Posts by Don Christie
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I think he's angling for VP.
Because he did such a great job for the Kerry campaign? If ever there was a disappearing prospective VP it was him.
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(And if those farmers had any brains at all, they'd be lining up to pay for their carbon precisely to avoid that outcome)
God yes. I cannot fathom the disdain the FF leadership seem to have for the beliefs of their customers. To them their client base are a bunch of hapless townies who live from one state handout to the next.
However, though they might not like their clients it would surely be a no-brainer to pander to them. The sad thing is that many farmers are reasonably environmentally conscious but they are embarrassed to admit it to their peers or force a change in thinking at the top.
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Spilling hot coffee on the offender's head can also help
...as can
feed my daughter (allergic to salicylate acids) tomatoes and onions and then hold her up over your head waiting for her to vomit
obviously.
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Unfortunately I'm tall and if the person in front lent back even slightly I had to dislocate my neck to see the screen properly.
That's why God gave you sharp knees. Spilling hot coffee on the offender's head can also help.
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Craig, it was Rio Tinto that raised the prospect of closing down Tiwai. Surely it makes sense to analyse the impact of that threat at local, national and international level?
If that analysis agrees that RT are correct and should shut down, what then?
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It is very easy to sit far away and talk blithely of national interest and closure of major employers when you don't have to deal with the consequences* on a human scale, day to day.
Agreed. But since when has that stopped large corps. doing just that. Look at what is happening to Dannevirk right now and let's not forget it is Rio Tinto that is making the threat.
I have a suspicion that they may want to leave anyway but are looking for the right excuse. Similar to Fisher & Paykel stated (as opposed to actual) reasons for moving earlier this year.
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Be clear we are talking about emmissions from the processing of bauxite to aluminium, not the electricty production which in this case does not emit carbon.
Well, we have to pay for the emissions from coal and gas fired stations. So the renewables used by Tiwai could substitute this cost. If Tiwai are not able to demonstrate a net economic benefit to NZ then given the fact it has such a macro effect we should be looking long and hard at its viability.
Kyoto signatories have in the last decade increased their AGW gas emissions by 21%. Non-Kyoto signatories have increased AGW gas emissions by 10%.
Figures which surely blow a hole in the argument that developing nations have to be signed up before anyone does anything and increases the urgency for developed nations to get a friggin move on.
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Have you considered entering the Katherine Mansfield short story Competition. You should!
Thanks for the flattering comments, Ian... No
I think she's dead so YMMV with that idea anyway.
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Orwell ended his participation in the Spanish civil war a social democrat. Did your grandfather appreciate the conversion?
Er, sorry, that was a bit serious. I hope young Bob gets to read the bit about your screaming in times to come.