The Green Party is complaining about transport costs:
New data shows that families’ spending on transport is skyrocketing, driven by the cost of petrol and cars, and National’s transport priorities is making it worse, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today.
This is very much a case of the Green pot calling the blue kettle black.
Her party would make fuel even more expensive through higher ETS charges.
The Green Party also wants to lower the value of the dollar which would increase the cost of imports, among which are fuel and vehicles.
And the party is campaigning strongly against mineral exploration which has the potential to not only earn export income but also reduce our reliance on imported fuel.
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Is there anything the Greens would do to make transport cheaper?
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Greens seem to have developed a pathological hatred for fossil fuel. As Rodney Hide pointed out of the weekend the last argument the Greens ran was peak oil was nigh and we should develop alternative technologies before the industrial world (and cars in particular) ground to a halt. Now the argument is not one of lack of oil but we should not exploit our own oil resources because the world is warming as a direct result. This is despite a 17 year period of no warming at a period of unprecedented CO2 emissions.
If the Greens really did care for Fortress New Zealand they would be enthusiastically encouraging a New Zealand developed oil industry.
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I love the gWeens .. they are far more fun to play with than the likes of Labour or even Winny
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The message is give up your cars, people, this is only going to get worse. And blame the government for the need to travel. In the same way as environmentalists blame their need to travel on climate change. Doesn’t it all seem a bit self-fulfilling?
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