Originally Posted by
Daytr
Well at least you corrected yourself NeopoleII as it certainly wasn't a left agenda to stop these projects.
Not all 'green' power generation makes sense and is not always that green in respect the impact on the environment. i.e. building a massive dam on a river obviously has a huge impact on the river system and down stream, let alone flooding a massive area.
I know someone who builds hydro schemes for a living and he had big doubts about the viability of the Kaipara project in regards how many turbines they would need etc and he specializes in turbines. In saying that the wind mills on the Waitaks seems to make sense to me.
I would suggest it is a National agenda to suppress alternative energy, particularly private solar, otherwise they would implement supportive policy and ensure that power put back into the grid was paid at a much better rate than it is. The government obviously has a massive interest in the current providers, let alone protecting the returns to their shareholder mates. They have shown a complete disregard for environment and have no effective policy in regards climate change, in fact have promoted fossil fuel exploitation, mining and cut the budget to DOC. Hardly a government that is green at all!