Charlie
@ichaber.bsky.social
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Just leaving this here. Andrew Little could have given Ray Chung the cold shoulder from day one. But oh no, he had to help out his bros. bsky.app/profile/bewa...
And he overlooked the very experienced Rebecca Matthews in favour of Chung and brand new right wing councillors like Karl the ice cream man. Five minutes into the job and he's done nothing but validate all my worst fears about him.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Just leaving this here. Andrew Little could have given Ray Chung the cold shoulder from day one. But oh no, he had to help out his bros. bsky.app/profile/bewa...
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Embarrassing for Luxon.
NZ awarded the dishonourable'Fossil of the Day' award at the United Nations #COP30 climate talks in Brazil for Luxon’s recent backslide on reducing methane emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateCrisis
NZ awarded the dishonourable'Fossil of the Day' award at the United Nations #COP30 climate talks in Brazil for Luxon’s recent backslide on reducing methane emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateCrisis
New Zealand awarded dubious 'Fossil of the Day' at COP30 climate talks
The government's decision to weaken methane emissions targets have garnered it the award for a fourth time, after avoiding it last year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Embarrassing for Luxon.
NZ awarded the dishonourable'Fossil of the Day' award at the United Nations #COP30 climate talks in Brazil for Luxon’s recent backslide on reducing methane emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateCrisis
NZ awarded the dishonourable'Fossil of the Day' award at the United Nations #COP30 climate talks in Brazil for Luxon’s recent backslide on reducing methane emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateCrisis
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These people don't think beyond giving a contract to their mates for things we don't need and don't want...
Can't have the ferries we need, but can have the tunnel we don't
Can't have the ferries we need, but can have the tunnel we don't
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These people don't think beyond giving a contract to their mates for things we don't need and don't want...
Can't have the ferries we need, but can have the tunnel we don't
Can't have the ferries we need, but can have the tunnel we don't
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Excellent piece! & great example of why we must aggressively mandate the decline and total phase out of #Coal #oil fossil #gas (all #fossilfuel)
#Renewable #energy is cheaper and #healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster? theconversation.com/renewable-en...
#Renewable #energy is cheaper and #healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster? theconversation.com/renewable-en...
Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?
Politics is just one challenge. The cost of borrowing to build wind and solar farms is another, especially in fast-growing developing countries. There are solutions.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Excellent piece! & great example of why we must aggressively mandate the decline and total phase out of #Coal #oil fossil #gas (all #fossilfuel)
#Renewable #energy is cheaper and #healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster? theconversation.com/renewable-en...
#Renewable #energy is cheaper and #healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster? theconversation.com/renewable-en...
The additional air pollution will definitely kill people.
See studies e.g.: www.emissionimpossible.co.nz/news-archive...
See studies e.g.: www.emissionimpossible.co.nz/news-archive...
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The additional air pollution will definitely kill people.
See studies e.g.: www.emissionimpossible.co.nz/news-archive...
See studies e.g.: www.emissionimpossible.co.nz/news-archive...
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A brand new,NZ$1.25 billion Transmission Gully highway, & theyre aleady digging it up at Waitangirua/Whitby turn-off.Road cones everywhere.Down to one lane.
I thought Public-Private Partnerships were supposed to bring efficiencies to major public infrastructure works? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I thought Public-Private Partnerships were supposed to bring efficiencies to major public infrastructure works? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
NZTA to spend another $32 million fixing Wellington's Transmission Gully
NZTA's Mark Owen told Morning Report the builder never applied the final chip seal layer so it was not as waterproof as it should be.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A brand new,NZ$1.25 billion Transmission Gully highway, & theyre aleady digging it up at Waitangirua/Whitby turn-off.Road cones everywhere.Down to one lane.
I thought Public-Private Partnerships were supposed to bring efficiencies to major public infrastructure works? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I thought Public-Private Partnerships were supposed to bring efficiencies to major public infrastructure works? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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"It was ironic to see Chris Bishop and the Prime Minister complaining that there aren't enough electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles on the used car market.
"That's because they collapsed the importation of electric vehicles when they canceled the Clean Car Discount.”
#nzpol
"That's because they collapsed the importation of electric vehicles when they canceled the Clean Car Discount.”
