Recent photos in local media show the benefits of well-managed pest control in our Coromandel native forest. The improvements in forest cover and native bird numbers and biodiversity are obvious. Now, Forest and Bird have highlighted another huge benefit – controlling deer, possums, goats, feral pigs and other invasive mammals could let established native forests recover to the point where they sucked in 15 per cent of New Zealand’s yearly greenhouse gas emissions. That is equivalent to around 60% of New Zealand’s transport climate emission pollution
Read More »Early next year some new EV’s will be as cheap as petrol/diesel equivalents
Some armchair pundits have fully battery electric cars not reaching price parity with their equivalent petrol/diesel (ICE) versions in New Zealand until 2024 or even 2027. But what if I told you that next month for a price around NZ$35,000 you will be able to order for delivery in March/April 2022 a fully spec’d battery electric hatchback which will be as cheap as a high-end new Toyota Corolla. This car will have a real world range of at least 500 km and is capable of 0 – 100 km/hr in around 5 seconds.
Read More »Petrol/Diesel cars consume 300 – 400 times more resources than an electric car
First oil companies tried a misinformation campaign that electric cars were just as polluting as gas-powered vehicles. That myth has been rubbished. Now the oil companies have turned to a new attack, – that mining resources to build EV batteries is just as bad for the environment as burning petrol. But that myth has been thoroughly discredited as well.
Read More »May Newsletter
Home Improvement Loan Scheme
The big news for May is that Waikato Regional Council will proceed with the home improvement loan scheme that I have been promoting for the last year. For all the details on the scheme see this blog post here
Read More »Waikato Regional Council’s Home Improvement Loan Scheme Gets Go-Ahead
After 78% of public submissions overwhelmingly supported the proposal, Waikato Regional Council (WRC) has given the go-ahead for a home improvement loan scheme in its Long Term Plan. The impetus for the scheme came from Thames-Coromandel WRC representative Denis Tegg.
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