There is a bloody good reason why we have plastic straws rather than paper straws, but the current ban on plastic straws (AKA turtle snorkels) has led to a situation where an aberration of common sense such as a metal straw has come into existence. When crimes against common sense
Environment Southland who recently voted against declaring a ‘climate emergency’. The only other council to do so in New Zealand so far is Thames-Coromandel. […] It’s a relief to see some common sense after so many councils have jumped on the climate emergency bandwagon. The trend doesn’t seem likely
This week, Ruwan, David and Beth discuss the government’s ban on plastic bags. What will the unintended consequences be? What is ACT’s alternative? And Amazon, run by the richest man in the world, is set to film the Lord of the Rings TV show in New Zealand. But
Green candidates have said that they want Wellington to become a “plastic-free” city, and like most Green party ideas, it is big on virtue and small on joined together thinking. Retailers are the ones who are going to gain from a so-called plastic-free Wellington. Let’s just look at the
As I write this post I am acutely aware of my bias. My view of New Zealand’s justice system is totally skewed by the fact that people with deep pockets were able to drag my better half through the court system for more than 7 long years until he
James Delingpole has rightly called wind turbines “bat-chomping bird-slicing eco-crucifixes”. The carnage inflicted on bird and especially bat populations by these whirling engines of death is well-documented. The religious fetishism of these droning eyesores is demonstrated by the extraordinary indulgences of the faithful of the Church of Gaia. When a
With Messiah-like adulation David Attenborough was feted at Glastonbury. Attenborough made a surprise appearance on the Pyramid Stage and the 93-year-old environmentalist thanked the crowd for ditching their plastic water bottles for the event. It appears to have been a monumental fail as the fields of Glastonbury looked a long
It’s no coincidence that Greens voters tend to be the wealthiest, most urbanised in Australia. Environmentalism is the ultimate First World Problem. Only rich people can afford to fret about whether their almond milk is sustainably-sourced, organic and carbon-neutral, or whether to put expensive solar panels on their roofs.
In the first part of this series, Danish statistician, environmentalist and climate heretic Bjorn Lomborg roundly debunked the myth that renewables are somehow a “transformational” magic bullet solution to climate change. Humanity needs cheap, abundant energy, and renewables just can’t cut the mustard. Especially not solar and wind, which
Despite being the Great Satan of the green-left, Bjorn Lomborg is hardly a knuckle-dragging, neanderthal climate-change denier. At worst, Lomborg is what is known as a “lukewarmer”: someone who doesn’t doubt the reality of global warming, but suspects that “climate emergency” is a millenarian fantasy. But even such mild
Riddle me this. Which teenager does more to save New Zealand’s environment? The one that skips school for a week while waving a protest sign made from plastic or the one that shoots ten possums with a twenty-two rifle? Possums are pests in New Zealand and kill millions of
Students who organised school climate action are now planning a general strike that will last an entire week! Now it is getting ridiculous. Where are the parents in all this? I would be reading my children the riot act and telling them that they can protest on their own time,
Yesterday I wrote about the patronising “elbow your elders” propaganda being pushed by School Strike 4 Climate NZ@schoolstrike4c1. It is completely ironic that the youth of today who live such unsustainable lives should be lecturing their grandparents on sustainable living in order to save the planet. My parents and
