It's helping them to have warmer, more energy efficient home for a start. At the end of paying the loan they have a warmer, drier, cheaper-to-run home, have paid no interest and will continue to benefit from the savings. So a lot more than nothing.
We are disagreeing over whether the debt is affordable. You are making the assumption that the savings in power couldn't be used to pay off the loan, that the income guarantee wouldn't improve the lot of those 'poorer/struggling' households that own their ...
So does consumer credit law apply to the provision of student loans, another interest free, government funded loan system?
no one's income will ever fall below $385 per week, after tax A very small amount, that happens to be more that what's currently offered. But no, you say the Greens overlook the 'poorer/struggling'.
That only applies to commercial lending practices which all involve interest. The Climate Emergency Response Fund would be the lender of the interest free loans, not banks. So when the Greens said: an initial focus on lower-income households. You saw that ...
Then there's their taxation policy with an income guarantee and a $10k threshold. All these policies overlap it's a bizarre claim that the 'poorer/struggling' have been overlooked, there's no one else offering more for the struggling, or for the planet. ...
If there is no interest on a loan it can be paid off slowly, there is no evidence these are to be means tested beyond having a regular income; the extra money to pay the loan is acquired through power saving from the increased thermal efficiency gained by ...
No interest means there isn't the pressure to service the loan above what is affordable and people will be able to get a grant of $6000 as well as the loan. Did you perhaps overlook all of this in the announcement? grants of up to $6000 to cover the cost ...
“The Clean Power Payment will deliver lower bills, more jobs, and cut climate emissions. That is what the Green Party is offering this election. “We are proving once again that we are the only party with the bold solutions people need right now. “Our ...
The Greens have announced a clean power payment policy plan: The Clean Power Payment, which is planned to be part of a broader Zero Carbon Homes upgrade, will allow: grants of up to $6000 to cover the cost of installing solar power and making energy ...
The automotive industry has long practiced planned obsolescence. It's pretty commonplace everywhere really, the profit motive incentivises it.
Electric cars weren't designed to save the planet, they were created to save the car industry.
It can be contentious but the gist is you can't pass a ball to a teammate if they are past the last defender when you kick it. It is to stop a team having their strikers just standing next to the goal waiting for the ball to be kicked up the field. ...
The FDP is a liberal party, much like our Labour/National, the PDV is the German libertarian party and equivalent to ACT.
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Where are you whizzing off to? The 'work' Labour were doing has being put aside though. All roads seem to lead to Labour ruling out tax changes doesn't it? It's all well and good to prefer a change that isn't coming, especially if you're not currently ...
'Here is a list of things the Labour-led New Zealand government could try to deal with the rising cost of living.' one was 'cut income taxes' 62% felt it was something that the Govt should do and that it would make difference. Strangely enough: “The Green...
Absolutely but this project is about dealing with the aftermath of the cyclones on the East Coast: When Thabiso Mashaba arrived in the northern Tai Rāwhiti town of Uawa in early March, cyclones Hale and Gabrielle had blown through in quick succession, ...
Shades of Putiki; a mature mangrove forest has been cut down for another marina: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/495454/mature-mangrove-forest-cut-down-for-new-20-million-okara-marina Mangroves act as carbon sinks. Mangrove forests are biodiversity hotspots...
Biochar is a fantastic use of the slash clogging waterways and a great way to reduce fossil fuel sourced fertiliser use. It's an example of the more circular systems we need to return to, like nitrogen-fixing cover crops.
The Greens really do cop it from every angle don't they. Criticised for not being an environmental party and too focused of social equity while also being criticised for being too focused on green issues and not caring about low income earners. 'Being ...
No one has seen the specifics of the deal so we are all responding to the announcement conditionally. I am certain that if there are significant concerns when more is known, the criticism will be forthright. The important part is the belief in the ...
The Greens taxation and income guarantee policy is designed to eliminate the disparities that lead to some being unable to pay full price. The BlackRock deal is not a fundamental reform of the electricity market. It is a new source of funding that supports...
Excellent project to deal with the slash problem while also using ancient methods to improve that land: According to Mashaba, the project involved taking some of the abundance of slash scattered across the region, and burning it in a sealed environment, ...
A party that rules out a fairer taxation system is unlikely to be overly concerned about people being left behind is it?
Their support of BlackRock deal is conditional on the yet-to-be-announced details and stresses that any action that moves us towards 100% renewables is a good thing: Its co-leader James Shaw said that the country had a massive challenge ahead in ...
“Climate action and support for energy poor households should be a core design feature of our electricity market,” says Green Party’s energy and resources spokesperson, Julie Anne Genter. “Access to clean, affordable energy is an essential component of ...
Scale up support for community energy solutions, including community and marae based clean-energy hubs, with solar and wind generation, local markets, battery storage solutions and peer-to-peer retail trading. Fundamentally reform the electricity market ...
Renters United president Geordie Rogers says low supply and high demand allow landlords to charge as much as their tenants can pay. "We don't have enough houses," Rogers said. "Every single time we get a pay rise it's immediately eaten up by the increased...
Could that thread be provided in a way that non-twitter users can access please? This is the real Luxon yesterday: Teaching the basics brilliantly is one of National's education policies. But put into practice, Luxon may need to brush up on his own basics....
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