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  1. Free Petrol Pt IV

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 6:25 am, August 5th, 2016 -  92 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, infrastructure, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
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    Part IV of IV

  2. Free Petrol Pt III

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 11:20 am, August 4th, 2016 -  25 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, infrastructure, political alternatives, public transport, science, transport, vision
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    Part III of IV – a focus on road transport.

  3. Free Petrol Pt II

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 6:38 pm, August 1st, 2016 -  11 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
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    Part II of IV. How to achieve zero carbon from the shipping and aviation sectors by the 2030s.

  4. Free Petrol Pt I

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 1:42 pm, August 1st, 2016 -  3 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
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    Part I of a IV part series of posts on what we can do to hold global warming below 2 degrees C.

  5. Freedom is Not Guaranteed: Sometimes You Must Fight

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:00 am, September 11th, 2022 -  177 comments
    Categories: Europe, International, Peace, Ukraine, uncategorized
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    If we fail to support Ukraine’s struggle we all lose far more than self rule for 44 million people.

  6. What if… Dunedin no longer needed so much petrol?

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 10:03 am, April 22nd, 2022 -  17 comments
    Categories: climate change, public transport, sustainability, transport
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    It’s 2032, and we’re looking back at a decade of oil, climate and economic crisis, and how one city found a way through.

  7. Branko Marcetic: Labour’s public sector pay freeze isn’t just a betrayal of frontline workers – it’s a rejection of mainstream economic thinking

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:04 am, May 8th, 2021 -  24 comments
    Categories: economy, labour, wages, workers' rights
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    Consistent with how they’ve governed so far, Ardern and Robertson are happy to demand workers sacrifice for the greater good — but asking the rich to do the same is a red line they simply won’t cross.

  8. Petrol, Zero Carbon, and 15,000 Submissions

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:21 am, October 9th, 2018 -  139 comments
    Categories: australian politics, climate change, Conservation, energy, Environment, global warming, greens, jacinda ardern, james shaw, sustainability
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    Get ready, according to the AA, for petrol at $3 a liter for Christmas.

  9. The right to free speech

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:05 am, April 20th, 2018 -  105 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, democracy under attack, journalism, Media, news, Propaganda, racism, sexism, social media lolz, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    This week has seen a number of examples where right wing and religious men have said stupid things and then had their statements defended on the basis that free speech should be protected.

  10. Some free advice for National

    Written By:  r0b -  Date published: 10:59 am, March 9th, 2011 -  20 comments
    Categories: class war, cost of living, dpf, economy, making shit up, national
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    Hey National – stop lying and inventing dodgy stats to try  and prove that we’re all better off.  The tax cut received by most people was derisory, and the cost of living is shooting up fast.  Even the Kiwiblog heartland isn’t buying the lies.  If you can’t convince them, you can’t convince anyone…

  11. Petrol prices score political points

    Written By:  Dancer -  Date published: 4:15 pm, May 6th, 2008 -  1 comment
    Categories: International
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    It seems that NZers are not the only ones interested in petrol prices. From The Guardian: Barack Obama, facing increasingly close primary contests today in Indiana and North Carolina, fought off a populist push by Hillary Clinton to capitalise on American unease at rising petrol prices. The BBC has this on the unrelenting politics: To […]

  12. Let’s Talk About Tax

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 4:08 pm, September 2nd, 2024 -  44 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Yes, Labour can restore its woeful tax position.

  13. Simeon Brown peddling porkies about gas shortage

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 9:00 am, August 27th, 2024 -  43 comments
    Categories: climate change, Economy, energy, Environment, simeon brown
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    Energy Minister Simeon Brown is peddling lies about a gas shortage. The country exports around 40 percent of its annual gas production as methanol. More is used to make synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, a nasty greenhouse emission source, for our farms. We don’t need expensive LNG distribution facilities while exporting the bulk of our own gas.

  14. Mountain Tui: New Zealand deserves better than marketing

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 10:58 am, July 7th, 2024 -  6 comments
    Categories: climate change, coalition of chaos, corruption, Mining, Politics
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    Last week the Coalition Govt said they were doing away with the name “fast-track.” This is a Govt of professional lobbyists so I am not surprised by their attunement to marketing. “Fast-track” became bad for business. The name had to go. They have also weakened regarding fast-track because of opposition.

  15. A sad lament from the serial left

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 10:39 pm, February 13th, 2024 -  103 comments
    Categories: act, climate change, community democracy, Conservation, democracy under attack, democratic participation, global warming, journalism, labour, Left, Propaganda, taxpayers union, thinktank, us politics
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    Attacking leftists attempts to expose the Atlas Network of right-wing think tanks, Chris Trotter offers this gem “Morally speaking, is taking money from oil companies really all that distinguishable from giving money to oil companies every time we fill up our petrol tank?”

  16. Wanaka Has No Crime

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 5:06 pm, December 28th, 2023 -  47 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, sustainability, tourism, uncategorized
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    The purpose of everyone in New Zealand is to keep Wanaka pure.

