tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150678442024-03-14T23:16:47.802+13:45War is for WinningLiberty, equality, fraternity - principles of France and this blog. France's interpretation may vary from mine and I can't read French.unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-59067763413242313442024-03-05T21:52:00.003+13:452024-03-13T22:42:30.363+13:45SCF 2022 - why cutting government spending can save the planet<p> All goods and services consumed have a carbon footprint, including those we consume socially. </p><p>This is an attempt to estimate our individual Social Carbon Footprints (SCF).</p><p>Social Carbon Footprint = Emissions per Capita multiplied by (GDP - trade surplus)/GDP multiplied by Government Share.<br /></p><p> </p><p></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;"><colgroup><col width="226"></col><col width="107"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Democracies (EDI)"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Democracies (EDI)</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"tonnes per capita"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">tonnes per capita</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Albania"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Albania</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6016803810000002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.60</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Argentina"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Argentina</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.7250128616000002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.73</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Australia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Australia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6.520883102999999}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.52</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Austria"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Austria</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4.43340074956}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.43</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Belgium"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Belgium</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4.5330578289}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.53</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Botswana"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Botswana</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.84647117016}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.85</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Brazil"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brazil</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.9974873171200002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.00</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bulgaria"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bulgaria</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.7020382246}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.70</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Canada"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Canada</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7.78837655232}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7.79</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cape Verde"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cape Verde</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05225104584}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.05</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Chile"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chile</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.2997261370000002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.30</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colombia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Colombia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5930151704400001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.59</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Costa Rica"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Costa Rica</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.33666795623999995}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.34</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Croatia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Croatia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.1446378979999996}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cyprus (rump)"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cyprus (rump)</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.47231187196}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.47</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Czech Republic"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Czech Republic</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5.0470011799200005}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.05</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Denmark"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Denmark</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.84159147076}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.84</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Dominican Republic"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Dominican Republic</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.44237978900999997}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.44</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Estonia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Estonia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7.0605781275599995}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7.06</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Finland"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Finland</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5.1623852245}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"France"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">France</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.0904267049600005}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.09</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Germany"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Germany</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4.4845314710399995}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.48</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ghana"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ghana</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.12780902357999996}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.13</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Greece"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Greece</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.8682834096000005}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.87</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Guyana"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Guyana</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.89732665737}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.90</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hungary"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hungary</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.8074879612}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.81</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Iceland"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Iceland</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5.49915078888}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.50</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"India"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">India</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5567971090500001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.56</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Indonesia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Indonesia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.35090664320000003}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.35</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ireland"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ireland</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.6343044940399998}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.63</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Israel"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Israel</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.83252062986}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.83</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Italy"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Italy</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.436555519}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.44</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jamaica"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jamaica</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.93479858252}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.93</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Japan"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Japan</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4.203216419199999}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"South Korea"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">South Korea</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.22526222106}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.23</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Latvia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Latvia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.6975264685400002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.70</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lesotho"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lesotho</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.07746399899999999}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.08</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lithuania"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lithuania</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.7982412767600002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.80</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Luxembourg"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Luxembourg</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6.965866390400001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.97</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Malaysia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Malaysia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.9891674250499998}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.99</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Malta"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Malta</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.08745425035}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.09</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mauritius"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mauritius</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7452774669600001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.75</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Moldova"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Moldova</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.10261032448}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.10</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mongolia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mongolia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.3907390419700003}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.39</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Montenegro"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Montenegro</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12.3867417186}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12.39</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Namibia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Namibia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7061370623999998}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.71</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Netherlands"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Netherlands</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.8555922402}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.86</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"New Zealand"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">New Zealand</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.3464244312}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.35</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"North Macedonia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">North Macedonia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.5651272390399995}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.57</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Norway"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Norway</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.2331017947000005}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.23</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Panama"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Panama</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6815123481600001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.68</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Philippines"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Philippines</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.33898473312}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.34</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Poland"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Poland</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.4787676077}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.48</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Portugal"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Portugal</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.2432943231999998}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.24</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Romania"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Romania</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.5956483028200001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.60</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Serbia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Serbia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.13789222234}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Singapore"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Singapore</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.05306327588}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.05</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Slovakia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Slovakia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.2219438688}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.22</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Slovenia"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Slovenia</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3.2959380608}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.30</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"South Africa"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">South Africa</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.2365562484000003}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.24</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Spain"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Spain</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.81492534432}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.81</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sri Lanka"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sri Lanka</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.1655429437}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.17</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Suriname"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Suriname</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.1431173273000002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sweden"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sweden</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.99973722526}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.00</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Switzerland"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Switzerland</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.4349177798000001}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.43</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Taiwan"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Taiwan</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.6352769774600002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.64</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Thailand"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Thailand</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1.01362711296}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.01</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Trinidad and Tobago"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Trinidad and Tobago</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5.6584275804}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.66</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"United Kingdom"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">United Kingdom</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2.6112373056000004}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.61</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"USA"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">USA</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6.12351124}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.12</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Uruguay"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Uruguay</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[9]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.00","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5835116620800002}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.58</td></tr></tbody></table><p><style type="text/css">td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}</style> <br /></p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-11800052081437070392022-07-15T12:57:00.005+12:452022-09-03T11:56:14.720+12:45Political Solution to Climate Change<p><span style="font-family: arial;">NZ has been committed to Net Zero approach requiring immediate action and disruption. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a suggestion of how climate change might be used to attack government waste. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Propose adopting carbon consumption footprint metric to tackle both private and social consumption.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. A carbon consumption sales tax to tackle private consumption. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2.
