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How do I make a submission to my local MP when we don’t have one? I’m in the Tauranga electorate. Our MP is Sam Uffindel but he’s been stood down. Is anyone filling in for him? How long do we have to wait for news on what’s happening about the situation and whether we are having another by election? Serious questions
Flick it onto Te Puke. I think they still have one there.
If not, Hawaii.
Lol
Christmas not far away. Will we sing Good King Wencelas went out looking for fu-oo-el?
Some good points from a pointy-head about – what are our basic reserves of vehicle fuel to be held in case of twoubles? The quiet answer came back – no comment.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474063/nz-fuel-security-status-kept-under-wraps
Rationing, such as New Zealand’s ‘carless days’ imposed during the 1979 fuel crisis, might not be such a distant prospect as it once was.
“One would assume a ‘carless day’ is part of New Zealand’s efforts to decarbonise the economy – but this risks missing the point about New Zealand’s energy security and how quickly our economy could unravel if New Zealand was deprived of sufficient fuel supplies for as little as 24 days,” Maghzal said.
And, while relying completely on international supply meant New Zealand was no longer so exposed to a single-point vulnerability where disruption to refining at Marsden Point could have created problems, “if New Zealand was unable to physically import refined fuels, we won’t be able to refine the oil we produce locally.”
The long delay for shipping to reach New Zealand also made it vital that enough reserves be held, he said.
If changes were made to increase the amount of fuel reserves held onshore, the sooner plans were set in motion the better, Maghzal said, as there would likely be a lag before those amounts could be met.
I’ve discovered the cause of Climate Change!!
“The moon pulls a body of water round the Earth that forms the ocean tides”. “But that mass of water acts on the moon as well, slowing it down and causing the diameter of its orbit to lengthen. Essentially, every year, the moon moves 2½ inches away from the Earth.”
So all we have to do is move the earth closer to the moon!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/jun/21/apollo-fallen-dream
More nutcake economics –
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India consumes nearly 25mn tonnes of cooking oil a year, but produces only about 11mn tonnes. The gap is met through imports.
That creates a big and growing problem for a country whose population is expected to surpass China’s and hit 1.7bn people in the next three decades.
July 15 2022 India’s poorest suffer as cooking oil prices soar –
War in Ukraine, tariff increase by Indonesia and drought in Argentina compound problem
NZ affected by rising oil prices also. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018856495/is-nz-ditching-fish-n-chips-for-cheaper-options
https://www.ft.com/content/f1e7dae2-cf0e-4432-bd53-554bc3501abc