Comments on: Earth To National: There Is This Thing Called Climate Change http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/ The Greenpeace NZ blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Greg http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-881 Greg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:13:28 +0000 http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-881 It's funny how "security of supply" is a reason to go for coal. One would think that the sun will shine and wind will blow a lot longer than coal reserves will hold out. Mind you, I wouldn't expect anything but a limp revival of draconian policy from National. It’s funny how “security of supply” is a reason to go for coal. One would think that the sun will shine and wind will blow a lot longer than coal reserves will hold out.

Mind you, I wouldn’t expect anything but a limp revival of draconian policy from National.

]]> By: Maria van der Meel http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-879 Maria van der Meel Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:28:09 +0000 http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-879 I had a discussion with the candidates at Joel Cosgroves house 176 Aro street Aro Valley Wellington. Stephen Franks was more concerned with how people would accept the changes needed to save the planet. Out of the five candidates present that day Stephen Franks was the only candidate who returned the petrol vouchers given to all candidates. These petrol vouchers from the seventies came as a result of an oil crisis in the Netherlands after our Minister of Foreign Affairs made a pro-Israel statement at a United Nations Convention. Members of the oil producing countries took offence to that statement and cut our oil supply practically overnight. This is not about IF but rather WHEN and more importantly are we ready. The answer is no!!! It takes a"collective social consience" to address the important issues so we can all be part of the solution. That is why everyone in the Netherlands got petrol vouchers. Voters beware I had a discussion with the candidates at Joel Cosgroves house 176 Aro street Aro Valley Wellington. Stephen Franks was more concerned with how people would accept the changes needed to save the planet. Out of the five candidates present that day Stephen Franks was the only candidate who returned the petrol vouchers given to all candidates. These petrol vouchers from the seventies came as a result of an oil crisis in the Netherlands after our Minister of Foreign Affairs made a pro-Israel statement at a United Nations Convention. Members of the oil producing countries took offence to that statement and cut our oil supply practically overnight.
This is not about IF but rather WHEN and more importantly are we ready. The answer is no!!! It takes a”collective social consience” to address the important issues so we can all be part of the solution. That is why everyone in the Netherlands got petrol vouchers.

Voters beware

]]> By: George Darroch http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-878 George Darroch Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:25:28 +0000 http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/earth-to-national/#comment-878 I think it is now clear that National are divorced from reality, at least as far as the earth's environment is concerned. I was hoping for better, but with the cohort of anti-environmentalists in there, this had to be expected - that green solutions would be rejected because they're green rather than their actual cost or efficacy. Are we even living on the same planet as these people? I think it is now clear that National are divorced from reality, at least as far as the earth’s environment is concerned. I was hoping for better, but with the cohort of anti-environmentalists in there, this had to be expected - that green solutions would be rejected because they’re green rather than their actual cost or efficacy.

Are we even living on the same planet as these people?

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