Environment
The Crippling Legacy of Green Activists Running the Country
Why did Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods even bother announcing her 10-year plan for minerals and petroleum when its future is bleak? Why give the industry the idealistic goals of “affordable, sustainable energy” when the government is crippling it with legislation devoid of common sense? “Aotearoa New Zealand’s
A Leftie Gets a ‘Wake up Call’ on Climate Change
A Michael Moore-backed documentary Planet of the Humans that investigates Alternative Energy makes the startling point that the green energy movement has proven to be counter-productive. Director Jeff Gibbs explains that the green energy movement is “a giant profit center” for environmental groups and for corporations, including those that are
West Coast Hydro Dam Axed by David Parker
You really do have to wonder with this government if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. They axed our lucrative oil and gas industries, citing the fact that they want to concentrate entirely on renewable energy sources. New Zealand is already a great place for this,
The War on Plastic isn’t Working – Recycling Myths Exposed
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18 Breathtakingly Wrong Environmental Predictions
The first Earth Day was in 1970, and back then, many ‘apocalyptic’ predictions were made about the environment. Mark Perry at Carpe Diem AEIdeas blog has gone back and looked at them in order to present us with all the predictions that they got so spectacularly wrong 49 years ago.
Wednesday Nightcap
Copenhagen Consensus Centre Director Bjorn Lomborg says the world is getting “virtually nil” impact from the $240 billion spent subsidising green energy every year.
UK Suffers ‘Worst Blackout in Decades’ Days After Renewable Energy Boast
Britain suffered its worst blackout in a decade on Friday just days after the “green-left” media had been bragging about the UK’s renewable energy grid makeup. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
In 2019 It Feels Like Agriculture Is Under Attack.
On an NZ Facebook page about farming this week I came across an interesting post written by a Veterinarian from the Wairarapa. […] Fast forward to 2019 and it feels like agriculture is under attack. It feels like a small number of anti-farming activists have dominated the media in such a
Climate Change Activist Yacht Trip Saved ZERO Carbon
She rode a boat to save carbon but her crew will fly on planes to retrieve the Yacht. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Face of the Day
Today’s face of the day is National MP Matt King who caused Green party and MSM heads to explode when he posted the following on his Facebook page: Some words ( not all ) of wisdom taken from NZCPR website. If I wanted New Zealand to fail … To suffer, not prosper;
The Greens Care More For the Environment than For Us
In 2016 naive millennials lapped up the Greens’ environmental policy, and they continue to congratulate themselves for saving the environment. “We love Aotearoa and we want to protect it. Our kids have a birth right to swim in clean rivers, fish in the sea, and walk in pristine forests. “Our
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Sources: Climate depot: Boat materials; Crew flying; https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com Trip facts: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-greta-thunberg-world-youthful-climate.html
#FEELTHETEAL Why I’m Backing Sustainable NZ (Contains Some Swears)
the Greens are not a real environmental party. i’m so ready for a movement that puts the environment first, without the stigma and idealogical lunacy. sustainablenz.org.nz a few of the media clips are lifted straight from C Mccoy’s channel:
The ‘Architecture Critic’ Who Hugged a Tree
BFD readers no doubt belong to that vast majority of happy folk, greatly to be envied, who neither know nor care who Elizabeth Farrelly is. So I must apologise for bursting your bubbles of blissful ignorance. If there was a pictorial calendar of watermelons, Farrelly would be its cover girl.