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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
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
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
Loser of the Day
Former prime minister Chris Hipkins is giving his first press conference as leader of the Opposition, as the Labour Party gets stuck into the new National-led Government with new claims of a “growing fiscal hole”. “I said during the election campaign I was expecting this coalition to be a
World Leaders Ignore Growing ‘Green Energy’ Safety Issues
Steve Goreham Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and independent columnist on energy, sustainability, climate change, and public policy. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print, including his latest, Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. cfact.org The nations of the world pursue an
Albo Nosedives in the Polls
It’s official: the Albanese government is up to its neck in it and they haven’t got a Floatie. Worse for them, they don’t know how to swim, not even a dog paddle. The latest opinion polls are out, and they paint a brutal picture. The fallout from
Who Didn’t See It Coming?
A bad wog with a Get Out of Jail Free card goes on the lam. Well, who couldn’t have seen that coming? Maybe John Kerry, who, when told a freed Gitmo jihadi had gone right back to his jihadin’ ways, mumbled, “Uh… well… he’s not supposed to do
Polls Say Trump Has a Strong Chance of Winning Again in 2024
David Smith University of Sydney theconversation.com Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a zealous convert to Donald Trump’s cause, once offered an expansive vision of how Trump should rule in a second term: “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our
I, a Headteacher, Was Investigated by Counter-Terrorism Agencies
Mike Fairclough Mike’s successful 20-year career in education ended when he questioned vaccine policy for schoolchildren. He has been investigated by his employer, and he has since taken his employer to the employment tribunal. brownstone.org During the Covid-19 pandemic, I was the only serving UK headteacher
Now the Left Are Pretending They Won the Referendum
If there’s one thing we know about the left, it’s that they never take “no” for an answer. Like the political spoiled toddlers that they are, a firm “no” only sends them off into screaming tantrums. They stamp their widdle feets and hold their widdle breafs, hoping that
Dear Chloe Swarbrick
Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.com Dear
What Kind of a World Do We Live In?
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there