Practice what you preach? MP cycles to hosp at 2am to give birth

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#290687 28-Nov-2021 09:11

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/green-mp-julie-anne-genter-bikes-give-birth

"Green MP Julie Anne Genter cycled to hospital at 2am today while in labour, before giving birth to a health baby girl."

I have to say ... impressive!

(PS i don't think it is a publicity stunt, maybe it is, nonetheless still impressive!)

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#2820423 28-Nov-2021 09:22

Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...

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#2820425 28-Nov-2021 09:32

Bung: Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...

You mean her coal powered bike - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/444472/new-zealand-s-use-of-coal-for-electricity-generation-surges

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#2820434 28-Nov-2021 09:40

the way i see it the coal is polluting somewhere else, no fumes for me to breathe in!

(hey i got petrol cars too don't worry)

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#2820435 28-Nov-2021 09:40

Dulouz:
Bung: Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...
You mean her coal powered bike - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/444472/new-zealand-s-use-of-coal-for-electricity-generation-surges

Depends what time of day it's on charge.

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#2820436 28-Nov-2021 09:41

Bung: Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...

hmm let me rethink if it will affect my impressed-ivity-ness

....

surprisingly not by much!

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#2820441 28-Nov-2021 10:02

Kind of reminds me of Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.

”The Third World…….Yorkshire”.

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#2820449 28-Nov-2021 10:34

Good on her! That's some commitment.

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#2820461 28-Nov-2021 10:53

Bung: Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...

I think as a car replacement e-bikes are awesome, on mountain-bike trails I have a different view.

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#2820501 28-Nov-2021 12:08

Woman forgoes car to do the single worst thing she can do for the environment.

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#2820504 28-Nov-2021 12:16

mudguard:

Bung: Also impressed but I'll be the grinch who points out the electric assist on her bike...

I think as a car replacement e-bikes are awesome, on mountain-bike trails I have a different view.

Gatekeeping ?

If a little electric assistance get some people out into the great outdoors how does that impact you?

Seems a little mean spirited.

Friends of mine love going riding with their parents.

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#2820508 28-Nov-2021 12:40

epr: Woman forgoes car to do the single worst thing she can do for the environment.

Hang about, what if she just gave birth to an enviromental messiah?

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#2820509 28-Nov-2021 12:41

Hardly a safe environment for the unborn baby to travel

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#2820563 28-Nov-2021 13:01

Dulouz:
epr: Woman forgoes car to do the single worst thing she can do for the environment.

Hang about, what if she just gave birth to an enviromental messiah?

Be bloody surprised if she did, more likely she has just added to the problem and shown she doesn't believe in doing anything about it.

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#2820564 28-Nov-2021 13:08

tdgeek:

Hardly a safe environment for the unborn baby to travel

I am no doctor...

The womb is probably the safest place for an unborn baby.

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#2820566 28-Nov-2021 13:19

Good on her for signalling her virtue by posting it on social media. The article didn’t say how her partner got to the hospital because although the cycle appeared to have a baby pod on the front, it wasn’t a tandem. Likewise, the members of her birthing team were probably all within walking distance.

I’m positive she would have also ensured that the hospital she cycled to didn’t use fossil fuels to power its boilers and that, in the event of an electricity outage diesel powered generators would not be used.

Also no disposable plastics or artificially derived pain relief used. Just bite down on a stick.
And heaven forbid that the newborn needed to go to Starship hospital, think of the carbon footprint!

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