This would be the week to drive an EV. Thanks for nothing, coalition
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Back in February 2025, MBIE got a report on NZ’s fuel security. It basically outlined that NZ is extremely dependent on imported fossil fuels, therefore vulnerable to international fossil fuel supply line disruptions. They specifically talked about events like war, estimating a major incident would cost us about 1% of our GDP. (That’ll pour petrol on all those promised ‘green shoots,’ like an over enthusiastic arsonist.)
The solution was clear. It said, “The most cost-effective strategies for enhancing fuel resilience is accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles” (And add trucking capacity and increase diesel storage.) Simply put, get more people out of petrol cars and into EVs.
What did the Government do instead?
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Back in February 2025, MBIE got a report on NZ’s fuel security. It basically outlined that NZ is extremely dependent on imported fossil fuels, therefore vulnerable to international fossil fuel supply line disruptions. They specifically talked about events like war, estimating a major incident would cost us about 1% of our GDP. (That’ll pour petrol on all those promised ‘green shoots,’ like an over enthusiastic arsonist.)
The solution was clear. It said, “The most cost-effective strategies for enhancing fuel resilience is accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles” (And add trucking capacity and increase diesel storage.) Simply put, get more people out of petrol cars and into EVs.
What did the Government do instead?
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That takes balls, doesn't it?
For those of you tuning in from outside NZ, check these out:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/586975/winds-gust-to-240km-h-on-lower-north-island-s-east-coast
BTW it's summer here.
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Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
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Similar pattern as with the ferry, health and water systems - Labour had fixes for their problems rolling out but National scrapped them and then did nothing.
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While other Auckland areas saw turnout drop, voting numbers in Papatoetoe increased by more than 7 percent. All four seats went to first-time candidates from the Papatoetoe Ōtara Action Team. The result was inconsistent with historic voting patterns. None of the previous local board members of the Papatoetoe subdivision were re-elected.
Sketchy! Who are these guys?? https://www.facebook.com/papatoetoeotaraactionteam/
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To be fair, that's $153m over 4 years and the student numbers will probably increase. Let's pretend there were 1000 students, so that's 153,000,000 / 4 / 1000 = $38k per student per year.
For the rest of the school system, the govt spends ~$10k per student per year, see page 10, point 1.2. So Charter schools still cost nearly 4x as much and they don't even work.
