I thought OSH might come to my rescue but two other firm family favourites, global warming and nuclear power, step into the breach. Before this we see Simon Dallow making the front page complaining that he has to read too much 'fluff' on the TV1 6 o'clock news. How the hell else does he think a country like this going to fill up an hour news program? I'm surprised we don't get scone recipes as a regular feature.
An energy conference in Wellington which would appear to be sponsored by energy companies floats the idea of nuclear power for NZ again. Jolly good idea, as I've said before. All spoilt a bit by a Photoshop effort as to what a nuclear power plant might look like parked on the river at Dargaville. This photomontage is complete with the obligatory smokestacks belching 'smoke'. This is of course predominantly steam - jolly dangerous stuff is steam. Think of the harm we are all exposing ourselves to boiling kettles for tea.
The South Island's glaciers are smalller this year. All the fault of 'global warming', of course, which in turn is all our fault. Let's just ignore the fact that for the two previous years the same glaciers have been bigger than normal. Oh yes, I remember, we had global warming turned off for 2004-5. This phenomenon is explained away by some plonker from NIWA as being because New Zealand's glacier situation is more complex than in other countries. Eh? Mountains, prevailing westerlies bring weather containing snow and we get glaciers. Sounds much like everybody else's to me. The piece below this is about melting permafrost and the release of the methane it contains. This is poorly written but the bottom lines are a) it is all our fault, b) we are entering a downward spiral of impending doom, c) my front room will be awash by next Thursday and d) there is thankfully no permafrost in Milford.
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