A universal carbon stipend set to 70% of current average consumption, less our
equity share of social consumption. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Carbon footprint is the net pollution inherent in every product and service consumed. Current work is focused almost entirely towards private consumption and how to limit it. However we pay taxes and acquire debt together allowing us to consume socially, thus each person has an equity share of a social carbon footprint in the form of government services. The same methodology that is used in private carbon footprints is applicable in social consumption. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For most people an equity stake in our social carbon footprint is their major contribution to climate pollution, which is where the stipend comes in. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">If our social carbon consumption is 50% of the average the remaining 20% is paid as the stipend. A 1% reduction of
social carbon waste will increase the paid stipend by 5%, thus
encouraging voter engagement in the state cutting social waste. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Environmentally this approach is better </span><span style="font-family: arial;">than emissions capping.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
For instance international travel emissions occur between places
uncapped, but the trip is consumed at the point of arrival. An electric
car will create more pollution to manufacture than with internal
combustion, but our emissions cap policy is to subsidise the increased pollution.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Using the carbon footprint approach may allow climate change policy to used as a weapon against socialism and allow for a balanced political debate. The right can save the planet by slashing government spending to the bone. <br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br />unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-15660192822525814492021-10-30T12:38:00.000+13:452021-10-30T12:38:55.468+13:45Math of Lockdown?<p>Once upon a time blankets carrying a disease were used to clear land for settlement. Isolated villages were infected and the maximum number of deaths occurred. Today a virus has been introduced into our modern well populated world, but there are few isolated villages where these events may be easily repeated. Our population centres are too large and our systems too robust. As people recover they gain natural immunity that slows the spread of the virus. In a small village the disease can spread fast enough that it infects all before the natural immunity grows, in a large city it cannot. <br /></p><p>Unfortunately many of us are governed poorly. Cities have been placed in lock-down, breaking our community apart. Lock down recreates the dynamics of the small village, by isolating us into small groups. In lock down those who gain natural immunity are forever confined away from the vulnerable. </p><p>This lock down mechanism is why Victoria kills more people with Covid-19 than neighbouring New South Wales. The extended brutal lock downs Victorians use are responsible for higher infection rates.</p><p>Lock downs are counter productive at every stage after the very initial period. It is possible to estimate when the effectiveness of lock down policy finishes and it become hazardous, by asking how much greater natural immunity is compared to the vaccines - a recent Israelli study suggests this ratio is 13. When the weekly uptake of vaccines for vulnerable age groups is less than 13x greater than the the weekly total number of infections lock down should end. </p><p>By this ratio Victoria should have ended lock downs in early September. </p><p>Auckland, NZ is currently in lock down and should have ended it by last week.</p><p> Does this logic make sense? <br /></p><p><br /></p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-50662071401599982362021-09-09T22:44:00.001+12:452021-09-09T22:44:17.913+12:45Tax the Woke - Climate Change<p>Climate change politics have converged on presenting supply side caps as the solution, but there is another. A sales tax approach allows independent states to tackle climate change better than any globalist. Woke multinationals and institutions can be targeted to save the planet. </p><p>Supply capping requires total global coordination - the globalist left ideal. It also advantages multinationals that can shift production globally for maximum profit and minimal local competition - a globalist right priority. This globalist bipartisan political consensus has made supply capping their solution to climate change. However now these same globalists have gone woke.</p><p>Carbon Added Tax (CAT) is taking account of all of
the climate change pollution inherent in making a product or service, then charging consumer sales tax set to the local market - user pays for carbon. The CAT covers all of
the climate change pollution of a product, more comprehensive than supply
caps. The CAT subject only to enforcement within the local state and not subject to
global cooperation or negligence, more reliable than supply caps. The
CAT is priced to local conditions in wealthy nations, allowing for local
carbon charging more aggressive than globally set supply caps. CAT is a more effective approach to tackling climate change than supply capping. <br /></p><p>Carbon Added Taxation tackles climate change as a problem of consumption waste, a strong metric against inefficiency.<br /></p><p>The largest service provider in any country is the state. CAT sets a metric against which all services are measured, allowing carbon waste to be found and quantified. Some services are diffuse and some are consumer specific. The woke bastion of education is the most consumer specific and young people get concerned by climate change. Applying CAT gives students a way of making climate defining choice in their education and provides a driver for increasing school choice. Carrying administrative overburden to create social justice the more woke schools are not highly carbon efficient and disadvantaged by a CAT. <br /></p><p>CAT can hurt multinationals by making it harder to avoid taxation. Under a CAT the profit or loss of the
sales will be irrelevant to the level of taxation. The act of migrating profit to places with lower corporate tax rate will itself be open to CAT charging as enlarging the climate footprint. Every additional layer of corporate structure may add carbon cost. </p><p>Taken to its full extent a CAT could eliminate the need for any global climate change response. A global climate change response that is less effective, by the logic of carbon consumption monitoring, should be stopped as it is wasteful. <br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-25694826124982418932020-02-11T21:40:00.161+13:452021-03-07T14:00:55.377+13:45Populist Solution to the Climate Crisis?<h3> This solution to climate change is right wing and populist. </h3>
<h4>
</h4><p>
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“<i>We can't save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change - and it has to start today.</i>” - Greta Thunberg, TEDx Stockholm, December 2018<br />
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There is a scientific consensus that climate change is accelerating
and poses an imminent threat to life on earth. The climate change emergency must be tackled by radically altering our economies.<br />
<br />The current global climate responses will not correct our imbalance and
mostly increase the rate of climate change through ineptness. The UN is
trying to impose a global climate cost and enact carbon cap production
controls. Carbon credits derived from arbitrary point spot reductions
are being traded as an investment vehicle, even when the point reduction
creates an overall global increase. All of the current supposed solutions require increased government debt.<br /> </p><p>New thought needs to engage, because the only workable climate change solution is in truth small localised government. States stop socialising costs across the globe and instead expose capital to climate risk on a timescale that works. Economies to be made responsive to climate change factors, by energising consumer responsibility at every expenditure. Free individuals taking personal responsibility for the climate footprint of all their consumption will produce quick climate change action. The climate change emergency requires total reform to free people, reducing government and letting people choose a better future.<br />
