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Election 2011 Two-facedness - Saving money good - saving fuel bad

Submitted by Denis Tegg on 7 November 2011 - 10:28pm | Blog entry

All of the political parties agree New Zealand needs a long-term savings and investment plan . These elections there have been major policy announcements on Kiwisaver, reducing debt and the age of eligibility for National Superannuation. Saving money good. » Read more

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Officials Muzzled on Peak Oil?

Submitted by Denis Tegg on 2 September 2011 - 10:39am | updated 02 Sep 2011 | Blog entry

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

The government has finally released its Energy Strategy. There are cosmetic changes from the Draft version but it's no surprise that the final Strategy continues to completely ignore the threat of peak oil.  There were many submissions, including my own, which detailed the raft of recent reports from oil and energy experts, think tanks and government institutions which are all pointing to an imminent supply and oil price crunch. And in 2009 government officials themselves gave strong warnings to Ministers. So since 2009, have the officials been muzzled? » Read more

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New Zealand's oil security. How dependent are we on oil imports?

Submitted by Denis Tegg on 12 June 2011 - 9:29pm | updated 12 Jun 2011 | Blog entry

re-posted from my blog oilshockhorrorprobe

New Zealand imports 97% of its oil. Oil is the lifeblood of our economy. So a vital question must be -- how vulnerable is New Zealand to oil supply shocks? -- Whether from short term disruption, or due to an on-going and perhaps permanent decline in world oil exports? » Read more

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