David Theobald Pragmatism vs ideology. We are certainly ‘ruled’ here in New Zealand by the latter. Our Government is ideologically driven in virtually all it does. I have long thought that those at the levers of power start behind the eight ball on account of their lack of intellectual horsepower.
What is electric cars’ dirty little secret? Is it the batteries made with minerals dug up by children in dirty, dangerous, slave-like conditions? Is it the greenhouse gas 1,400 times more potent than CO2 which is used as a coolant by Chevy, Nissan and Tesla? It’s something – several
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Yesterday a press release landed in my inbox and I couldn’t stop laughing. The fact that it is a serious new NZ political party that has been created to fight this year’s election makes it even funnier. I challenge you all to read it in your head with
Ross Mckitrick wattsupwiththat.com Start learning the deep details of the science and economics instead of letting extremists dictate what you’re allowed to think or say Last year was the year the climate issue took a sharp turn towards extremism. Let’s hope 2020 is the year sanity makes
Oh dear, oh, dear. It seems all is not rosy in the green world of hybrid motoring. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) owners are not actually saving the planet. Woe is me! It seems that the claimed ‘economy’ figures touted by the manufacturers are not actually achievable out here
Perhaps I ought to post a View From Your Window photo, as it’s absolutely bucketing outside my window, right now. In fact, it’s right Flannerying down. The water tank’s overflowing, the pond’s near its brim and there are standing puddles everywhere. A “Flannery”, as columnist Tim
The Morrison government is walking a barbed-wire fence when it comes to climate policy. On the one hand, the government is smarting from sustained, opportunistic left-media attacks in the wake of this summer’s bushfire disaster. On the other, the Coalition’s voting base are unequivocally opposed to sacrificing economic
When Helen Clark and Michael Cullen introduced Kiwisaver in 2007, the best thing about the scheme was that it was independent of government interference. Sure, contributions are collected by IRD, along with other payroll deductions if you are an employee, but the contributions are then transferred to your fund untouched.
No matter how many times they get it wrong, climate alarmists make the same mistakes over and over again.
Arrogant elitist hypocrisy is a byword for the Green-left. The modern-day nomenklatura take it as their right to flit about the globe, from their collections of mansions to luxury resorts, in Business Class and private jets, while sternly lecturing the rest of us to make do with less. Indeed, surveys
As I’ve written several times before, climate alarmists show an alarming tendency to be absolutely convinced about things which are not only completely false but easily shown to be so. Media climate alarmists more than anyone. Not only have the legacy media almost completely surrendered to hysterical group-think but
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There are, of course, lots of differences between conservatives and progressives (I hesitate to say “liberals”, because most are, in fact, thoroughgoing authoritarians), otherwise, they wouldn’t be in opposition to one another. But one of the big differences, some argue, is that progressives are more focussed on emotions than
Craspedotropis haudareuae Newly discovered species of snail named after teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg usatoday.com
