Comments on: Coal, climate change, and the New Zealand economy: winners, losers, and long-term users

By: cindybax

cindybax — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:34:56 +0000

Yes, Trevor, I do. But did you know that there’s more renewable energy generating capacity for electricity being built every year than oil, coal and gas put together? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-14/fossil-fuels-just-lost-the-race-against-renewables

By: trevor collins

trevor collins — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:51:18 +0000

DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE COAL FIRED STATIONS ARE OPENING ALMOST EVERY DAY,??

By: cindybax

cindybax — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:53:26 +0000

thanks! Yeah, the NZ media is quite something isn’t it. I’ve still not seen one decent story on divestment here either, despite Dunedin City Council and the entire Anglican Church of NZ and the Pacific announcing they’re divesting from fossil fuels. You’d think that President Tong’s announcement on the same day as Solid might have pricked up some ears, but no. move along everyone, nothing to see here 😉

By: Mr February

Mr February — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:50:03 +0000

Good on you Cindy (and Coal Action Network) for being the only medium to “join the dots” and “Do the math” and discuss the Solid Energy debacle in the context of climate change!
It has been maddening to see so much media coverage on Solid Energy that just won’t mention climate change. A good example of an invisible topic, an unmentionable subject. We should pass it on the George Marshall.
If Solid Energy’s demise, taking 300 million dollars of tax payers money with it, isn’t an example of a carbon bubble bursting, then I don’t know what is. I can’t help but wonder how much renewable energy could have been built for 300 million dollars. And how much retraining for West Coast miners could have been provided for 300 million.

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