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Paul Campbell

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 22:38:45 +1300

remember that hurricane that made it all the way to Ireland this year, unheard of …. except in the southern Pacific we call Hurricanes “Cyclones” … and the southern west cost is further north than Ireland is south … I expect in the future we’ll see more energetic cyclones lasting…

Katharine Moody

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 13:14:01 +1300

Oops, meant to link to the PCE document I quoted from;

http://www.pce.parliament.nz/media/1390/preparing-nz-for-rising-seas-web-small.pdf

p.77.

Katharine Moody

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:20:37 +1300

I participated in review of both the first and second drafts of that document – an exercise bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Ministry at the time of its preparation. Hence I can’t say anything specific about my feedback but suffice it to say that were I the government…

Kumara Republic

Sat, 30 Dec 2017 21:53:40 +1300

There was one other sector that frustrated out commentators: agriculture. The farming lobby – and its intransigent press, which remains stubbornly outside the mainstream – continues to resist reform or, in many cases, even acknowledge a roblem.
Another sector causing frustration: coastal real estate owners who'll protect their valuations at…

Alfie

Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:05:23 +1300

Key biographer John Roughan confuses climate with weather in a misguided Herald rant.

Katharine Moody

Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:02:33 +1300

Have read that paper, Hilary. Thanks for the link – very thought provoking and I don’t disagree with them that some sort of NZSF/EQC-like funding instrument is going to likely be needed to address the effects of CC.

The point I’d make however is that they place the emphasis on…

linger

Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:12:41 +1300

Given that SH1 continues south from Picton, that’s still the most logical interpretation of it. Though the Interislander (but not other ferry services) is also technically a continuation of the main trunk railway line.

nzlemming

Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:25:20 +1300

just because it's in his electorate and some traffic planner years ago drew SH1 as ending there?

Is Eagle pushing that? I would have thought Annette taught him better. It's a RONS, of course. Once upon a time, SH1 ended at the ferry terminal and the ferry was considered part…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 14:53:51 +1300

Gold Card holders are likely using it for consumptive activity.
aaah – the Pulmonary Pullman!

:- )

Katharine Moody

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:03:32 +1300

because they cost so bloody much for anyone without a gold card to ride.

And isn't that the opposite of what should be the case – given non-Gold Card holders are (in the main) using the transport to facilitate productive activity (work) – whereas Gold Card holders are likely using…

Alfie

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:02:11 +1300

My little Mazda 323’s speedo dial goes up to 240kph!!

That’s most impressive Ian.

Joe Wylie

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 09:10:23 +1300

My little Mazda 323's speedo dial goes up to 240kph!!
Goodness me, perhaps best not to skite about that. According to the late A.K. Grant, the Mazda 323's great advantage is that it doesn't "excite the envy of the proletariat".

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:17:23 +1300

...the vast majority of vehicles are hopelessly over-powered on the off-chance...
My little Mazda 323's speedo dial goes up to 240kph!!

Kiwiiano

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:21:11 +1300

Well, in terms of their carbon footprint, it was noted that the original VW Beetles hd a lower gas consumption per km than the new ones, because they were a lot lighter and had a lot less 'extras'. True, without all the side intrusion bars and reinforced passenger compartments they…

Lara

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:35:18 +1300

evenironmengt :D

But yes, very pleased at the policy.

John Farrell

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:23:21 +1300

An induction coil large enough to charge a bus effectively would fry anyone who walked over it with anything metallic. Also – what cars do you class as old? 1990s?

Kiwiiano

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:27:46 +1300

To be fair, trolley buses are an unsightly mess. We’d be far better off to have electric buses that top up their batteries every time they stop at a bus stop from the coils buried below, picking up enough charge to make it a few stops beyond. The fact they…

Katharine Moody

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:35:33 +1300

Thanks, will read.

Hilary Stace

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:23:36 +1300

I just went to a seminar at Victoria University in which the speakers Jonathan Boston and Judy Lawrence considered how to legislate and pay for the amelioration of climate change. It is expensive to rehouse people and build new infrastructure. Do we want an EQC or ACC model or something…

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:52:36 +1300

levels of ozone-depleting chemicals dropping; not quite the same thing! But yes, a welcome long-term development.

Indeed.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:45:11 +1300

How is the air up there?
https://www.space.com/17683-earth-atmosphere.html

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:16:23 +1300

https://earth.nullschool.net/

good realtime overview of all the processes.

linger

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:15:31 +1300

ozone levels droppinglevels of ozone-depleting chemicals dropping; not quite the same thing! But yes, a welcome long-term development.

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:14:03 +1300

How are the government going to make this happen, though?

Are they going to persuade/mandate Wellington Region Council to retain the trolleybus network?

How are they going to get the power industry to reverse their decision to keep Huntly open until 2022?

How are they going to stop Auckland (and…

Paul Millar

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:01:18 +1300

Pacific peoples who culturally define themselves through their land, are already beginning to lose that land.
A few weeks ago I was in Fiji with a colleague, running a workshop at Creating Futures, a conference on Pasifika mental health issues. Our workshop was on post-disaster cultural heritage archiving and communication,…

Carol Stewart

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:54:35 +1300

Some good news tucked away about ozone levels dropping :)

That was due to swift and concerted global action in the form of the Montreal protocol. It was also a much simpler problem (than AGW) to solve in that it was largely a matter of product substitution.

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:49:22 +1300

Some good news tucked away about ozone levels dropping :)

Hell yes. The climate challenge is far greater, but it shows that things can be done.

Jason Kemp

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:32:08 +1300

I wonder if the graphic might be useful.

PDF link below
our-atmosphere-and-climate-2017-at-a-glance-poster.pdf

Some good news tucked away about ozone levels dropping :)

Public Address

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:32:08 +1300

Discussion from blog post.