What does New Zealander of the Year Sir Paul Callaghan, have to say about the country that bestowed the honourific upon him?
Amongst other things, he says New Zealand had reached its limit on how it can exploit its natural resources.
"Mining our national parks may get us a few billion [dollars] but it's paltry in comparison to the damage to the brand it will do."
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Other nations wouldn't even touch the Coal we have in the Paparoa's, they would deem it too difficult and dangerous to extract.
When you consider that the largest coal mine in the USA produces the same volume of coal in one year as the Pike river mine was expected for it's entire lifetime, you suddenly realise that our coal is just not significant.
By the way, the Pike river seam is the only outcrop of its type in the entire Paparoa range, it is therefore a very significant landscape and has more value left as it is.
Here is a pic of part of the rare outcrop:
http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3682/features/16603/the_methane_in_the_mine.html
Very interesting article as well (and exactly in tune with information I have been collecting)
I'm very interested in reading the 'information you've been collecting' Shunda and thanks for the Listener article.
Keep up your good work. Interesting to see how far ahead of the others you are already.
Isn't concern about damage to the brand another way of saying this will effect the economy?
You are right wildcrafty and the economy and its well being is the highest of priorities for the Government but the connection between the two is a tough one for people naturally inclined to extract, to make.
Assets, remember, are best sold, we are led to believe.
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