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</p><h4>
How to make Individual Responsibility the Solution</h4><p>
The solution to climate change is to have individuals responsible for each carbon footprint through a carbon consumption tax. A carbon consumption tax allows individual consumers to make purchases where saving the planet and saving money align. Carbon consumption tax differs from a supposed global carbon cost, by being progressively priced on the basis of individual markets or individual consumers. A carbon consumption tax can align the cost with each consumer markets.<br /></p><p>If we want to solve climate change we need to engage all consumers and especially the wealthy. In a wealthy state the tax rate for carbon consumption to be set higher than the global carbon price, but in a poor state it might
be only half the price.</p><p>
Under a carbon consumption tax manufacturers shall be free to make anything, but if it is by a polluting process then the product will be highly taxed at point of consumption and unprofitable. Imports get taxed on the basis of their production process and how they are imported. Exports shall not be carbon taxed. Inward flights get taxed, outward flights do not.<br /></p><p></p><p>One indirect benefit of carbon consumption tax is the imposition of higher taxation on multinational corporations. Currently a critical multinational aspect is selling a product unprofitably in areas with high tax and profiting mostly in a low tax part of the corporation. Under the carbon consumption tax the profit or loss of the sales will be irrelevant to the level of taxation and the existence of the tax mitigation structure will increase the carbon footprint of the production. Multinational products will be taxed higher the more they offshore their profits. <br /></p><p>Carbon consumption tax is an information based tax, something that can be achieved only in our modern age. We can now advance solutions where the consumer is informed completely, without the need for elaborate regulation by the state. This is a good thing, because in this climate change crisis we need to have a smaller state. </p><p><br />
</p><h4>Emission Trading is Not Good<br /></h4><p>
</p><p>A carbon consumption tax is not the same as the currently
proposed UN run global carbon cost to be imposed on emissions. Global emission
pricing is too exploitable in ways that increase pollution. A global carbon price is an inequitable flat tax that impacts most on the poorest and is
ineffective on the richest. </p><p>The emission trading by carbon credits is exploitable in ways that can make increasing pollution profitable for some. Carbon credits increase in value subject to their demand and as the degree of pollution increases they become more valuable. The idea is that this will lead to people being innovative and creating new carbon credits. However the holders of existing credits will profit if they can prevent other people from finding innovative solutions. Large holders of existing carbon credits include mostly our too-big-to-fail financial institutions, which have proven very capable of putting profit first no matter the consequences.</p><p>A global carbon price is regressive and will hurt the poorest more than the wealthy. This is grossly unfair and moreover ineffective as it is only the rich who are over consuming, The global cost of carbon will by definition be set too high on the poor and too low on the rich. <br /></p><p> </p><h4>
Eternal Sovereign Debt is Polluting </h4><p>
Government deficit spending is antithetic to the climate. The climate
maintains stability by inputs and outputs balancing across the
planet. A living climate acts in a system where life fails or prospers
in response to the conditions. When government debt is created by
borrowing vast
amounts of capital from the far future and spending it now, the climate
is stressed beyond the balance. Our forever deferred government debt
creates perverse incentives to both over consume and prolong failing
institutions.<br />
<br />
Earth needs to end the socialism that supports failed institutions, as this socialism is killing the planet.
Instead of the state accruing debt and forever deferring the
payment, we need to incorporate a Darwin-like approach into our economy. We must place
economics at the service of the planet, by keeping our debts in balance
and allowing failing institutions to fail. <br />
<br />
To save the planet we need to realign our prevailing debt structures to shorter individualistic time frames, because living individuals reside within
the time-frame of climate change. Societies evolve much too slowly, with societal debts seemingly never to be paid off. Individuals,
not societies, need to be the central pillar of climate change
response. We need to make our financial systems mimic the living world and be naturally selective. </p><p> <br /></p><p>
</p><h4>
Traditional Taxation is Problematic to the Climate</h4><p>
Income tax, company tax, value added tax to be reduced - when the carbon consumption tax is introduced. This will allow more of the economy to be in the hands of consumers, with less interference from state institutions. Long lived state institutions are unresponsive to climate change pressures, consumers are much more responsive to price fluctuations. In this time of crisis we need to enable individuals to make quick decision. <br />
</p><p>For example the Department of Education should create school vouchers for all students and lease out or sell schools so they all compete. This will allow schools with a lower carbon footprint to out compete those with a higher carbon burden. Parents and children will be able to actively seek out places best for their education and the planet.</p><p>Taken a step further the voucher system could be applied universally, using a Universal Basic Carbon Credit set at 70% of current average carbon usage. This would afford people the finances to be more carbon aware, reward low carbon usage and punish the high consumption choices.<br /></p><p> <br /></p><h4>
Time for Action</h4><p>
This is a climate crisis. Old rules and old institutions must be allowed to fail. To solve the climate problem we need everyone to have the individual power and responsibility to make change. </p><p></p><p>To save the planet we must reduce government spending by at least 30% and free up consumer power to choose.<br />
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<br /></p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-81925596876237149822018-03-12T19:19:00.000+13:452018-03-16T15:39:06.538+13:45Auckland, the Great Leap Backwards.<h4>
Auckland has a silly problem. Distance.</h4>
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For the last 10 years Auckland Council has added distance into Auckland, building remote small cities isolated and apart. Urban areas now being separated from each other by gaps of 5, 10
or 50 km. This distance adding mode of development is incongruous with how cities work and causes problems. <br />
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Throughout modern history people moved to cities to live in closer proximity. It is a fundamental underpinning of modernity that cities can build faster, as they are places where biggest economies of scale exist.<br />
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Today in Auckland we have problems, because we are splitting our city apart. High priced Auckland property mirrors homelessness. Infrastructure
costs have been forecast as crippling. New taxes and government
intervention are being advanced as the only solution. Auckland is the
biggest and richest city in NZ, none of this should have happened.<br />
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Auckland is failing. <br />
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Environmental Failure - by splitting future suburbs apart Auckland Council adds about 3,000,000 kilometres per day of pointless travel. <br />
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Economic Failure - splitting a city into small urban areas degrades the economy of scale a city can create. Reducing the economy of scale inflates the cost of building, creating homelessness.<br />
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Homelessness - the cost of building rises as the cost of land increases, with the Council removing land supply from urban Auckland the cost of land has soared.<br />
