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New Zealand government votes to bring back fossil fuel exploration in major reversal |Ruling right-wing coalition votes to reverse ban, a move it believes will alleviate energy shortages and high pric (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 months ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This fucking govt has got to go.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they campaign on this? I thought they had said a long time ago they would do this.

People voted for it.

[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

😨

[–] Antigrav@mastodon.nz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@Bort @hanrahan , it's like a never ending horror story atm getting worse by the day.
And the public is on a forced subscription.

[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

They seem to be intent on making everything worse for everybody except their cronies.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 8 points 5 months ago

We all know they only believe it will alleviate their personal short term cash flow.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 7 points 5 months ago

See how butter and lamb are so cheap because we make so much here? It will be just like that.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Lies, they are telling lies so their rich friends can continue to get even filthier rich and not ha e to bear any of the costs of the damage they are doing to the world at large. Prices will not go down.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago

Welcome back to the 1950's; smoking and oil! That is where we want to be.

[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago

I think the bit that annoys me the most is the flip-flop politics.

Why bother with any long term policies or projects if in 2 election terms it’s going to be attacked by ideology, called a failure and reversed at considerable expense.

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago

Going all in on solar & battery discounts would be so much better than this stupid gas/oil thing, with the added benefit of disaster resiliency.