tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post4160302431720585427..comments2024-03-28T00:33:53.397+13:00Comments on Local Bodies: Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Smart EconomicsDave Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-29358728367526496322014-04-04T20:56:46.114+13:002014-04-04T20:56:46.114+13:00Thanks Viv, I would think Homepaddock would be one...Thanks Viv, I would think Homepaddock would be one of the wider read National blogs after Kiwiblog and Whale oil so any support occasionally would be welcome :-)Dave Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-28726346744404693822014-04-04T20:26:01.674+13:002014-04-04T20:26:01.674+13:00Hi Dave,
I've been talking climate change too,...Hi Dave,<br />I've been talking climate change too, on the ODT online.<br /> http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/your-say/297561/reducing-co2-emissions<br /><br />Like you, we have our pop up deniers that repeat the same old lines. Keep up the good work over at Homepaddock, I'm wondering about backing you up over there, but I'm not sure if it is a wide enough read forum to expend much time & energy on. <br /><br />regards<br />Viv KerrAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191100615891240315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-43774752682254491442014-04-04T00:14:15.943+13:002014-04-04T00:14:15.943+13:00I had a good chat to a Southland Times reporter to...I had a good chat to a Southland Times reporter today regarding the new areas that have been made available for oil exploration, hopefully most of what I said will be printed. Climate change is still a huge reason for why we don't need to access new oil reserves.Dave Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-6172313784358314222014-04-03T17:57:33.283+13:002014-04-03T17:57:33.283+13:00"I would rather be getting on with the busine..."I would rather be getting on with the business of saving the planet than having an endless argument on the sideline with a stubborn, vocal few."<br /><br />You could do both. I do both. Sequestering carbon in the soil of our own backyard is doing something.Many New Zealanders can do that. Key's never done that.robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-91189202391615967372014-04-03T16:37:00.971+13:002014-04-03T16:37:00.971+13:00Consequently a reduction in jobs causes an increas...Consequently a reduction in jobs causes an increase in child poverty?<br /><br />Why are jobs better than benefits?<br /><br />How are jobs created? Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-89958754141519285802014-04-03T15:58:33.727+13:002014-04-03T15:58:33.727+13:00Certainly would, Shane, over 20% of our workforce ...Certainly would, Shane, over 20% of our workforce is either under-employed or unemployed, more jobs (especially higher paying ones), would make a huge difference to family incomes and child poverty.Dave Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-39270588401629521432014-04-03T15:16:46.495+13:002014-04-03T15:16:46.495+13:00Job creation will reduce child poverty?Job creation will reduce child poverty?Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-49120998050357541042014-04-03T13:27:45.000+13:002014-04-03T13:27:45.000+13:00Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but there are a num...Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but there are a number of determined denialists who pop up when the topic is mentioned. While we may think that they are easy to dismiss I would rather not encourage them. <br /><br />The sad thing is that despite the irrefutable evidence and international acceptance we have a Government made up of deniers (I refuse to use skeptics now because given the strength of evidence only the determined deniers remain). There is still a large proportion of the voting public who also refuse to accept the science and as logic has no part in forming their view then logic cannot be used to shift them. <br /><br />I would rather be getting on with the business of saving the planet than having an endless argument on the sideline with a stubborn, vocal few. Many will quietly shift in their thinking a lot faster if we just focus on the solutions.<br />Dave Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-90803062730425953942014-04-03T08:26:21.216+13:002014-04-03T08:26:21.216+13:00"Endless stream" of climate change denia..."Endless stream" of climate change denialists?<br />There are two or three who write letters to the editor, so far as I can see.<br />Carol Cowan had their measure and wasn't fraid to match their letter-rate with her own. She was good. Pity she moved out of the region.<br />Rod Oram dismissed one of those ostriches at a public meeting once, with an elegant and funny reposte. I enjoyed watching that immensely. robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.com