Wicked Action! Are you guys setting up a fund for legal costs?
Don: "My view is, if you take a stand against some form of energy you're assuming some responsibility for suggesting another."
According to that logic, anyone who demands that the US pull out of Iraq would have to come up with an alternative peace plan - how bizarre. Why should I take 'responsibility' for our dependency on fossil fuels? Wasn't my idea - in fact I've been fighting against it for almost 30 years.
Scott: You're correct that tourism reinforces the dependency on the US and EU, but exporting coal to Japan (because that's where the Happy Valley coal will be going) isn't going to improve that. The problem is that none of the industries NZ has been left with after Rogernomics is sustainable.
Re: Stopping Climate Change in its Tracks
Date Edited: 17 Aug 2005 03:44:52 PM
Don: "My view is, if you take a stand against some form of energy you're assuming some responsibility for suggesting another."
According to that logic, anyone who demands that the US pull out of Iraq would have to come up with an alternative peace plan - how bizarre. Why should I take 'responsibility' for our dependency on fossil fuels? Wasn't my idea - in fact I've been fighting against it for almost 30 years.
Scott: You're correct that tourism reinforces the dependency on the US and EU, but exporting coal to Japan (because that's where the Happy Valley coal will be going) isn't going to improve that. The problem is that none of the industries NZ has been left with after Rogernomics is sustainable.