tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post814132010022421132..comments2023-11-22T21:31:54.494+13:00Comments on robertguyton: Coal for breakfast - Gore!robertguytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-73550406089575547212010-09-17T08:06:04.509+12:002010-09-17T08:06:04.509+12:00Hi Tim - they certainly are working to a process a...Hi Tim - they certainly are working to a process and it's all about incremental gains - a little hole here (nothing to get upset about)a little processing plant here (no bigger than a garden shed really) - a councillor (or two) on the local District Board, some generous donations to disaster relief, laptops to the local school following a burglary ...<br />sweet-as!robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-60045151689918263932010-09-16T22:56:19.737+12:002010-09-16T22:56:19.737+12:00Good to read your report, Robert! Every argument u...Good to read your report, Robert! Every argument used by the pro-lignite types is almost a word-for-word rerun of the arguments used by the proponents of building an aluminium smelter at Aramoana in the late 1970s/early 1980s - and as we know, that plan was defeated. It looks like the menu at Chamber of Commerce breakfasts hasn't changed much either.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-65173133029930554782010-09-15T20:24:20.865+12:002010-09-15T20:24:20.865+12:00Hey Tarsh!
It was great to see you (two) at the br...Hey Tarsh!<br />It was great to see you (two) at the breakfast (you forgot to wear a power suit!).<br />Your question(s) were very good. Did you laugh (wryly) at the 'mistake' Greg made answering the 'are you selling the topsoil' question?<br />'Recreational lake' indeed!robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-78688858026352729712010-09-15T20:20:20.692+12:002010-09-15T20:20:20.692+12:00Nice un-earthing of relevant documents Anonymous.
...Nice un-earthing of relevant documents Anonymous.<br />I presented that point to Solid Greg at question-time this morning and he looked mighty uncomfortable then hauled out the old 'benefit to the economy that will benefit us all' argument.<br />He neglected to mention that the benefit of our taxpayer money would be to his Enterprise.robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-83951457275222181842010-09-15T20:04:27.980+12:002010-09-15T20:04:27.980+12:00Haha yes, but "the benefits to GDP vastly out...Haha yes, but "the benefits to GDP vastly outweigh the cost to the tax payer through the ETS" remember... ;)<br />I love that you took a photo of their food!! AND Robert bravely sat at the front table with the Solid Energy rep... we were not so braveTarshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-46670289705716540632010-09-15T18:54:13.925+12:002010-09-15T18:54:13.925+12:00Don't forget that the public may end up gettin...Don't forget that the public may end up getting milked if Solid Energy gets this one through...<br /><br />'The state owned coal miner, Solid Energy, would be entitled to a subsidy on the cost of emissions from its proposed lignite to urea plant worth tens of millions of dollars a year.'<br /><br />'Coal Miner Would Qualify For Millions In Taxpayer Subsidies' <br /><br />are probably not the kind of headlines Solid Energy gets in the ODT or Southland Times.<br /><br />http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/urea-plant-could-get-millions-in-subsidies-3022616Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-63626487376196823392010-09-15T17:55:27.276+12:002010-09-15T17:55:27.276+12:00Yes they did Nick - great to see them there.
I wou...Yes they did Nick - great to see them there.<br />I wouldn't touch a Solid sausage with a barge pole.<br />I had cornflakes, pears and yoghurt.<br />Everyone else seemed to have a plate-full of bangers.robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-3265646434549564672010-09-15T16:50:02.740+12:002010-09-15T16:50:02.740+12:00Gluttons! Did the Otago attendees ignite? I hope y...Gluttons! Did the Otago attendees ignite? I hope you weren't foolish enough to eat that sausage!Nicknoreply@blogger.com