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Why not spend $2.7b on solar &...
Why is it so important to the NZ government to spend billions delaying NZ's inevitable transition to renewable energy?
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Why is it so important to the NZ government to spend billions delaying NZ's inevitable transition to renewable energy?
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For anyone wondering why this moron coalition of corruption is prioritising investment in imported US fossil fuels over pursuing a future of renewables for NZ electricity generation. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has a higher greenhouse gas footprint than coal does. #DitchThePricksIn26
Luxon: Taxes are only taxes when they're from the Labour region of Govt. Otherwise they're just sparkling levies.
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Luxon: Taxes are only taxes when they're from the Labour region of Govt. Otherwise they're just sparkling levies.
Just like the "Tax cuts" in the previous election, the media's unquestioning coverage of an LNG terminal as "saving millions of dollars" is irresponsible at best.
How is it cheaper to depend on LNG than renewable local energy? What is your source? Have you checked? Do any independent experts support this view?
Media fails us by carrying this narrative without questioning it.
"We can't afford to build a port for the cook straight ferry, but we can build one for the #NaturalGas no one wants to use" is a wild stance for a govt. that claims to accept the reality of #ClimateChange
"We can't afford to build a port for the cook straight ferry, but we can build one for the #NaturalGas no one wants to use" is a wild stance for a govt. that claims to accept the reality of #ClimateChange
@jeremy_pm , it's either mind-boggling stupidity or supporting fascism (take your pick).
@Antigrav @jeremy_pm This feels like the perfect time for the "Why not both?" meme.
Wow, this Gov't - esp Simon Watts - are so ridiculous in their insistence on gas rather than focusing on renewable electricity generation. This $ billion terminal they propose is a dead duck before it's even built. It's throwing good money after bad, digging the fossil fuel hole deeper rather than filling it in. Watts is also wrong that the terminal is faster to build than renewables. So dim and/or corrupt.
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Been thinking the same. Instead of nationally sovereign energy strategies that will pay back big time in generations ti come, they're pushing us more deeply into dependence for offshore profit's sake.
Let's make it an economic opportunity to 'escape forward' for NZ's and humanity's sake.
The lobbyists' pockets must be deep, I reckon.
For anyone wondering why this moron coalition of corruption is prioritising investment in imported US fossil fuels over pursuing a future of renewables for NZ electricity generation. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has a higher greenhouse gas footprint than coal does. #DitchThePricksIn26
Let's build our energy system around a brittle supply chain where we are the last link, requires complex refrigeration and transport of a toxic substance around the entire planet while dealing with unstable geopolitics and still pollute at least as much as coal. Liquefied natural gas.
Because the sun and the wind are too unreliable and expensive.
Apparently that makes sense.
NZ building a fossil gas import terminal in the #climatecrisis could be Luxon’s most STUPID idea yet.
Why not spend that BILLION dollars on household solar and battery installation?
Would be safer, more resilient, provide cheaper power and climate-friendly.
Imported LNG?
Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #FossilFools?
We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.
But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.
This is tying us to expensive imports of dirty fossils, subsidising war and sacrificing independence.
😩
(not to mention media stenography of this nonsense decision... LNG will not save you money. It will cost you for generations)
Imported LNG?
Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #FossilFools?
We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.
But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.
This is tying us to expensive imports of dirty fossils, subsidising war and sacrificing independence.
😩
(not to mention media stenography of this nonsense decision... LNG will not save you money. It will cost you for generations)
The Luxon government's announcement it will build a LNG import terminal is a dirty, dumb and expensive decision that will leave New Zealanders subsidising more climate pollution through higher electricity bills.
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https://greenpeace.nz/l48dng
