Posts by Just thinking
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Robbie, any links to a band I saw briefly on TV "No artificial flavours"?
The lyrics were really touching and a heart felt plea about poverty, but I blinked and missed it. -
Philip that needs a mental image alert.
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The answer to number 2 is the bottle.
Showgirls is the answer to all other questions. -
Outrageous Fortune had the smarts to name their show and each episode after Shakespeares lines.
The deliberate and staged wink and nod that means, this is pop-culture but we know what we're doing, and they did.Jonathan Lemalu would be flavour of the moment wouldn't he?
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If only it were the beautiful (and easy to grow) brassica, and if sold and consumed in the same area it would return to the same water cycle.
95% of the NZ Dairy is exported and therefore lost to our water cycle. The vast majority of that as milk powder, and so requiring more water.
The irrigated water (stored or pumped from aquifers) will adversely affect the soil by drawing up salts. This is the vast majority of water used in Canterbury.
Aquifers may refill, but if seawater intrusion has occured, it is already refilling. The fresh water sits on top allowing for more and more take, drawing the seawater further inland and higher & higher. As in Florida (scary bed time stories).
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Craig, you don't have to take an attack on greed and theft by others so personally.
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Mean while at the trough:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10627936
When others take money they're not supposed to they get fired, maybe even a conviction.
One law for all eh? Tough on crime eh?
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I think those posts of Burns actually show his ignorance of the issues, but it is bad form to pass judgement while he has personal issues.
It's not just about green fields and brown water. As big an issue, if not bigger is the soil itself and the impact intensive production will have on it - see Australia and the Murray.
Salts draw to the surface by irrgation and of course seawater intrusion (which is already happening in Canty).The long term economics of another Kiwi Fruit boom and bust as farmers over invest in product is then sourced cheaper overseas - South America.
Urban Rate payers subsidising rural industry of our precious water. Lets remeber the water is then made into powered and so is lost to the water cycle.
I think Russel Norman is owning this issue, and has the depth of knowledge to be effective.
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Kyle, agreed Maori TV is the best public TV broadcaster and it should be fully funded. This failure isn't a reason for Concert FM & NatRNZ to be in anyway made commercial.
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Sam F, Ecan had the same job up for offer last week. That means there was a vacancy. Strangely it was a permanent position.