#nzpol
NZ will be 'dumping ground' for high emission cars, EV advocate warns
The government says changes to Clean Car Standard changes will save car-buyers money.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"It was ironic to see Chris Bishop and the Prime Minister complaining that there aren't enough electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles on the used car market.
"That's because they collapsed the importation of electric vehicles when they canceled the Clean Car Discount.”
#nzpol
"That's because they collapsed the importation of electric vehicles when they canceled the Clean Car Discount.”
#nzpol
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I checked car rego costs this morning.
Current levies are:
PETROL: $144.22 per year
DIESEL/ELECTRIC: $212.84 per year
Anyone would think this shabby govt is trying to dissuade the public from going electric...?!🙄
Oil companies will be happy-as-Larry.
nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/lic...
Current levies are:
PETROL: $144.22 per year
DIESEL/ELECTRIC: $212.84 per year
Anyone would think this shabby govt is trying to dissuade the public from going electric...?!🙄
Oil companies will be happy-as-Larry.
nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/lic...
Licensing (rego) fees | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Vehicle licensing is a regular fee you pay to use your vehicle on public roads.
nzta.govt.nz
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I checked car rego costs this morning.
Current levies are:
PETROL: $144.22 per year
DIESEL/ELECTRIC: $212.84 per year
Anyone would think this shabby govt is trying to dissuade the public from going electric...?!🙄
Oil companies will be happy-as-Larry.
nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/lic...
Current levies are:
PETROL: $144.22 per year
DIESEL/ELECTRIC: $212.84 per year
Anyone would think this shabby govt is trying to dissuade the public from going electric...?!🙄
Oil companies will be happy-as-Larry.
nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/lic...
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And this guesstimate re EV uptake - we used to be leaders 😢😡😢
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
And this guesstimate re EV uptake - we used to be leaders 😢😡😢
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$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
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India just hit 50% clean power capacity five years early — not because of policy, but because solar + storage economics are now unstoppable. Fossil fuels don’t decline slowly; they cliff once renewables hit scale. The Global South isn’t lagging — it’s leapfrogging. The S-curve just arrived in India.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
India just hit 50% clean power capacity five years early — not because of policy, but because solar + storage economics are now unstoppable. Fossil fuels don’t decline slowly; they cliff once renewables hit scale. The Global South isn’t lagging — it’s leapfrogging. The S-curve just arrived in India.
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Almost half of Kiwis rate the National Party Coalition as unsatisfactory, & 75% rate them poor to neutral.
Labour is the preferred party on nearly every major issue e.g. health, education, economy. Looks like National's lies are catching up #nzpol #kiwi
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
Labour is the preferred party on nearly every major issue e.g. health, education, economy. Looks like National's lies are catching up #nzpol #kiwi
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
76% of Kiwis rate National Coalition poor to neutral
Government hits a NEW low today after hitting a previous record low in February 2025
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Almost half of Kiwis rate the National Party Coalition as unsatisfactory, & 75% rate them poor to neutral.
Labour is the preferred party on nearly every major issue e.g. health, education, economy. Looks like National's lies are catching up #nzpol #kiwi
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
Labour is the preferred party on nearly every major issue e.g. health, education, economy. Looks like National's lies are catching up #nzpol #kiwi
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
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The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense.
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.
How fascinating!
How fascinating!
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense.
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
Burning money on outdated hydrogen is a bad idea.
No wonder they’ve declining sales (esp. China) if they trying to compete with outdated tech & concepts. 🤷♂️
No wonder they’ve declining sales (esp. China) if they trying to compete with outdated tech & concepts. 🤷♂️
German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Wasserstoff-Autos: BMW erhält staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung
Hat der Einsatz von Wasserstoff eine Zukunft bei der Autoentwicklung? BMW glaubt nach wie vor daran. Jetzt erhält der Konzern eine staatliche Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Technologie.
www.spiegel.de
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Burning money on outdated hydrogen is a bad idea.
