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The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes…-Robert Frost
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Chris Waugh,
We can and should navigate a happy middle path of being friends with everybody but letting it be known we have principles that are not negotiable
+1
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Islander,
Sorry Islander, I didn’t mean to imply that NZ is only a former colony, just that the colonial mindset contributes to the toadying attitude some of our leaders have,
Would it be fair to say that before the last 200 years, NZ was an archipelago of nation-states?
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Islander,
warily trust in science-
I trust wholeheartedly in the principles of scientific discovery. I don't necessarily trust the uses that science and technology are put to. They can be very good or very bad.
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I think NZ has a history of deference to offshore powers, both being a former colony and also a small remote country dependent on export earnings.
Things could be different, but exporting primary products and wooing tourists both require making nice to the powerful.
Which doesn't excuse the ridiculously poor and visionless leadership we have at the moment.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Chris Waugh,
You're quite right. Let's hope they get the money.
Tempted to go off on another tangent with even less to do with the Higg’s boson, but I’ll restrain myself for now…
Particles collide, stuff goes everywhere !! Go for it.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Don’t you be starting them off
with homoeopathy allusionsI was thinking more of the Total Perspective Vortex. But perhaps these thoughts converge. :-)
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Chris Waugh,
have they dropped those turbines into Cook Strait and the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour yet? If not, why not? Oh, thanks Lilith. Although neither of those articles are clear about whether those projects are up and running yet.
Yeah…I thought I read something somewhere about the Cook Strait ones being tested, but I can’t find any mention of that. Odd.
Crest’s site says:
The Honourable Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand’s Minister of Conservation, approves Crest’s applications for the development of a tidal power station 17Mar11
which you’d think was old news…
Edit:
Ah, the FAQ page is the place to go.
History of the Kaipara project.
Also
Does the project attract government assistance?
Ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark launched the New Zealand Energy Strategy which includes a target to generate 90% of electricity from renewable resources by 2025, and to limit the construction of new fossil fuel generation plants for a decade. Current renewable output is about 60% of supply. There is limited scope for further large scale hydroelectric power generation. Geothermal and wind are well positioned and newer technologies such as wave and tidal were mentioned by the government: Crest Energy is named in the announcements. Meanwhile NZ Maui gas supplies used for electricity generation are running out and an alternative, the importation of LPG, would be even more expensive than renewables, according to Ministers.
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Hard News: OGB Update, in reply to BenWilson,
I will be able to report exactly how fast a motivated man can ride his bike from Owen Glenn to the Civic, with MyTracks to prove it.
Just don't collide with any other high-speed particles ;-)
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Hard News: OGB Update, in reply to Emma Hart,
Stress Relief Drinkies: the 21st of July
Awesome. If we can't have a Great Blend, perhaps we can have a Quite Good one. :-)
I note the tsunami siren's going to be tested at 11am the next day. Something to bear in mind.
