This is such a long fucking time coming. The only land left in Nelson to build on is steep hills, or productive land out past Richmond (and actually Tasman District Council at that point anyway). This has been needed for ages.
I applaud the initiative in finding new solutions to the problem of power generation and power cost to consumers. However, surely there are better locations. Wind farms on the many hills around the motu, solar farms on the ocean, wave power, etc.
This information is posted in many places. If you actually care to know, a quick Google search would have turned up many articles on their proposed tax changes. Here is one of many.
I think it's more like taking cough medicine to control a chronic chest infection, but ignoring the damp moldy home, the sedentary lifestyle and the smoking. If you treat the symptom the problem will persist.
Unfortunately, they only need to look like they're doing something for about 1y to get the votes.
It's clear that of the 4 major parties, only really the Greens grasp the underlying causes of crime, and are pushing for treating the cause rather than bandaid solutions for the symptoms.
Absolutely. Add to that some of the interviews saying there isn't that much traffic on these roads anyway, and that induced demand is a real thing, you have a transport policy which will add nothing to the economy of NZ except for the contractors.
It most definitely was not invented to "separate people from their actual money", and since the original white paper's author is unknown, you absolutely cannot back up that statement.
Many crypto currencies have been made more accurately as pyramid schemes, definitely. But nothing about the technology requires this, Bitcoin and many of the largest, most stable currencies absolutely weren't invented as pyramid schemes, and there is nothing stopping a government from using the technology to created a fiat currency.
I see a lot of comments that a cashless society would not be a good one, but no reasons behind this.
Sure, current implementations and technology make it nonviable, but I cannot think of any reason why this could not change in the future.
Hypothetically, the government's central bank could issue a crypto-based currency, backed by them, and equal exactly to the dollar. Let's call it the Kiwicoin. This coin would work using an official wallet, and perhaps other 3rd party wallets. It could be used with a debit-card, like some places already have (crypto.com, wirex, etc). You could exchange fist into this, and back, 1:1 with no fees. Instant transactions, resilient network, complete record of transactions. There are many potential benefits.
This is only one option, I'm sure there are other ways of executing a cashless society. Cash has no intrinsic value, and other than being a physical object, has no benefit over the numbers in your bank, and several downsides.
Rail is just another option. When all freight is by road, it's no better as a single slip will take a road out for months. The article is suggesting we shouldn't have all our eggs in one basket.
The article sparked discussion. I think that's a success. Not every article needs to solve the problem.
Firstly, you should read the article more carefully as they put forward 3 ways to increase resilience for NZs food supply chains.
Increase the use of rail and coastal shipping for freight, freeing up the reliance on an often vulnerable road network
Decentralize processing factories and distribution centres
Utilize new technology, such as aquaculture and vertical hydroponics, to reduce the reliance on certain specific regions for the bulk of our food production
Secondly, an article does not need to propose an answer to a problem to be a good article. Sometimes, bringing attention to a problem is a goal in and of itself.
This is such a long fucking time coming. The only land left in Nelson to build on is steep hills, or productive land out past Richmond (and actually Tasman District Council at that point anyway). This has been needed for ages.