Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 4,035 Location: Beside the pie warmer.
Posted: Thu 22nd May 5:48pm Post subject:
Grapefruit wrote:
where was the option
"get a big dam tugboat and push it onto australia's coastline to make it a new OZ state and save on the greenhouse gases of everyone migrating over there'?
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 4,035 Location: Beside the pie warmer.
Posted: Thu 22nd May 5:52pm Post subject:
Hard to pick anyone particular infrastructure sector that needs more investment than another because for so long everything in NZ has been done on the cheap.
I picked telecommunication and the internets though because this is one area in particular that needs to be enhanced to stimulate productivity within the economy. A focus on increasing productivity is what the government really lacks and what needs to change if NZ is ever going to be economically successful (like Ireland was for example).
Interestingly enough, all of the land at Beaumont (in the Clutha District) is still owned by Contact... the Beaumont hydro scheme could be resurrected easily (aside from the RMA)
Joined: Dec 01, 2002 Posts: 4,705 Location: Windy Wellington
Posted: Tue 22nd Jul 10:39pm Post subject:
I choose roading.
A couple of reasons in my opinion.
One is that people + cars + nz roads = enevitable deaths. What price do you put on human life? So go for it, make our roads wider, safer and easier to use, between cities. State Highways ? Please... They wouldn't even make it as B roads in the UK.
Two, better roads, laid out and planned properly could actually increase fuel economy in general as faster drivers won't need to boot it time and time again overtaking slowpokes.
Joined: May 25, 2004 Posts: 11,075 Location: V8 Street Race NZ
Posted: Tue 22nd Jul 11:04pm Post subject:
Malcy wrote:
I choose roading.
A couple of reasons in my opinion.
One is that people + cars + nz roads = enevitable deaths. What price do you put on human life? So go for it, make our roads wider, safer and easier to use, between cities. State Highways ? Please... They wouldn't even make it as B roads in the UK.
Two, better roads, laid out and planned properly could actually increase fuel economy in general as faster drivers won't need to boot it time and time again overtaking slowpokes.
So yeah, intercity roading gets my vote.
Teaching people how to drive outside of cities at 100kmph would be of more use or in the cities for that fact. And the faster you drive the more fuel you use.
Joined: May 22, 2002 Posts: 3,172 Location: Christchurch
Posted: Wed 23rd Jul 12:08am Post subject:
phunk wrote:
In all seriousness, power security is my main concern, winter is not going to be much fun with rolling power outages due to lack of supply.
hmmm.. banning the construction of power facilities does not seem like such a good idea anymore..
Why the hell shoudl power companies pay for the power lines? power is essential, they can just let the capacity kcuf out then have the government build them new lines, at mates rates too if John Key gets elected.
In all seriousness, power security is my main concern, winter is not going to be much fun with rolling power outages due to lack of supply.
hmmm.. banning the construction of power facilities does not seem like such a good idea anymore..
Why the hell shoudl power companies pay for the power lines? power is essential, they can just let the capacity kcuf out then have the government build them new lines, at mates rates too if John Key gets elected.
Factor in that many of NZL's dwellings are woefully underinsulated and power inefficient.
Michael - I assume you're sarcastic. If the power companies are going to run a commercial operation supplying a vital resource then they need to invest sufficiently. If they want provide a service that's not run as a commercially viable operation, but requires propping up, then they should be a govt operation, or the govt should be a major shareholder.
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