I have a NZ road map book that has places of Middle Earth marked on it alongside actual places in NZ. I think it's fair to say we're now a pastiche of Jackson's fantasy.
Shipley played the boys' game better so got less shit. Plus the left are never going to engage in that degree of sexist politics. But I do think that Australia, and Australian politics in particular is more overtly sexist than NZ. There's been some critism...
The party vote increased by 10,000 votes. That's the 41% increase.
Eighth with 404 comments was Karol’s post on Mana Internet Party relations following the Mana Party’s AGM in April when it formally decided to pursue a partnership with the Internet Party. She rightfully reserved judgment on the coalition’s prospects and ...
yep. But you have all those muddle NZers like PG to convince ;-) Or maybe just the ones in the Labour party.
and thus are we all sucked into the PG void.
Yes, your position is that fixing poverty is hard to do, but we should do it for economical reasons. :roll:
I think centralised is being used in two different ways in this conversation. "Transmission has slightly less redundancy, particularly the higher-voltage network going to the cook strait cables. But in the short term much of the shortfall could be ...
"There are no good ideas in the context of perpetual growth. I’ve said that before." ae, but to get to a post-perpetual growth world we have to change our relationship with the world, including how we think about resources. By all means build windfarms, ...
"You’re demanding that when that catastrophic failure happens then everything will continue on as if nothing happened and that’s got to be more delusional than our bloody financial system." And doubly go fuck yourself. I'm not demanding that at all and you...
"I know what you’re talking about and I’ve answered every question you’ve asked. Specifically you’re talking about every community having it’s own generation to build resilience." No you haven't, and no I'm not. So go stick your arrogance and your ...
"I am getting what you’re saying. It’s of no relevance." Fuck off Draco. And thanks for wasting everyone's time in a "I'm right and everyone else is wrong" one sided conversation. Pretty sure you have no idea what I'm talking about, given you've refused to...
This is exactly my point. True sustainability doesn't work via reductionist thinking. You have to look at the relationships and the context, think in systems. A steel spade that's made to last 100 years and is repairable is more sustainable than one that's...
"The visible anti-tr0lls are actually a small minority of those using blogs." Including the admins who ban you. How many sites you been banned on now? How many sites have banned me or any of the others calling you out on your behaviour? Spin it however you...
fossil fuels aren't the only thing that's not renewable.
I'll be relieved when PG eventually gets his inevitable ban, but really it's up to the moderators. In the meantime, there's always the smileys :roll: "Why is PG Trips given more latitude, allowances, benefit of the doubt, than other Pains in The Arses?" ...
"The visible anti-tr0lls are actually a small minority of those using blogs." Including the admins who ban you. How many sites you been banned on now? How many sites have banned me or any of the others calling you out on your behaviour? Spin it however you...
No you idiot, I consider that when an earthquake takes out a small chunk of the grid the rest of the grid will keep working. Are you really so stupid that you can’t understand that I’m NOT talking about putting all the generation in one small area? That it...
"please explain how the system is resilient when a single event like the Alpine Fault shifting can take out the SI power supply. I don’t meant supply to the SI, I mean supply from the SI." "Because it’s over the entire country and not just in Te Wai ...
which means they're not really sustainable as they rely on non-renewable resources.
"And in person you tend not to get anonymous/pseudonymous bravado." I've worked in groups a lot and and if you'd been behaving in any of those groups like you behave here, there'd be people telling you off just like they do here. Nothing to do with IDs.
"I know there’s some who would like me to disappear. I choose not to be harrassed off. Perhaps others need to look at how they operate. Or maybe deep down they appreciate an excuse to execute their pettiness." Yes, because everyone else, across multple ...
"[karol: moved from the “If the voice fits?” thread. I intended the warning about comments being moved, to be for anyone continuing to engage on the PG (off)topic. Maybe I should have been more clear on that.]" thanks karol. I hadn't taken it like that but...
Milt, do you think that Manapouri should have been raised then? Where's the limit on development? Or are you saying we can have perpetual growth and eventually build power generation wherever is possible irrespective of consequences?
Draco, please explain how the system is resilient when a single event like the Alpine Fault shifting can take out the SI power supply. I don't meant supply to the SI, I mean supply from the SI.
"And that applies to batweka. I am tired of seeing ...
"They’re not fragile nor particularly complex." He's talking about the system, not the turbines. What happens when the Alpine Fault shifts and we lose the SI power generation because it's centralised? As it stands at the moment, that's what's set to happen...
"Having an argument about machines in the landscape to provide electricity to enable life in the country, with locals who aren’t interested in anybody else’s but their own wants and needs, would be similar to the arguments with people not wanting ...
"By having power." They've already got electricity. How does a windfarm on the Lammerloors make any difference to that?
How is a local community having a say different to an individual power company having a say? It can still be planned nationally. "They’ll still get the benefit." How would the communities around the Lammermoors have benefited from a windfarm there?
"Can’t really do that due to the nature of renewables. Essentially, you have to have them spread out over a large area so as to maintain supply." Not sure what you meant there. Why can't a local community decide yes it wants a windfarm on it's hills, but ...
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