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Destruction of Farms - the planned exurban developments are very big, their total area consumes about twice the amount of sprawl a normal city could use.<br />
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Congestion - urban dwellers use cars less than suburbanites;
suburbanites use cars less than exurban residents. Auckland favours
exurban development and blocks suburban development. Urban development
reduces as land costs are inflated. All things that result in a lot
more cars. <br />
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Wastage of Infrastructure - in Swanson, Greenhithe, Albany and Ardmore there is existing transportation infrastructure to allow easy suburban growth. Auckland Council has blocked this development from occurring.<br />
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Pointless Infrastructure - Auckland Council has decided that exurbs must expand at Pukekohe, Dairy Flat, Huapai and Warkworth. Aside from being much further away these areas are all in need of massive infrastructure spends.<br />
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Costs - as the distances increase, so does the cost of infrastructure covering those distances.<br />
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There is no good reason for this plan to exist. And there no positives to take as a result.<br />
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Auckland has a housing crisis, entirely due to Auckland Council. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-5112279484545420722017-05-01T12:13:00.000+12:452017-05-01T12:13:05.843+12:45Auckland Urban Design How can we describe the Auckland Planning Process:<br />
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Step Zero: Take bribes. <br />
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Step One: impose a restrictive urban growth limit around Auckland which saves money by eliminating this suburban sprawl, but elevates land prices in the city.<br />
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Step Two: plan sprawl around a succession of exurban towns that is cumulatively to be larger than the sprawl eliminated from Auckland.<br />
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Step Three: find the building of sprawl in Step Two means money to subsidise intensification as required by "Smart Growth" is difficult to achieve.<br />
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Step Four: eliminate restrictions on building in the City, but find that a high land cost and lack of subsidies makes Auckland an uncompetitive regional location for intensification. <br />
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Step Five: realise the transportation costs of connecting the large area exurban sprawl to the City and other exurban sprawl will be very high. <br />
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Step Six: watch as the price of property in Auckland soars to record after record, eclipsing the rate of growth in other regional markets<br />
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Step Seven: the Serious Fraud Office gains information regarding Step Zero. <br />
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Step Eight: ask the NZ government to subsidise the transportation budget of Auckland as required to cope with the large sprawl over the wide area.<br />
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Step Nine: the NZ government notices the high land cost in Auckland and asks for more land to be opened up, but delegates the job to Nick Smith. <br />
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Step Ten: the mayor wins re-election mostly on the basis of Step Seven, but is soon caught in bed with one of his underlings thus eliminating most mayoral oversight for the next 3 years.<br />
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Step Eleven: a tentative agreement is reached with the NZ government whereby Auckland plans will be reviewed to make more land available and tax-payers will pay for some large parts of urban growth subsidies. <br />
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Step Twelve: corruption charges are laid against 2 Auckland Transport officials (one of whom pleads guilty) and one company director - a trial commences against the two remaining defendants. <br />
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Step Thirteen: changes are made allowing foreign students to apply for residency and the Australian economy slows dramatically - immigration ramps up.<br />
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Step Fourteen: the agreement with the government is formalised. Much more sprawl is to be added to all the exurbs and the government will pay for half the rail loop costs.<br />
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Step Fifteen: forecast costs of the new elevated levels of exurban sprawl are now higher again and subsidies for even existing planned urban development are at risk - shelving plans for multiple light rail lines. <br />
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Step Sixteen: ask government for ability to charge congestion charges or a regional fuel tax to pay for subsidies for urban development that Auckland cannot afford, because Auckland is spending so much on exurban sprawl.<br />
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Step Seventeen: Nick Smith appears supportive, but the wider cabinet declines Step Sixteen requests.<br />
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Step Eighteen: the two corruption defendants are found guilty and imprisoned. SFO evidence of wider possible corruption handed over to Auckland Council for further investigation. Auckland Council delegates investigation to Auckland Transport which finds no further evidence of corruption - some low level officials leave their jobs. <br />
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Step Nineteen: house prices continue to elevate and building remains slow - the term Auckland Housing Crisis gains wide public usage. <br />
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Step Twenty: Auckland house prices peak and house price in surrounding areas surge.<br />
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Step Twenty One: surrounding regions have a building boom with much lower land prices and build homes up to twice as fast per capita as Auckland. Labour costs increase in Auckland.<br />
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Step Twenty Two: wrongly blaming immigrants and foreign capital in Auckland for the housing crisis, measures to reduce demand are sought.<br />
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Step Twenty Three: burdened with elevated spending requirements of a plan with approximately 70-100% larger than previously conceivable levels of sprawl, the credit rating of Auckland Council suffers a downgrade. <br />
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Step Twenty Four: a new mayor is elected and proceeds to reissue the demands of Step Sixteen. Commitment to the unprecedented levels of sprawl is retained, nothing changes as debt increases. <br />
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Step Twenty Five: 2017 elections for NZ government are to be fought, Winston Peters will be central and rhetoric around immigration reaches new lows. <br />
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unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-52937653608945756942017-05-01T10:13:00.002+12:452017-05-04T11:59:24.213+12:45Auckland Design is Neither Smart or ExpansiveTwo-Step Design.<br />
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The predominant schools of urban design - Smart or Expansive - are simple affordable modes of development that are used to grow cities across the world. These are essentially both 2 step processes, that spend public funds:<br />
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Smart Design: private intensive growth exploits direct public subsidies.<br />
Step 1 - spend less money on sprawl, which makes land costs escalate.<br />
Step 2 - use the public money saved to subsidise upward growth of the city centre, mitigating the high land costs. <br />
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Expansive Design: private intensive growth exploits the indirectly subsidised lower land costs. <br />
