a whole 129MWh. (https://www.energy-storage.news/news...ls-boring-hats)
Now lets get your calculators out. Trust her. Megan is relying on 6,000,000 MWh of storage. So that is 46,500 similar facilities built in NZ.
But Megan is confident. She was at the opening of a 2MWh research site (https://www.energy-storage.news/news...y-storage-faci). The only challenge is that it needs to be scaled 3,000,000 times.
Its scary times indeed.
If that's the plan ... you notice that the Tesla battery farm has a diesel backup generator which basically is just a small oil burning power station (but a BIG diesel ...). Looking forward to get 46.500 of these into New Zelaand - this will make our air clean and green - cough, cough, cough ...
Some on hear are so scared of the future,and totally blind to the fact ,that we must adapt and change with the times,adapt or perish,embrace the new,or invent new solutions,we cant just keep moving to the next" valley" and stuff that up .
Nobody here is scared of the future per se, JT. It is just - we are afraid of the future our current bunch of leaders might get us into.
Take an example - if you are sitting in a bus, you notice the driver has no clue what she is doing and you can't get off - you probably would be afraid, wouldn't you?
But than, the sweet thought of safely reaching your desired destination would be the least of your worries - wouldn't it? You might worry much more about the bus going over a cliff or turning into the oncoming traffic.
Good thing is - bus drivers need to be qualified. Bad thing is - politicians don't.
I see one leader adapting and leading by example.
The other leader? Dead man driving off a cliff.
Hee. Consensus is the coalition has worked well together, disappointed all the predictions about it falling apart and James Shaw has made a great impression all-round.
I agree, We've heard so much from the chicken little sky is falling climate change alarmists you can just see the fear coming from all their pores.
Thats exactly what I have been saying. I'm pleased you have been paying attention. We will adapt and so will the our grandchildren who will know no different.
Perish? not much evidence of that happening any time soon. Theres only so much you can do to survive a meteor strike or zombie apocalypse.Some of us thrill at new inventions and embrace thenew. Its kinda nice to know, though that the new is tried, tested and true.
What isn't such a good idea is turning off the current energy supplies with no idea of how to replace it. And those charged with the future obviously have no clue on what it is they are doing - now that is something to be scared of.
I worry for our environment - I dont want to see it covered in windfarms - one of the biggest blights on our natural landscapes in modern times. Nor do I particularly want the worlds rare earth metals exploited to extinction just to make batteries. And I worry for our grandchildren living in an energy poor society, where their forebears stopped the use of abundant resources while at the same time failing to come up with alternative means of generation. For example electric trains and electric cars are going to suck the life blood out of our electricity generation and not a word on suitable replacements
Will Cindy continue to defend the indefensible Immigration Minister who has admitted he did not read the file and took him less than one hour to decide on the "most difficult decision" he's ever made ?
She told us to read between the line but it now appears the Minister did not read what was on the lines.
Then she, Winnie and other Ministers have blatantly lied and tried to blame National for letting him in, when the facts are he got a visitors visa in 2003 and residency mid 2008, under Labour/NZF Government.
Ian Lees Galloway is a dead man walking and the longer this drags out, the weaker Cindy looks as she once again does not act decisively when Minsters stuff up.
Good to see Jacinda’s special team is on to it —
It will focus on building New Zealanders' skills, accelerating regions, attracting high-quality investment and "unleashing" small businesses.
A good start from these business guru’s .....can they turn buzzwords that make Jacinda excited into reality
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/108...ons-investment