Comments on: New Zealand’s environmental efforts http://bryony.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/new-zealands-environmental-efforts/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:56:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anthony http://bryony.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/new-zealands-environmental-efforts/#comment-374 Anthony Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:54:08 +0000 http://bryony.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/new-zealands-environmental-efforts/#comment-374 When I looked into it I realised NZ has a pretty bad record on the environment. I'm not really talking about the decimated forests and introduced species, more the use of energy and pollution per head. The reliance on the car due to lack of density for public transport is a problem. As is building homes with terrible insulation, burning trees for heating (more a South Island thing?), discharging raw sewage into the sea, pesticides and fertilisers getting into the food chain etc... My dad is convinced the only way NZ can reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy is to go nuclear. Now that would be one hell of a turn-around. When I looked into it I realised NZ has a pretty bad record on the environment. I’m not really talking about the decimated forests and introduced species, more the use of energy and pollution per head.

The reliance on the car due to lack of density for public transport is a problem. As is building homes with terrible insulation, burning trees for heating (more a South Island thing?), discharging raw sewage into the sea, pesticides and fertilisers getting into the food chain etc…

My dad is convinced the only way NZ can reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy is to go nuclear. Now that would be one hell of a turn-around.

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