  17. Strong stable Government?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:19 am, November 23rd, 2023 -  102 comments
    Categories: act, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, election 2023, national, nz first, winston peters
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    Today may be the day we have a new Government, that is as long as Act and NZ First can resolve their fight over who is to be Deputy Prime Minister.

  18. Tax or quality public services – which is more important to NZ voters?

    Written By:  nickkelly -  Date published: 10:31 pm, September 27th, 2023 -  16 comments
    Categories: budget 2023, capital gains, chris hipkins, Economy, economy, election 2023, elections, grant robertson, greens, gst, health, labour, Long Read, maori party, tax
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    Earlier this year Andrew Marr wrote in the New Statesmen, that Britain’s problem was that it wanted Scandinavian levels of Public Services and North American levels of taxation. His view was that Britain was overdue for an honest debate about tax and public spending. In New Zealand, there is a similar challenge.

  19. Greenpeace: Climate activist Rosemary Penwarden found guilty but remains undeterred

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:05 am, June 15th, 2023 -  17 comments
    Categories: climate change, uncategorized
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    “We applaud Rosemary for standing up against big oil and gas.”

  20. Stop Defending Regional Rail

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 12:44 pm, June 5th, 2023 -  51 comments
    Categories: climate change, Environment, public transport, science, transport
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    Regional rail is a perpetual makework gig servicing the wrong economy and just needs to stop.

  21. Wind Farms Need Mines

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 9:57 am, October 21st, 2022 -  32 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, Mining, science
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    We need more mines if we are to transition to low carbon. There’s a field of industry that National and Labour could readily agree to if they put their minds to it, and it’s one of the highest paid industries in the world: mining. Electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels are made with a […]

  22. Transition at the Limits of What People Can Cope With

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:00 am, September 7th, 2022 -  39 comments
    Categories: climate change, Deep stuff, energy, Environment, Europe, International, peak oil, science, uncategorized
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    Many European governments now face a perfect storm of threatened energy security, rising inflation, war-propelled refugee crisis, and climate objectives. New Zealand be warned.

  23. Will We Go Down With China?

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 11:24 am, August 22nd, 2022 -  19 comments
    Categories: China, Economy, Free Trade, International, trade, us politics
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    Muchn’all as I try and stay positive about New Zealand’s economic direction, our reliance on China is getting much, much worse, and we need to move as China declines.

  24. Crisis, What Crisis?

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:00 am, March 22nd, 2022 -  88 comments
    Categories: climate change, energy, International, Joe Biden, peak oil, science, uncategorized, us politics
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    There is only so much New Zealand and its government can do to soften the blows of the instability that are besetting the world.  And the problem is without dramatic change New Zealand will remain one of the most car-addicted, petrol reliant societies on earth for several decades to come.

  25. Who Pays the Price of Sanctions

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 4:32 pm, March 20th, 2022 -  194 comments
    Categories: boycott, China, Diplomacy, Economy, energy, Europe, exports, farming, food, Gerry Brownlee, Iran, Japan, monetary policy, Peace, Peace, Russia, same old national, trade, uk politics, Ukraine, United Nations, us politics, war
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    New Zealand’s sanctions on Russia have not stopped the war in Ukraine. They may have made our parliamentarians feel better, and Tony Blinken was quick to congratulate us on falling into line with the US “high-impact sanctions.” The language is combative, but the evidence shows sanctions do not  work. They can have significant blow-back effects, particularly if not combined with effective diplomacy.

  26. Pick a side

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:00 am, March 17th, 2022 -  351 comments
    Categories: climate change, Deep stuff, global warming, grant robertson, International, jacinda ardern, Russia, science, us politics
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    Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinsky has made a direct appeal broadcast to the United States Congress. That will sort out the Putin supporters from the rest.  And with climate change beckoning it is time to pick a side.

  27. Chloe Swarbrick Needs A Reset

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 11:01 am, February 10th, 2022 -  42 comments
    Categories: capitalism, climate change, covid-19, Deep stuff, food, greens, science, tourism
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    Chloe Swarbrick has requested that the government help Auckland central’s restaurants.  But in a post Covid pre climate change world this is not going to help.

  28. Public transport, to complement cycling?

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 7:23 am, June 17th, 2021 -  51 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, cycleway, public transport, Social issues, transport, uncategorized
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    Jenny looks at extending public transport to include cyclists

  29. What should Labour do in the next three years?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:01 am, October 25th, 2020 -  74 comments
    Categories: election 2020, greens, jacinda ardern, labour, uncategorized
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    With the hand brake gone and the Government’s policy platform already complete what should the Labour Government set out to achieve this term?

  30. No Right Turn: The transport policy we need

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:05 am, September 30th, 2020 -  40 comments
    Categories: climate change, greens, labour, national, public transport, sustainability, transport
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    All of these policies will get fossil cars off the roads, reducing emissions. 

  31. Vote Labour To Support Your Job

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:30 am, September 24th, 2020 -  100 comments
    Categories: covid-19, Economy, health, infrastructure, jacinda ardern, jobs, labour, Living Wage, minimum wage, uncategorized, wages, workers' rights
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    This is a backpocket election – and that’s where most of Labour’s effort is going as it rightly should.