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Robbie
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| sifter wrote: | I also wonder what gives them the right to call themselves an Environmental Group. What environment are they trying to protect? "Action for keeping our backyard the same"?  |
SO TRUE.
might I mention that the Makara Peak Supporters is a REAL environmental group, having planted about 35000 trees, gotten rid of 98% of possums, the list goes on.
And made some grouse tracks for all to enjoy.
gee this soap box is good 
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ThingOne
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 9:08am Post subject: |
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| Robbie wrote: | | sifter wrote: | | I also wonder what gives them the right to call themselves an Environmental Group. What environment are they trying to protect? "Action for keeping our backyard the same"? |
SO TRUE.
might I mention that the Makara Peak Supporters is a REAL environmental group, having planted about 35000 trees, gotten rid of 98% of possums, the list goes on.
And made some grouse tracks for all to enjoy.
gee this soap box is good |
Good point.. what exactly has "Action for the environment" done other than protest and sign petitions ?
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big_d
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 9:57am Post subject: |
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I had to laugh when I got a DM piece in the mail from them saying "Residints of Johnsonville and surrounding suburbs will be able to see the Makera Wind Farm"
Bloody hell!, how tall do you think these things are. LOL
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Jono
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 10:06am Post subject: |
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| big_d wrote: | I had to laugh when I got a DM piece in the mail from them saying "Residints of Johnsonville and surrounding suburbs will be able to see the Makera Wind Farm"
Bloody hell!, how tall do you think these things are. LOL |
Well as a resident of wadestown I'll be able to see them.
If I climb all the way to the top of the skyline saddle above crofton downs. Still - that's only 40 minutes away.
My god. I'm only 40 minutes riding away from having my eyes assaulted by the sight of carbon-neutral energy being generated.
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ThingOne
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 10:20am Post subject: |
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| big_d wrote: | I had to laugh when I got a DM piece in the mail from them saying "Residints of Johnsonville and surrounding suburbs will be able to see the Makera Wind Farm"
Bloody hell!, how tall do you think these things are. LOL |
From my old house in Khandallah I could see the Brooklyn turbine.. nearly ruined by life.
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Jono
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 10:28am Post subject: |
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| ThingOne wrote: | | From my old house in Khandallah I could see the Brooklyn turbine.. nearly ruined by life. |
Now that I live in wadestown I can see the turbine - when I was in brooklyn I couldn't. It's much better this way, as I can work out how windy it's going to be up in the gully, and whether it's going to be possible to hit the jumps on the resource consent track.
I think that all areas with jumps should have turbines for just this purpose.
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Robbie
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If the resource consent includes rounding up the goats ( as it should) I can see little wrong with this idea at all.
Except for a bunch of trucks during construction..
But that would be nothing comapred to the destruction caused by a dam, or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ..
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Spokes
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:19am Post subject: |
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| Robbie wrote: | | or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ.. |
Whats insane about it?
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phunk
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:26am Post subject: |
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 Cant plant things under it.
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Spokes
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:37am Post subject: |
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| phunk wrote: | | Cant plant things under it. |
Fair call.
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Monolith
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I wonder if Carrick is also the president of the "Friends of Happy Valley Stream association" or whatever it's called... 
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jerms669
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:46am Post subject: |
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| Spokes wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | | or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ.. |
Whats insane about it? |
The cost of uranium...
both raw material and disposal of depleated waste
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Spokes
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:49am Post subject: |
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| jerms669 wrote: | | Spokes wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | | or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ.. |
Whats insane about it? |
The cost of uranium...
both raw material and disposal of depleated waste |
Doesnt seemed to have hurt France.
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jerms669
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:53am Post subject: |
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| Spokes wrote: | | jerms669 wrote: | | Spokes wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | | or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ.. |
Whats insane about it? |
The cost of uranium...
both raw material and disposal of depleated waste |
Doesnt seemed to have hurt France. |
True they were able to grow a tastey wee nuclear weapons program with their waste streams 
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Spokes
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 11:54am Post subject: |
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| jerms669 wrote: | | Spokes wrote: | | jerms669 wrote: | | Spokes wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | | or the insanity of a nuclear power station in NZ.. |
Whats insane about it? |
The cost of uranium...
both raw material and disposal of depleated waste |
Doesnt seemed to have hurt France. |
True they were able to grow a tastey wee nuclear weapons program with their waste streams |
Cool, sounds win/win to me.
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