Posts by Farmer Green
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Alfie,
I understand that , in this election, ex-pats were able to do exactly that from the comfort of their beds.
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Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to barnaclebarnes,
What may be better is to work on policies where there is at least some alignment or some willingness to accept a path that aligns.
Taken to its logical conclusion, that argument might suggest the Parliament should behave in a similar fashion.
Is that what we want?
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Kumara Republic,
In any case it’s a slippery slope towards illiberal democracy/inverted totalitarianism.
Arguably , it has been since the Greeks abandoned the practice of electing a government by random ballot of the citizenry - for one term only.
The development of a political class , dedicated to retaining power, could only ever have the consequence that we witness. And there is no way back now.
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Kumara Republic,
So that makes you a Winstonite, then?
Never ... ever :-)
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
:-)
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
So is it just you that knows about this miraculous technology
No it's all freely available on line. Coal flue gas recovery for fertilizer.
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
I never use woofers as a matter of principle. There are people who want to commit, and that is worth paying well for.
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Katharine Moody,
Yes you are right , but the key is leaving the water in. Milk is 87% water. Many countries are desperately short of water, and we spend vast amounts of energy taking the water out.
But the reality is that we can sustainably produce 10 billion litres/annum if we produce evenly all year round. It really is a drop in the bucket.
Say the wealthiest 5% of the 2 billion Asians nearby were to select NZ dairy products as the cleanest, greenest and safest way to obtain their cultured foods , butter (Ghee) and ice cream. The maximum amount that they could have per person incorporated into all those products is two litres /week. That is if we sold to nobody else in the world. It is barely enough to do those products.It goes without saying that the prices would be good for this country. More than double the price that dairy farmers receive now, and with stocking rate more than halved.
Shit , I've posted all this before. Gotta sleep. -
Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
Hey Amanda , we've done that one a couple of years ago. Let's just call it waste eh?
It's energy, and undesirable side-effects ; all easy solved with known technology.
Just economic problems and a culture of future-eating. I like farming because I can build something up , make something better , see more people fulfilled in a simple way, create a better environment. All those things that you mention can be recycled and rendered harmless. nitrogen , carbon , sulphur . . they all have cycles.
Just focus on efficiency and wastage ; it will solve a lot of the global problems.