The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 9th April 2019

1. IS THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMING AS WELL AS EXPECTED?

   Simply put;
   *Firstly now we need to place all the ‘pledges’ Labour leader put together in her pre-election speech when Jacinda said “let’s do this”.
   * with the actual ‘pledges’ actually provided to us now when Labour are over half their term of Government.
   * Then place those results alongside the term “transformational”as their ‘key founding policy and see if Labour actually are a transformational Government at all, or just another neoliberal penny pinching risk adverse Government.

   Voters aren’t fools and are looking for real transformation here, and the release of the “Zero Carbon Act” will be labour’s “Nuclear moment” – I believe.

   • They seem very keen to keep rubber stamping free water to be bottled overseas and more and more OIA sales of land and major agricultural assets in particular, if voters wanted that, we could have kept the Natz in!

2. So how is your ride in your nice SUV down the motor way going today? Have you stopped at the burger restaurant yet, to ‘refill’ your stomach? How is your carbon print going today?

   We get discussions about whether a rugby team should be allowed to call itself ‘The Crusaders’ or not, we get endless other ‘discussions’, we get daily ‘economic news’ about how the stock exchanges are doing, what our currency is worth, aSo how is your ride in your nice SUV down the motor way going today? Have you stopped at the burger restaurant yet, to ‘refill’ your stomach? How is your carbon print going today?

   We get discussions about whether a rugby team should be allowed to call itself ‘The Crusaders’ or not, we get endless other ‘discussions’, we get daily ‘economic news’ about how the stock exchanges are doing, what our currency is worth, and whether we can afford a trip overseas, to fun destinations.

   The modern day urban consumer, living in a huge bubble, has lot touch with nature, and most young people may only ever see certain animals on the screens of their devices, perhaps only in artificially created form.

   Meanwhile our planet and the diverse life on it gets wiped out:
   https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/

   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature

   Keep cutting off the branch you sit on, damned idiots.

   • Bloody well one Marc, 100%

     It is true that humans are simply shallow fools, that we see now brainwashed every day and feed consumer crap.

     My three wheeler is in the barn and has not gone since 2007 and I pulled out a leg of our own lamb and roasted it for diner as Gisborne is 75 kms away, and on my last two slices of bread so need to bake a loaf again.

     Only go to town once a week.

   • Jacinda needs to read what her educator Helen Clark had planned in 2007 to combat climate change, as it appears Helen was more ‘active’ than jacinda has been to date.

     Particularly when it came to targeting transport by reducing the carbon emissions 40% by 2040.

     Today we have increased air travel and increased truck freight 200% since then; – so we are going the wrong way now.

     We need all regional rail back again Jacinda.

     Thursday, 20 September 2007,
     “Govt takes next steps to fight climate change a goal to reduce per capita emissions from the transport sector by half by 2040”
     http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00339.htm

     Govt takes next steps to fight climate change
     Thursday, 20 September 2007, 11:34 am
     Press Release: New Zealand Government
     Rt. Hon Helen Clark
     20/09/2007
     Government takes next steps to fight climate change
     Prime Minister Helen Clark and other ministers today outlined plans for an emissions trading scheme and for new forestry and environmentally friendly land management initiatives.
     “There is strong public sentiment for measures to reduce New Zealand’s impact on climate change. The Labour-led Government has carried out extensive consultation with many sectors of the economy. Today we are focusing on the solutions,” Helen Clark said.
     “Climate change is one of the most important global issues facing us. It affects us all, and our way of life. Taking action against it is not only the right thing to do; it is also the smart thing to do. Sustainability is a key competitive advantage. To protect our markets and our nation’s reputation, we need to act pre-emptively.
     “Our plans have been driven by the need to be fair to all sectors of the economy, while ensuring that our nation as a whole reduces pollution from greenhouse gases.
     “An emissions trading scheme is a significant part of our plan. It is important that we put a price on greenhouse gas pollution to encourage businesses and households to become more energy efficient.
     “We recognise however, that some sectors and groups in society are less able to adapt quickly. For that reason we are proposing that sectors of the economy are brought into the scheme gradually. It is also our intention to compensate low and modest income earners for the increased cost of electricity, and to encourage all New Zealanders to change their energy use patterns.

     The Labour-led Government’s policies to fight climate change include:
     · the establishment of an emissions trading scheme to put a price on greenhouse gas pollution
     · measures to encourage forestry and more sustainable land use
     · a goal to increase renewable electricity generation to ninety per cent of New Zealand’s total electricity generation by 2025
     · improving fuel and energy efficiency in buildings, homes and business
     · a goal to reduce per capita emissions from the transport sector by half by 2040, and to be one of the first nations to widely introduce electric vehicles
     · making the public sector carbon neutral
     “Reducing greenhouse gas pollution also offers us the opportunity to have a healthier environment and a more efficient economy.
     “Already some businesses, such as those in the tourism and wine sectors, have reduced greenhouse gas pollution and are marketing themselves credibly as carbon neutral and/or sustainable. There are opportunities across the economy for innovation and investment in low-emission, energy efficient products and services.
     “The announcements we are making today will protect New Zealand’s clean and green reputation, and support our economy moving further along the path to sustainability,” Helen Clark said.
     NOTE:
     Copies of the reports – New Zealand’s Climate Change Solutions – an overview, The Framework for a New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, Forestry in a New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change: Plan of Action, and emissions trading factsheets – can be accessed from the website http://www.climatechange.govt.nz.

3. Waiting till the ‘Wellington circus’ begins at 2pm; – as Government ‘act out their weekly attempt at being Government’.

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