Step A - spend more public money on subsidising sprawl to lower the cost of land.<br />
Step B - eliminate planning restrictions from the central city and the low land costs make intensive development profitable.<br />
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Auckland does neither Smart nor Expansive Growth. Auckland does the opposite of both systems. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-51052788082369882322016-06-18T10:48:00.000+12:452016-06-18T10:48:49.126+12:45Living with Len & Pen - Sprawland Auckland Auckland Region is commencing an era of record breaking sprawl. Expensive, wasteful, polluting, value destroying sprawl is being foisted upon Auckland by our council, <br />
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Never in a 100 years did anyone expect Warkworth to triple in size - we are making it happen in 30 years.<br />
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We didn't expect Kumeu to quadruple in size before next century - our council will make it happen before 2050. <br />
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Silverdale is to double in size, Pukekohe is to grow 100%, Clarks Beach is to increase by 120%, Kingseat is to increase by 90%, Helensville is to spawl 20%.<br />
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Auckland meanwhile is to be restricted to 9%. <br />
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Taken as a whole an additional 25% of urban area is to be added to the Auckland region.<br />
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If we did not follow the plans of this Lenny Penny council, if we didn't have their environmentally destructive RUB, Auckland would spread outwards by a mere 20%. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-7504294405169027322016-05-19T19:20:00.001+12:452017-11-06T12:27:16.745+13:45Auckland and the Opposion - now I'm more positivePhil Twyford, well done sir.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newshub.co.nz/politics/end-aucklands-urban-growth-boundary---twyford-2016051814#axzz4954MXNVD">Best news</a> I've seen in a while. Ending Len Brown's RUB is much better than keeping it.<br />
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Update: Unfortunately Phil Twyford (Lab) seems to be incapable of communicating his policy's merit to Phil Goff (Lab). Phil Goff (Lab) is in favour of the sprawlfest, high rent, urban growth killing policies of Len Brown (Lab). <br />
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Update: Phil Twyford has now broached the policy as part of the new government. Expect Phil Goff to strenuously object and demand more money. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-5318369674425148492016-05-18T00:04:00.001+12:452016-06-09T19:55:26.906+12:45Auckland and the Government - a pessimistic prediction. Nick Smith, Minister for Housing has just signaled that he is going to force council to <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11639351">open up</a> more long-term land for housing supply. On the face of it this should be great news for Auckland.<br />
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However I am a pessimist and a cynic. Cynical zero sum politics say the Nats and the Council politics align around keeping land costs high. <br />
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I believe Nick Smith is going to "force" our Lenny Penny council to open up even more exurbia. <br />
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More exurban land is more sprawl and more cost. It will suit both their cynical politics and screw over Auckland. More exurban sprawl will not help Auckland. <br />
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What is required is more land added to Auckland City. Auckland City is the biggest city in NZ, it should be possible for our politicians to work out where it is and where it isn't.<br />
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Update -<a href="http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/OurAuckland/mediareleases/Pages/aucklandsaysnpscouldbeusefultool.aspx"> Called it</a>. Nick Smith will make the restrictions on Auckland permanent and make the sprawl happen. Only he wants this screwed up plan to occur even faster.<br />
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National Party - Cynical Party. <br />
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<br />unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-24160155118266949682016-05-09T23:55:00.000+12:452016-05-09T23:55:05.291+12:45A Tale of Four CitiesAs a million plus city it is interesting to see how Auckland is doing and where it stands against comparable places. Auckland is in the Australasian region and the three closest million plus cities are Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.<br />
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In the post-GFC construction boom differing policies have caused these cities, which all suffered from housing shortages pre-boom, to start building faster. Auckland Council has decided to make Auckland the most expensive place to build and we can see the results. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11492486">Auckland</a> - housing shortage forecast to extend until 2028*<br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-20/australia-set-for-housing-oversupply-by-2018/6628408">Sydney</a> - housing shortage may to extend until 2023*<br />
<a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/housing-shortage-hits-home-in-qld-20100427-tqnu.html">Brisbane </a>- housing shortage forecast to extend until 2018<br />
<a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/report-claims-melbourne-will-shortage-of-familyfriendly-housing-amid-glut-of-small-apartments/news-story/84c9ee92f167bf5809871743400528ae">Melbourne</a> - housing shortage may to extend until 2018<br />
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* optimists are expecting a downturn by 2025, pessimists by 2022. In the event of these predictions being true, Auckland faces a structural housing shortage and rent rises for a generation. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-20378379289738849052016-04-04T18:48:00.000+12:452016-05-23T23:55:40.419+12:45How Awful must the RUB be to "Work"?The <a href="http://acmaps.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/unitaryplan/FlexViewer/index.html">PAUP</a> with it's <a href="http://acmaps.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/unitaryplan/FlexViewer/help/pdfs/UnitaryPlanLegend.pdf">RUB</a> is Auckland Council's plan to create an abnormally large sprawl growth over the next 30 years. Auckland City as a modern city of 1.5 million people cannot sustain a sprawl rate of much more than 30% by <a href="http://transportblog.co.nz/2016/03/15/unitary-plan-fantasies/">normal</a> means. This is not nearly enough destruction of rural Auckland or creation low density car-centric sprawl to satisfy Auckland Council. The PAUP is to create pattern of 40% sprawl development. <br />
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So the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog-this.g?t=&u=http%3A//warisforwinning.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/maximising-urban-limitation.html%23links&n=War%20is%20for%20Winning%3A%20Maximising%20Urban%20Limitation">Council</a> drew the RUB very tight to Auckland and very loosely around the exurbs. This makes the cost benefit case more favourable to exurbia by making the city cost more. The RUB creates massive exurban growth at a very high cost. <br />
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To achieve its exurban goals the Auckland Council needs to convince people to want to build in exurbs, which people generally are opposed to do. This means an increase in land cost in Auckland City. Within the context of normal urban growth, allocating 70% of new building (280,000 homes before 2040 at $350,000 additional cost) within existing city means a total of $98billion. <br />
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Auckland Council has imposed an $100billion barrier against urbanisation and in favour of sprawl. . unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-27533443059572813372016-03-28T22:05:00.002+13:452016-06-18T10:16:42.145+12:45Maximising Urban LimitationUpdate - revised more accurate figures.<br />