No wonder they’ve declining sales (esp. China) if they trying to compete with outdated tech & concepts. 🤷♂️
No wonder they’ve declining sales (esp. China) if they trying to compete with outdated tech & concepts. 🤷♂️
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"CATL, world’s largest battery producer, is at the forefront of a multi-billion dollar wave of overseas manufacturing expansion by China’s clean technology firms, w/ a facility in Germany in operation and other sites planned in locations including Hungary & Indonesia"
#battchat
#battchat
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"CATL, world’s largest battery producer, is at the forefront of a multi-billion dollar wave of overseas manufacturing expansion by China’s clean technology firms, w/ a facility in Germany in operation and other sites planned in locations including Hungary & Indonesia"
#battchat
#battchat
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If police and lawyers are to be believed, new Commissioner Richard Chambers was impotent for nine months to have charges dropped against a woman who'd accused his deputy
When the law is an ass, somebody’s got to kick it
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If police and lawyers are to be believed, new Commissioner Richard Chambers was impotent for nine months to have charges dropped against a woman who'd accused his deputy
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H2 is just a fossil fuel grift, like spreading EV FUD.
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes from the heavy-duty truck market, which soared from absolutely nothing in 2020 to not-quite-nothing in Q4 2023, before collapsing to 1/3 of not-quite-nothing in 2025. If you think it's different in China, no: that's *including* China!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
H2 is just a fossil fuel grift, like spreading EV FUD.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This is long read, but Fox has done a great job in presenting both sides of what could be the next environmental disaster in AoNZ.
I guarantee 1. NZ won't make as much $ as Shane hopes we will and 2. We will be left with a mess to clean up. It always happens.
#nzpol
I guarantee 1. NZ won't make as much $ as Shane hopes we will and 2. We will be left with a mess to clean up. It always happens.
#nzpol
'...the big question is not what would be done with the gold, but what would happen to the waste.'
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/12/f...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/12/f...
Fast-track fears coalesce at proposed Golden Bay mine
Tākaka locals say the Sams Creek goldmine could poison their river, as Government pushes for a gold-plated resource renaissance
newsroom.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is long read, but Fox has done a great job in presenting both sides of what could be the next environmental disaster in AoNZ.
I guarantee 1. NZ won't make as much $ as Shane hopes we will and 2. We will be left with a mess to clean up. It always happens.
#nzpol
I guarantee 1. NZ won't make as much $ as Shane hopes we will and 2. We will be left with a mess to clean up. It always happens.
#nzpol
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Answer, they just got in with it. Largely because they're not at the behest of Big Oil donors
'They're just so much further ahead': How China won the world's EV battery race
In 2005, China only had two EV battery manufacturers. Twenty years later, it produces more than three-quarters of the world's lithium-ion cells. How did it happen?
bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Answer, they just got in with it. Largely because they're not at the behest of Big Oil donors
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Freight companies and other businesses just don't get it.National & Act have an agenda for USER PAYS.They will cut taxes,but make up for it in increased levies such as Road User Charges & tolls.
If I - a Leftie - gets it, then why are business leaders to dim to get it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
If I - a Leftie - gets it, then why are business leaders to dim to get it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Road tolling changes will be tough 'for users to swallow', freight companies say
It will be difficult for the government to justify some of its changes to road tolling, Transporting New Zealand says.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Freight companies and other businesses just don't get it.National & Act have an agenda for USER PAYS.They will cut taxes,but make up for it in increased levies such as Road User Charges & tolls.
If I - a Leftie - gets it, then why are business leaders to dim to get it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
If I - a Leftie - gets it, then why are business leaders to dim to get it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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In decades to come, we will look back at 2025 - following the most devastating pandemic in a century - as the year we turned back hard-earned progress on combating infectious diseases.
That means the comeback of preventable diseases. And the emergence of new ones.
www.science.org/content/arti...
That means the comeback of preventable diseases. And the emergence of new ones.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In decades to come, we will look back at 2025 - following the most devastating pandemic in a century - as the year we turned back hard-earned progress on combating infectious diseases.
That means the comeback of preventable diseases. And the emergence of new ones.
www.science.org/content/arti...
That means the comeback of preventable diseases. And the emergence of new ones.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.
How fascinating!
How fascinating!
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.
How fascinating!
How fascinating!
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🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
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Found out why the Wellington Hospital has been so busy at night lately.
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Found out why the Wellington Hospital has been so busy at night lately.
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol