Surprise surprise we are going to have an ETS. The minority reports at the back from p95 on, are the key to this document because National can’t get this through without support from either ACT, Maori Party or Labour. The Maori Party tried to get their minority report withdrawn but was not allowed.Continue Reading …
Stock numbers in New Zealand dropping
August 20, 2009
With 1990 the base year for our emissions targets it makes one think about 1990 and what was happening in NZ at the time. We were all a lot younger of course and while it would be easy to think that life was more carefree back then it probably wasn’t. Droughts were pretty common backContinue Reading …
We should only sign at Copenhagen if it is in our best interests
August 9, 2009
Here is one for you global warming sceptics. I don’t put myself in that category; my view is that I don’t know if the globe is warming, or if it is cooling, whatever it is doing I don’t know what is causing it. What I do know is that if it is warming it isContinue Reading …
Green agenda is unsustainable
August 6, 2009
The Green’s have released their action plan that they say will enable NZ to reduce our emissions cheaply. The two I will focus on are agriculture and forestry. They advocate reducing stock rates on dairy farms from 2.83 to 2.3 cows per hectare. this they say will be more profitable for farmers with less boughtContinue Reading …
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