Being too openly Green in my area is not very healthy!
Exactly ... someone has to take the barbs for stating the bleeding obvious. If we do not look outside our little echo chamber what hope is there of being progressive? Thanks for seeing it Jenny [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as ...
... was deemed a "denier" not so long ago
The climate is changing! ... how much will Hippy's policy bonfire affect it?
Went back and had a look at that. Is the subject so delicate that my seeking and questioning upsets the subject?
That is a bit sad - Please point out where any climate denial has been posted by me. Certainly some questions which have resulted in some good and lengthy replies from a couple of others that have been very informative. What is it that you disagree with? [...
Close Huntly And have brownouts when the renewable load fails to provide an alternative? Ban coal imports and exports Replace coal with what - right now? Make carbon targets enforceable Who makes the targets? Who enforces them? And how? Nationwide fare ...
Rather, begs the question of how much is simply made up ... and who is making it up.
" ... revolve around people not seeing the other choices available." Or rejecting them as unacceptable and unbelievable?
Seriously cutting our emissions can only leave us at the present level of CO2 and deprive us of the only present energy source readily available to us for any transition. To make any appreciable changes will force use of even MORE fossil fuels or real ...
Was there any organic strategy? More likely led into the streets holding placards penned by their teachers? The huge drop in numbers shows that the message is no longer resonating with the rank and file? Those who turned up outside Parliament stayed far ...
Time for a new message? Dear establishment, realise we’ve had enough of your sh*t and no one trusts you. Stop digging.
My apologies - pays for me to check each time as I type it in as cut and paste puts it into the Website box as well and has to be deleted.
Cynicism perhaps? One from Chris Trotter has some explanations: https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/02/21/adapting-to-climate-change/ "But, just how receptive are the poorest peoples on Earth likely to be to a message delivered to them by their former colonial...
The shrieking drowns the message.
Faux calculus no less! ... very scientific Meanwhile we need every bit of our Farming exports to pay for the fuel, machinery and supplies required for any sort of rebuild/repairs to our shattered infrastructure. Perhaps we can cut back a bit after the ...
Dogmatic discussion coupled with climate change induced panic? Or structural uncertainty compensated for by group certainty .... Humanity may even have put off the next glacial for a bit - until the excess CO2 is leached from the atmosphere?
Which goes to show that sure-fire quick fixes and unintended consequences bedevil any response especially in uncertain times!
A number of Councils have opened their Mayoral Funds for specific contributions already. Many locals have already contributed. https://www.lgnz.co.nz/news-and-media/2023-media-releases/councils-adopt-cyclone-hit-communities-to-support-their-fundraising/
Cherries or plums? Dogma or discussion?
Governments of any stripe, being what they are, will simply make any "temporary" increase in tax or levy permanent as soon as they get addicted to spending the extra. One tiny anomaly is the decrease in road use tax on fuel which is becoming political ...
"You would do better to access your information from internationally recognised scientific bodies like NIWA" Like this? https://environment.govt.nz/assets/publications/Climate-Change-Projections-Guidance-FINAL.pdf "However, the CMIP6 models project ...
reporting the change from La Nina to El Nino that is mentioned about to happen bringing further weather events.
Some interesting input on our recent weather woes. Mainly from a US northern hemisphere perspective but there are interesting graphic bits that show the influence down here. On Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization reported that a 'triple-digit'...
... reading Bradbury's little epistle on the matter .... BTW https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/03/04/why-latest-climate-change-protest-was-as-large-a-flop-as-this-years-pride-parade/
... just as much as was my initial proposition?
Just what is needed - privileged white children ... shreaking?
The response from the Banks would be very predictable - 'We are forced by Government to raise interest rates and now you cannot pay we are forced to foreclose your mortgage' 'The government made us do it!'
Yep West Coast Tasman is a large electorate needing HEAPS of FF to get from one end to the other and back to Parliament ... no wonder Pugh dotes upon the means to travel to and fro!
But if we do not do any mitigation we will be forced to adapt to existing with the resulting mess ....
There is also the profitability problem. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2302/S00029/new-report-finds-oat-milk-in-new-zealand-uses-93-less-emissions-than-dairy-but-dairy-still-more-lucrative.htm A new study released today shows farming oats in New ...
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