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Auckland is a city. Auckland has a centre, inner suburbs, outer suburbs (which contain the peripheral and hubs of Manukau, Waitakere and Takapuna) and eventually an extremity of its suburban development. This extremity of its suburban development is called the Metro Urban Limit (MUL). Outside of the MUL are some low density Auckland exurb towns.<br />
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Auckland was a growing city expanding upwards more and outwards less. Then we merged the governance of Auckland and all its surrounding areas to form a Super City. Elections were held - Len Brown became mayor, along with Penny Hulse as deputy mayor. After the merger the whole of Australasia entered a construction boom with a multitude of apartments being built everywhere - except Auckland.<br />
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Len Brown and Penny Hulse killed development in Auckland by doing one simple thing - constricting expansion of the city way below that required for growth. Implementing this Auckland Plan they restrict the greenfield expansion of Auckland City to less than 10%, whilst expanding the surrounding exurb towns by adding 80% - 200% greenfield to each of those areas. <br />
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The <a href="http://transportblog.co.nz/2016/03/15/unitary-plan-fantasies/">natural</a> rate of expansion Auckland had been 25 - 35% greenfield and 65 - 75% intensification for about 25 years prior to 2010. The <a href="http://theplan.theaucklandplan.govt.nz/">Auckland Plan</a> states that the council wanted this to continue with Auckland population expected to rise by 2/3rds - 2/3 x 30% = 20%. However the <a href="http://acmaps.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/unitaryplan/FlexViewer/index.html">Auckland Unitary Plan</a> then cuts off the land supply required to sustain the growth, slashing new land supply from the required 20% to a meagre 9%. <br />
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The unitary plan takes that greenfield development away from Auckland City and spreads it across the Auckland exurbs, then adds on more room to sprawl. The Auckland City Council treats the city and the exurbs as one continuous entity. Which is a very weird position to take. <br />
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The Auckland Plan states that it expects the city to develop 70% intensively and 30% greenfield. Then the Auckland Unitary Plan slashes the greenfield land supply. <br />
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The historical natural market has intensification 70% to greenfield (largely single dwelling) 30%. Any movement away from this will be reflected in relative expected future dwelling value. The Auckland Unitary Plan restriction of land supply to the city means that city growth is now planned to be 85% intensification and 15% greenfield. <br />
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The result is obvious - there is anticipated over supply of intensification and a shortage of low intensity greenfield. <br />
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This has two easily observable effects:<br />
- Prices of single dwelling will increase. As single dwelling is highly land inefficient, but highly valued - land prices will rise.<br />
- Prices of apartments will be suppressed on expectations of over demand. As the cost of land increases, but price remains suppressed, the rate of apartment construction becomes very slow. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-19647205001098803702016-03-19T13:21:00.002+13:452016-03-19T13:31:03.477+13:45Lenny & Penny said the City is SprawlingIn the decade prior to 2008 Auckland added 20,000 plus apartments to its central areas, the start of a phase of <a href="http://transportblog.co.nz/2016/02/29/development-update-february-2016/">intensification</a> that looked set to continue. Auckland had a growing amount of intensification and was reducing the proportion of outward expansive growth to the lowest ratio seen in a century. <br />
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Yet in the decade after 2008 we are due to have a <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11466270">mere</a> 5000 additional apartments built in our central city. Overall growth has slowed to a crawl, but is dominated by single dwelling sprawl. We are predicting a housing shortfall lasting towards the middle of the century. <br />
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This is all the result of a truly awful policy <a href="http://theplan.theaucklandplan.govt.nz/development-strategy/#d-1-key-shapers-and-enablers">platform</a> of the Council led by Len Brown and Penny Hulse. The platform has destroyed intensification and created never before seen sprawl. We are now sprawling our development outwards in Warkworth, Orewa, Kumeu, Pukekohe and Pokeno.<br />
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Ironically, Lenny Penny got elected on the zeitgeist of the time - when intensification was booming and sprawl was slowing - they promised to intensify Auckland faster and slow sprawl to nothing. Then they implemented policies that have stopped intensification dead and sprawled over far horizons .<br />
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Lenny Penny said the city was sprawling, it wasn't. unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-53551242084654345442016-03-13T22:19:00.000+13:452016-03-13T22:19:02.354+13:45Len Years For AucklandFrom 2011 to 2016 has been the largest ever residential construction boom in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com.au/charts-australia-is-in-the-midst-of-a-building-boom-never-seen-before-2016-1">Australasia</a> and <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/housing/record-levels-of-home-building-in-canadian-cities-raises-red-flags/article25634742/">Canada</a>. <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11563602">Everywhere</a> that is growing is reaching record highs or surpassing those and moving ahead by 20 - 40% higher peaks. Low interest rates and capital inflow from China have been used to construct buildings and kick-start economies<br />
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Except in <a href="http://transportblog.co.nz/2016/02/29/development-update-february-2016/">Auckland</a> - where we are merely approaching our previous highs of 2005. <br />
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Why are we so bad? unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-52609413487409882282013-10-21T01:30:00.000+13:452013-10-21T01:30:52.210+13:45The Missing Stair Part 3 (unauthorised): A Requiem of LenWhaleoil broke the story of the unfaithful <a href="http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2013/10/exclusive-len-brown-sordid-affair-run-town-hall/#axzz2iGCNIgQj">Len Brown</a>, touching off a political left-right slug fest. In the crossfire an idea has died. The idea that inequity should not be supported in relationships, as espoused by Emma Hart hardly made it a month. <br />
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Emma Hart at Public Address wrote two Missing Stair posts: <a href="http://publicaddress.net/up-front/the-missing-stair-and-the-necessary-bastard/">The Necessary Bastard</a> and <a href="http://publicaddress.net/up-front/the-missing-stair-part-two-the-creeper-and/">The Creeper and the Excuser</a>. Go read them if you want, I liked ideas put forward. <br />
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<b><u>Mayor Len </u></b><br />
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Auckland's Mayor Len Brown is a highly successful creeper. He has a excusers all over the place. Len Brown will get away with it, probably he has got away with it before. People like him almost always get a free pass. <br />
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<u>What is a Creeper? </u><br />
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Creepers are on the lookout for someone vulnerable. They can use a number of approaches, but what they want is someone who will not say no. Ideally they want someone who can be pressured into saying yes, repeatedly. <br />
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The description of a creeper Emma provides details a promiscuous form of creeper, the mass mail out approach where as high as number as possible are randomly approached.
