New Zealand Electricity Problems

News release from the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust – 19/09/03 The Auckland Energy Consumer Trust has reiterated its calls for the government to review current laws that prevent electricity network owners like the AECT from investing significantly in the electricity generation industry. AECT chair Karen Sherry said the government continues to fiddle around with short-term…

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Jim and the Bell-Ringer

Mark – 12/04/02 "The condition of man …is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) pt. I, ch. 4.S; Two factions of the ironically-named “Alliance” party verbally brawl in public, escalating the fighting – even though it means the death of the party, and a scorched earth of public opinion…

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