There is an externality to imports which isn't factored in.. so it could make the market more efficient.
But some people get " really rich" from the status quo so it doesn't happen (similar to how the carbon tax was torpedoed in Australia).
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There is an externality to imports which isn't factored in.. so it could make the market more efficient.
But some people get " really rich" from the status quo so it doesn't happen (similar to how the carbon tax was torpedoed in Australia).
From reading the article it seems China’s ever-expanding coal usage (burning) had very little to do with it exporting rubber bath toys to NZ.
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‘Although China is one of the biggest investors in wind and solar, anxious leaders called for more coal-fired power after economic growth plunged and shortages caused blackouts and factory shutdowns. Russia’s attack on Ukraine added to the anxiety that foreign oil and coal supplies might be disrupted.
At a conference in Beijing, Frans Timmermans said that while China is forging ahead with plans to expand its use of renewable resources such as wind and solar energy, the country has also been constructing an ever-growing number of coal-fired plants in the past few years.
“And that seems to be in a contradiction and it is in contradiction,” said Timmermans. “But at the same time, I do understand the anxiety caused by potential blackouts.”’
Panda, China ended its one Child policy back in 2016.
LNF, So the US has twice the carbon emissions per capita that China does. They have so much more they could be doing.
It's difficult for developing nations with such big populations to not dramatically increase their fossil fuel usage. It's a lot easier for already developed nations such as the US, European and of course NZ needs to play its part.
What infuriates me is although Labour is attempting to address this, their policies have been poor. Gas is an excellent alternative to coal for instance. Less cows is the obvious answer not only for emissions but our soils & waterways.
But they need to be supporting farmers to transition and also supporting alternatives such as sheep farming & the wool industry. Great to hear on the wireless that the sheep milk company is growing rapidly. This is the sort of going NZ needs more of. Innovation.
China's problem is that while the official policy was dropped, couples are still not having more babies for a complex mix of reasons. China's demographic imbalance will see its population plummet, possibly by as much as 50% by 2050. In the short term this is irreversible. There are simply not enough women of child bearing age to change it. Effectively as an economic super power, China's days are numbered. Perhaps 12-15 years at best.
The problem for everyone else is China's likely political instability as the slide gathers pace.
This is interesting. The gender ratio in China by age bracket. The average is 104 men to every 100 women. But in the last 20 years its more like 114 men to every 100 women.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-by-age-group/
And another armed robbery with the store owner injured, this time in Hastings.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police...M5434INIT56VE/
https://thebfd.co.nz/wp-content/uplo...1-630x470.jpeg
Nah, when China plans to burn another 300 million tonnes of coal on top of the 2 billion tonnes they already burn, then trying to force our handful of farmers to ‘transition’ is nothing less than puerile harassment by sadly indoctrinated ignoramuses who think that we can ‘save the planet’ by doing something here in NZ.
Try to imagine someone dumping 200 tonnes of coal in your backyard.
Now imagine the pile is 300,000 tonnes of coal.
Now imagine a million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 30 million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 300 million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 2 billion tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 2.3 billion tonnes of coal.
Now imagine that whole lot going up in smoke this year, and the next year, and the next year, and the next year, and the next year & so on and so forth.
Meanwhile Sameer on the ANZ genuinely thinks he’s ‘saving the planet’ by turning the bathroom light off….
Agree with you 100% on non-pollution of waterways, and farmers address that now through riparian planting and fencing off streams and drains etc. Other than that, leave our farmers alone. Cow numbers peaked and have declined. Leave them alone. Let them earn crucial foreign exchange and maybe we’ll keep our credit rating.
The idea of some urban non-productive type cruising to the beach in their gas guzzler while fuming about a hard working farmer (exporter) is quite honestly sickening. Let’s fix our polluted cities and the situation of human faecal waste constantly washing up on Auckland’s unswimmable beaches before putting the boot into our rural communities yet again.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-pl...KC2TJSJDEA7M4/
‘Five vehicles ram raided a Thames shopping centre overnight causing “significant damage” and forcing some shops to close today.
Goldfields Shopping Centre manager John Freer said vehicles drove through the front doors about 2am smashing through one side of the centre and out the other.
He said it “smashed” a set of doors inside and damaged the vape shop and computer kiosk before driving out the other entrance by “smashing through the doors”.
Police Detective Senior Sergeant Kristine Clarke said five vehicles were used to gain entry through commercial premises on Mary St in Thames and were “driven carelessly through the premises”.
Police were called after multiple alarms were activated about 2.10am.
“Significant damage was caused, and an unknown amount of goods and money were stolen,” she said.’
Farmers are just the whipping boys (and girls) for 4,445,853 (as per 2021 figures) urban dwelling New Zealanders who are all farting, defecating, eating, drinking, and driving their vehicles hither and tither on our roads while angrily pontificating about the farmers who grow their food and bring in the foreign exchange which goes some way towards alleviating our horrific balance of payment deficits.
Farmers are expected to be ever so ‘umble and spend all their time apologising to the urban majority who seem to resent their existence of this earth.
Meanwhile you get the shocking hypocrisy of James Shaw and his entourage flying halfway around the world to attend a climate change conference, Chloe Swarbrick living in Auckland and flying to Wellington and back every week, and the young climate activist who lectured people about non-essential travel and then got caught out flying off on a lovely family holiday to Fiji.
And yet our waterways are still not swimmable in many instances, let alone drinkable. Nitrate levels are creating a health hazard and cancer risk that Europe acknowledges at much lower levels than we are prepared to hear.
If everyone has your attitude then nothing gets done. There are many ways we could reduce our emissions without causing economic harm.
The bill taxpayers are & will be paying to clean up the environmental mess of the farming industry will far outweigh the cost of doing something now. Funny those on the right don't like welfare unless of course it's corporate welfare.
In your latter post you complain about those polluting cities driving their guzzlers etc. A bit of hypocrisy there regarding the Rights view on subsidising EVs. Of course our cities can do better, however they house by far the majority of the population in a comparatively small space. 97% of our fresh waterways are outside of cities. Nice diversion tactic though, although a bit simplistic.
Blackcap, yes the metal health issues occurring in farming is a sad indictment of the industry. The Government is the easy scapegoat, when really, many farmers aren't enjoying modern farming which has become more like factory production rather than a country lifestyle. This is driven by production is King, more milk, more fertilizer, more antibiotics, more palm kernel, intensive winter grazing so they and their cows are constantly in mud/cow ****e soups.
Intensive farming has been pummeled into farmers by the fertilizer companies, industry bodies & banks and the cost of production has gone through the roof as a result.
I bet ya those practicing regenerative and more sustainable farming are enjoying what they are doing far form. Looking after their land, lowering costs, lowering production and looking after their animals.
You must have ignored the part where I said farmers are busy with riparian planting and fencing off waterways.
But I understand that castigating our farmers is your pressure release valve, your little contribution to the virtue signalling effort which helps you sleep more soundly at night.
Meanwhile, in Auckland…..
https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/auckl...ged-for-sewage
Eleven Auckland beaches black flagged for sewage
Karanama Ruru
11:58, Jan 27 2023
‘Eleven Auckland beaches have been black flags due to wastewater overflow, according to Safeswim.
Mission Bay, St Heliers, Okahu Bay, Te Tiana, St Mary's Bay, Taipari Strand, Chapman Strand, Beach Haven, Herne Bay, Home Bay and Point England are all affected.
Wastewater overflows occur when wastewater, or sewage spills out from gully traps, manholes, engineered overflow points or pump stations. It then flows into backyards or waterways as well as the sea.
“Overflows are more common in wet weather, but they can happen in dry weather if pipes are blocked or damaged,” Safeswim said.’
This artificial urban - rural divide is a political tool for National anyway.
"War on farmers"... There is no divide, we're all NZers and row the same boat :)