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<i>What about somewhere short of that? What about the Creepers? The ones who have a habit of touching people who don’t want to be touched? The hand on the leg, the accidental brushes, the sexual remarks that make people really uncomfortable? Would you do something about that? </i></blockquote>
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That is the route of the lazy, unintelligent creeper and is not the best approach. Creepers are just one person so mass marketing is hard to carry off. Creepers are better served to find someone they know is vulnerable and exploit that vulnerability. Doing a bit of research beforehand and then repeatedly targeting the same individual can induce impetus. <br />
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<u>What is an Excuser?</u><br />
Emma provides descriptions of societal perceptions that play into the hands of creepers, implying that society is passively biases towards the creeper. <br />
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<i>One of the reasons women tend not to talk about this stuff is the
tendency for people to minimise it. It was a joke. You misread the
situation. You’re over-reacting.</i></blockquote>
I think Emma is incorrect here. I think that society deserves more credit and is basically non-biased on the subject. <br />
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An Excuser is someone who actively aids the creeper and will exploit vulnerabilities in the target to minimise the accusations. Excusers will do so out of a feeling of obligation to the well being creeper or for personal gain. <br />
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<u>How to pattern yourself as a highly successful creeper?</u><br />
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Be powerful, useful to as many people as possible. Excusers will be ready at a moments notice. <br />
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Find a vulnerable person who you would like to utilise for your pleasure. Approach them obliquely in a complimentary manner. Demonstrate your power, that you can be useful to them or that you can break them. Isolate your target away from potential support networks. Obtain consent. Utilise for your pleasure. When they break your control or you get bored with them, leave them. After leaving, remind them of your power and caution them of the need to remain quiet. <br />
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unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-86662411521546862982012-02-11T15:32:00.000+13:452012-02-11T15:32:27.956+13:45Auckland City PlanningAuckland City is a lock for the centre left for the next 5 years, at least. The left has a strong organisation in South Auckland and West Auckland. The Greens are disproportionally popular with youth and in the suburbs. And the meta is good, the population is bound to be turning agianst the John Key Nayional government and will look to protest vote more in the next round of local body elections.<br />
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What the council should be doing is using this opportunity to make some real gains for left-wing voters. Make rents more affordable by building some more council rental accomodation. Lower land costs by moving land from lifestyle block to residential zoning. Send a clear message to the government about supporting public workers by backing the unions in the ports dispute. <br />
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So why is the Auckland Council jumping so far to the right? It has decided that its primary project focus is a $billions rail tunnel to support the property values of the CBD landlords - the richest of the rich. Restrict land borders to protect the property values of middle class suburbia - core strength National Party supporters. Back the ports company as it privitises the port operations.unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-24424911066955940572010-06-26T16:49:00.000+12:452010-06-26T16:49:18.824+12:45Dear Mark SteynDear <a href="http://www.steynonline.com/">Mark Steyn</a>,<br />
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Climate change can be solved by small government. This may shock you, but the best solution to anything is seldom a bigger more expensive government based on over-arching socialism. Climate change should be an opportunity for small government blowhards to demonstrate the need for a small government solution. <br />
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The solution to climate change is to have every country independently operate a consumer marketplace where a high price of AGW gases is charged to private consumption. There will be no capping, trading, emissions limits, production controls, bans or restrictions - there will be no UN involvement. There will be no big government, because government retards and distorts market incentives by its existence. Our governments will exist solely to provide security and to enforce the consumer taxation on the AGW gas footprint. The smaller the government is the better the planet will be. <br />
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As the Greens have been saying for years - if the planet is to survive climate change we must make sacrifices and the best sacrifice is to relinquish our socialist spending. <br />
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Regards u-cunaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-72630758206968124452010-06-26T15:40:00.002+12:452010-06-26T15:40:34.149+12:45Climate Change SummarisedClimate change is a global crisis caused by over consumption of Earth's resources. This crisis demands a rapid and effective response. Cap and Trade is a negative unworkable response, it is a big government initiative. Small government offers the only effective positive response to the climate change crisis. <br />
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Western capitalist societies dominate the worlds economy and are consumer driven, not production driven. Positive solutions harness the consumer economy to combat climate change, negative solutions attempt to control production. <br />
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We are consumer driven democracies, we must empower consumer growth in enviromentally sustainable pathways - we must give consumers more access to wealth and tax pollution literally off the planet. We should not engage in production controls, there should be no limits set.<br />
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The pollution taxation should be as high as we can possibly make it, as high as our local economy can stand. This taxation rate should be higher than the anemic costs suggested under a global Cap'n'Trade, but differ in positive ways. Taxation should be in the form of a Value Added Tax (VAT) for a sales cummulative of all pollution ultimately charged to the domestic consumer. Equivalent pollution tax to be charged on local and imported goods, but not charged on exports. Thus our productive economy is unharmed and able to adapt quickly to changed demand, whilst our consumers are directly aware of any saving to be made by reducing the amount of pollution their purchases create.<br />
