Almost hidden over at Russell Brown’s Hard News was a link to a seriously good discussion paper on public broadcasting futures and the wider implications. The paper was commissioned by a government arts funding agency- so many of the conclusions are pointed at them. However there are wonderful little gems… read more →
I’m hoping as many as possible will read the whole (NZ Energy Strategy) document but I’m guessing that won’t happen. Given that 86% of NZ oil consumption is used by the transport sector, the transport implications are worth looking at more closely. However from a climate change perspective “Greenhouse gas… read more →
The latest version of the New Zealand Energy Strategy to 2050 was released at 11am on Thursday October 11th. The full document is available for download (as a 112page PDF document) over at this address. On pages 7 & 8 – the Minister of Energy – David Parker makes these… read more →
One of the best blogs on media and publishing is called Trends in the Living Networks. It is written by Ross Dawson whose insights make a great deal of sense. Last week he wrote about six trends that will transform living online over the next years Those 6 trends are (Each gets… read more →
Apparently George Bush thinks the answer to global warming is nuclear power. The reality is far more complex and relies on Russian goodwill more than anything else. I suspect this is not something Bush wants to rely on given the resumption of the Cold War practices of long range bomber patrols… read more →
I see that John Ralston Saul is in Wellington for a couple of days this week. I’d love to be there* to hear what he has to say to our local Government Managers and the Wellington City Council. Saul’s books are some of the best and most important I’ve ever… read more →
Over the past few weeks I have tried to summarize the peak oil debate as best as I can given that it is complex and highly pertinent. Never before have we faced such a large impact on so many sectors of the economy on such a global scale. (This is… read more →
A key benefit of the book, The Last Oil Shock book by David Strahan, is found in the last two chapters in which he recommends a series of local and personal actions for urgent changes needed to survive this major threat. In a chapter called “Pass-notes for Policy Makers” the… read more →
One of the standard responses from Government and Oil companies when faced with the peak oil scenarios is to say that alternative energy sources will make up the gap and we shouldn’t worry. Wrong! This is Part 2 in a series on Energy futures and this post looks more closely… read more →
At school my daughter is a very excited member of the Enviro Explorers who aim to treasure the environment while many of us parents drive them to school in huge gas guzzling cars. How shortsighted is that? Incredibly it seems that despite 30 years of rising environmental awareness we still… read more →