frednz:

 

Rikkitic:

 

shk292:

 

MikeB4:

 

It's not about taking things away, it's about doing things differently in a responsible, sustainable way. 

 

 

I disagree - the "visions" presented for future transport and lifestyles would remove a great deal of the personal freedom currently enjoyed by NZers, especially those who follow a lifestyle different to the urban masses.  This may or may not happen - but we mustn't be fooled into thinking that all of the changes will be positive, or that nobody will care about this loss of freedom and individuality.

 

 

This is true, but there is another side. The other side is people so selfish and self-obsessed that they are not prepared to give up any of their perceived 'freedom' for the sake of future survivability and will grimly cling to the wheel of their V8 SUV as they drive themselves and the rest of the world into the hell of a dead and devastated planet.

 

Of course that vision is also wrong. It is not all one or the other. But people who keep shouting that they are not prepared to make any kind of change whatsoever because they insist on the 'freedom' to continue doing everything exactly the same way they and their grandparents always have, are not helping things. The way forward is to make small compromises and gradual changes. Things don't stay the same. You don't have to either.

 

 

 

 

I agree we all need to do adapt to change and do the things that are best for the planet. But, here's the thing, new residents and petrol cars, for example, are pouring into the country at such a fast rate that they are making our efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions more difficult by the day.

 

For example, about 380,000 vehicles have been added to our roads during the last 2 years. How many of these are electric vehicles - perhaps 3,000 at most.

 

So, even if 20,000 people bought EVs during the next year (unlikely), these will be completely bombed out by 150,000 (or more) petrol vehicles being added to our roads.

 

I suppose the flow of petrol vehicles into NZ will eventually slow down, but electric vehicles are now so expensive and have such limited range that we are going to be importing a lot more petrol vehicles than EVs for years to come!

 

And think of the emissions created by 70,000 new immigrants each year! Our situation is simply spiralling (almost out of control) because of the amazing economic growth of this fair country of ours!

 

 

 

 

 

Immigration is a good thing. We just need to have the housing and traffic infrastructure for them. Oh yeah. Best to manage our affairs year on year instead of when its already got out of control. We are already on a 10 year catchup with these two items