DPF on Kiwiblog passes on the Brown talking point that it was all about the oil and gas exploration ban. As if the governments return to the old policy - carbon carbon - cookie monster wants carbon - would fix it all. One little problem I am an expert so I...
That answer in parliament exposed Brown as unaware that the issue was not extra generation, but spare capacity (whether the occasional dry year or the calm autumn periods before the winter thermal became available). He has yet to absorb what Woods was ...
Oh stop lying. They are the claims of the Labour Government* on their Labour Party site. None have been disputed by you, or anyone else. Guess why ... * https://www.eeca.govt.nz/assets/EECA-Resources/Warmer-Kiwi-Homes-RetroFit-Map.pdf
His idea of the solution to the problem was more capacity, the issue was/is storage. If not Onslow what? Extra capacity (not used most of the year) is not the solution. Harbord told Morning Report MEUG had two concerns around the wider issue of electricity...
If the demand is predictable ... and the grid can allocate for it.
Maybe but the issue is longstanding concern to the energy industry - as are data centres. Vector They would have to build much more capacity than necessary, if EV charging was not smoothed out by Vector being empowered to schedule it. It was Vector's job ...
It would help if we had an Energy Minister who understood the facts. A few power plants were doing maintenance (no expectation of this level of cold at this time of year) and we have yet to get battery storage* to the level to cope with calm periods (...
If only someone placed a carbon tariff on tradable goods - and ensured an incentive to lower carbon use in production.
It requires battery storage to prevent lack of wind being a problem - Simeon Brown does not believe in such things - fortunately the grown ups in the system do.
For mine golf courses are ideal for little villages for older folk - and should be a Kainga Ora development. Half for such villages and half as a local park as the area around intensifies. The houses they leave free up first home sections for others - or ...
Can you back up those numbers with solid independent evidence? (i.e. not something lifted from the Labour Party website). When you disprove any one of them, I might bother. Go ahead. National never challenged any of it during the campaign.
A land of shepherds looking at stars. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/09/astronomer-hopes-new-zealand-can-achieve-dark-sky-nationhood/
They also had some power plants out for pre winter maintenance - because it was so warm May last year ... the unpredictability factor.
Sure, solar power from buildings can also be stored via battery. And as you note some areas have more sun and less wind and can have solar farms (SI - NE NI) Coast. With Onslow, it is cover for a dry hydro year - though it might not be needed if there was ...
Fact Check Most houses built since the 1970's. 13,000 public homes, the most of any Government since the 1950s. PGF. Plan for Water Infrastructure. Planning for better rail freight rail ferry interface. Looking at coastal shipping as part of disaster ...
Addressing concerns around power shortages heading into the winter, Andrew noted it was a "transitional issue" as the system moved to more renewable resources, such as wind. "It's colder, and there's less wind. We need more fast-start capacity on the ...
Who's who watch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Hassan_Yousef
Sort of - Onslow is cover for dry hydro years - whereas battery is storage for those calm days (cover for wind farms). An emerging problem is building more and more data centres in Auckland - pressure on the existing distribution network and also extra ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAPo0EMfdLw They should ask the retired and those working from home without children to get up a little later than usual. And then maybe water heating won't need to be turned off.
Apparently there is planned maintenance at some power stations also involved - coinciding with lack of wind and a cold period not being part of the now not convenient timing.
Back in 1973 POTUS told the Israeli PM there would be no arms supply if they attacked first (as they had in 1967). One wonders if the 'Rafah" policy will become a doctrine applied to block any future dahiya in Gaza? There have already been sanctions on a ...
The legacy of Oliver Twist. https://foodmatterslive.com/article/the-history-of-free-school-meals-in-the-uk-and-the-changes-needed/ Oz fast following us. https://theconversation.com/australian-schools-are-starting-to-provide-food-but-we-need-to-think-...
In the lower cost Oz, the guesstimate is $4. https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2022/08/16/parents-back-introduction-of-school-meals-in-australia/
National claims the problem of sufficiency of power supply increased under the past government and says the cause is the ban on new gas exploration. This is clearly wrong as the time from exploration to discovery and then to domestic supply of gas has a ...
Because it was what she said - as to being approached by angry people while she is not at work as MP. An MP can ask those who get angry in the office to leave. And there are others about. It sounds more that she does not want to talk about or be exposed to...
She would have already met people in the electorate office. No problems as far as anyone knows. People go to have a situation dealt with, not to argue policies. Though they can provide feedback as to impact of policy. The presence of others and the focus ...
I think an electorate that is 2/3rd Labour or Green is fairly untypical. It like some Wellington electorates has a larger Green vote than average and Labour would win the seat, if the Greens were not standing a candidate. The same applies as per Epsom and ...
No, the result of a survey of schools is not an anectdote. In comparison to countries who have been doing it longer, New Zealand’s school lunches programme seems decades ahead when it comes to progress on waste. A case study on Japan’s school lunch ...
This is no anectdote. Schools that offered hot lunches as opposed to cold lunches also saw little to no leftover meals. Sandwiches and cold lunches were frequently mentioned as being wasted. The wastage was less than in overseas programmes and thus quickly...
The hydro dams are OK atm, it's just the cold while the wind power generation is low - clam as. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/05/kiwis-told-to-reduce-power-on-friday-morning-as-country-facing-shortfall-of-electricity-cold-snap.html
Shared parenting - his turn with the kids.
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