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How Your Electric Car Could Help Power Your Neighbourhood
Alan Brent Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems Victoria University of Wellington This article was written with the assistance of Dr Soheil Mohseni, Senior Energy Forecasting Analyst at Ausgrid and Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington A new concept – the “grid of grids” – is revolutionising the way we think
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Self Reliance and Being a Grown Up
On numerous occasions both on this website and in real life I’ve been strongly critical of the silly welfare state created by the socialists in 1938 and the enormously adverse effects it has had on vast numbers of New Zealanders. It has infantilised huge numbers of Kiwis, treated adults
Progress Towards Hope and Healing From the COVID Debacle
NZDSOS New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com NZDSOS is pleased that the National/ACT/NZFirst NZ government coalition agreement seems to restore some transparency and democratic principles to government, and congratulates the party negotiators involved. The coalition agreement’s scope is very wide, and the worst of
Bzzzzzzzz. There Is a War on Truth
Even in the death throes of their fibs, still the lying goes on, and on, just as a fly dying in a trap manages a defiant buzz or three. Bzzzzzzzz, writes Glenn McConnell on Stuff yesterday morning, bzzzzzzzz, it wasn’t a bribe: “baseless claims”, bzzzzzzzz, “false allegations”. “As part
New Govt, New Policies. Renewed Optimism?
familyfirst.org.nz Government policies play a crucial role in the functioning and well-being of our society. Good government policy is essential, especially after the last few years of mostly incompetent, wasteful and ideologically driven governance. So we’re greatly encouraged by many of the excellent policies agreed upon
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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Why Everyone Is Confused About Free Speech I talked with a few people after the Free Speech Union debate last week in Auckland and was struck by how poorly everyone understood
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Is Ayesha Verrall Lying or Stupid?
It seems to have escaped the notice of Ayesha Verrall that Labour has lost the election. She has been throwing a paddy, stamping her feet and huffing on about changes to smoking legislation. As a result of her hyperbolic ranting, she has made a very, very bold claim: that decisions
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The BFD Daily Proverb
Proverbs 30 no, four things that I don’t understand: 19 how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your
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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?
Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome