Again, too close to the truth
01 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, energy economics, law and economics, liberalism Tags: political correctness
Liberal Democrats energy policy @auslibdems
28 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: 2016 Australian federal election
Does @JulieAnneGenter know how much an electric car costs? @GreenpeaceNZ
17 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, politics - New Zealand Tags: electric cars, expressive voting, fuel poverty, New Zealand Greens, Norway, tokenism
The New Zealand Greens welcomed the possibility that Norway may ban the sale of petrol driven cars in 2025. From then on Norwegians may be only able to buy an electric car.
Source: NZ electric vehicle buyers guide.
If this Norwegian policy of banning petrol cars by 2025 was repeated in New Zealand, most New Zealanders could not afford a new car or indeed any car at all. The cheapest electric car is $55,000 new and often much more. They also still have serious, indeed crippling range anxiety as the adjacent screen snapshot shows from the New Zealand electric cars buyers guide.
Tesla destroys the competition when it comes to how far its cars go on one charge buff.ly/1LphuLg http://t.co/UhIAECZIFp—
Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 17, 2015
These type of policies from the Greens show how impractical they are and how contemptuous they are of ordinary families having a decent lifestyle, affordable cars and cheap energy. The Greens prefer ordinary people to have to scrimp and save for expensive cars that lose value quickly and do not go very far.
Fossil fuels and The Great Escape
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, energy poverty, extreme poverty, India, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Nuclear energy is a seriously safe power source
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, health and safety, labour economics Tags: coal prices, comic power, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, risk risk trade-offs, solar power, wind power
Coal is the best resource we have in the fight to end poverty
04 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: coal prices, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
Winter is coming
03 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics
BS @WorldBank that #climateaction = no sacrifice 4 poor countries @cjsnowdon @RichardTol @BjornLomborg @WBG_Climate
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism, The Great Escape
Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: wrld.bg/Ufzpy https://t.co/BJXzwAZPyE—
World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015
The case for nuclear power
25 May 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: atomic energy, coal, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
@jamespeshaw how many domestic shipping services in NZ? 16!
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, transport economics Tags: celebrity technologies, coastal shipping, New Zealand Greens
Of the 4.2 billion million tons of annual coastal shipping in New Zealand, 2.32 million tons of that is petroleum products. The majority of coastal shipping is petroleum products redistributed from the one refinery in New Zealand to the rest of the country. You can’t double that which the Greens wanted to because it is already at its upper limit.
Source: Coastal shipping and modal freight choice | NZ Transport Agency.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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