Generation Zero

"A group of young New Zealanders today delivered a Christmas present to Climate Change Minister Tim Groser: a Christmas stocking filled with coal."

They did, and good on them. Here's the story and a photo of the carollers.

“With the dismal outcome in Durban delaying serious action to 2020, Tim is certainly not the only one who was naughty,” said Miss Robinson. “But we are ashamed to hear about the role our country apparently played. These obstructions and hard-line stances add up to lower the overall ambition at the talks.”

Susan Krumdieck commented on the site:
"The most reasonable course of action at this time is a 10 year moratorium on new coal mining, new deep sea oil wells, and most certainly hydraulic fracturing of rock structures to squeeze out gas. Surely we have learned that “boom and bust” cycles are not economically or socially beneficial? Surely we could take a breather from the fantasy of prosperity from selling our one-time endowment of resources off-shore long enough to have a good think about it? Surely it would not make our economy worse to not make big, costly mistakes?

The rest of the world will have to eventually figure out how to structure an economy around using less fossil fuel. If we are the first to maturely face that challenge, and come up with innovative solutions, wouldn’t that be best?
Generation Zero – Good on you for being able to think long term."