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This taxation regime couples consumer driven change to saving the planet, therefore to be most effective requires maximising the amount of consumer involvement. We must reduce the size of the state, because the state is not a consumer driven entity. A states funding mechanisms (taxation and borrowing) are immune to the effect of consumer taxation, because they are the recipient of that taxation. This means a paradigm shift is required not only for our present taxation policy, but also our state spending - it must be reduced. We need to motivate as much of the economy as quickly as possible to reduce pollution, by doing what co. Getting rid of all non-essential state enterprises and moving state employees to the private sector will be amongst our highest priorities should we wish to save the planet. <br />
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Welfare is socially required. Welfare programs (pensions, unemployment relief, healthcare) should be increased to cope with the additional demand pollution taxation places on the poor, but these programs must be stringently asset tested and privately administered.unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-39539916631445096862010-04-01T23:36:00.000+13:452014-06-04T10:51:08.136+12:45The Flawed Economics of Emission TradingDoes 0 << x = 0 ever make sense?<br />
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Under any climate change
x is the probability of a catastrophic climatic event occuring.
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We assume x >> 0 to justify the neccessity of tackling climate change and joining up to the Kyoto Protocols.<br />
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x = 0 to select an Emissions Trading Scheme as the lowest cost methodology capable of meeting the Kyoto Protocols. <br />
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This seems a little flawed to me, but hey what would I know. <br />
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An ETS is useful only in meeting Kyoto requirements. To be effective at combatting climate change an ETS would need to be global and that is unlikely. By eliminating any consideration of climate change from the economic equation an ETS has been selected by our government. <br />
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0 < x = 0<br />
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We get taxed to save the planet by getting taxed to kill the planet...unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-26805699983898706432009-11-19T15:58:00.002+13:452009-11-19T16:30:00.126+13:45Kyoto to Copenhagen by AnalogyThere is a Global Obesity Crisis (GOC), something must be done.<br /><br />A summit is convened at Kyoto to find a solution. The EU takes the lead and a set of Kyoto Protocols are defined. The developed countries become committed to capping food production.<br /><br />After Kyoto the rate of GOC increases.<br /><br />The world decides to meet in Copenhagen, the EU again taking the lead. The world is told it must adopt a cap on global food production, with a market price set for the rights to produce food. But the US Senate is still not ready and some developing world nations object to starving their people. <br /><br />The USA is blamed for the failure of Copenhagen and blamed for GOC.unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-73459624451379636162009-09-23T00:43:00.009+12:452009-11-13T02:25:27.826+13:45The Skeptics - An AppealAll climate change deniers pay attention, you are fast becoming the “dilettante intelligensia” of our time, the useless twits who let the Commies takeover Russia. You are basically all bright, intelligent people who are able to engage in a scientific debate about climate change. You might even be right*, but even if you are it doesn’t matter as scientific argument always takes place outside of the public sphere. Scientific debate is too esoteric and complicated to sway the electorate. The electorate has already taken flight from climate change, judging by the $millions more in tax we are about to be charged the electorate is freakin airborne. Its too late, give it up. <p>The time has come to fight the socialist model of greenery, in the way such policy is always fought. We offer low taxes, small government approach and they propose a world holding hands, bureaucratic montrosity that relies on everyone singing in harmony to work. All we have to do is put in a carbon consumption tax that is 5x higher than any ETS costed surcharge and we are by 5x the most enviromentally friendly nation on the face of the planet. Obviously to pay for this ambition to be incredibly green (and maximise its effectiveness) we will have to eliminate income and company taxes, slash&burn social spending, sell all our schools & hospitals and institute a new era of small government. </p> <p>If we do not confront this effectively we risk losing out to a dawning era of global socialist government.</p><p><br /></p><p>* obviously not on this planet, but in some alternate universe.</p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-66693122847074995312009-08-03T17:22:00.004+12:452009-08-03T17:34:20.497+12:45ETS - Arguing by Analogy......doesn't work on the internet.<br /><br />Suppose to tackle the risk of global obesity rich countries:<br />- set up a global "free market" on food.<br />- capped the market so that food production was restricted and prices go as high as possible.<br />- restrict participation to governments only excluding the individual poor.<br /><br />Poor people starve as the price of food skyrockets, corrupt repressive regimes profit off starving their people, but the obesity total declines markedly.<br /><br />Problem is solved.<br /><br />The only slight flaw in this otherwise "brilliant" plan is that the governments of the worlds poorer nations must sign up to it willingly. Early indications are that some might not be keen.unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15067844.post-28955322842934948822009-07-28T18:45:00.004+12:452009-07-30T05:00:23.200+12:45Emission Trading Schemes<p>We should not be involved in emission trading*.</p><p>Kyoto based emissions caps have a few issues which bear thinking about. </p><p>The most important of which (from my perpective as an enviromentalist) is that they do not work. They do not reduce global carbon emissions, quite the opposite. The intention of ETS is to send a price signal to reduce carbon emissions, but the actual signal is the difference between the carbon prices of various competing carbon trading regimes. It fails by definition, because it is not global.<br /></p><p>Second most important problem is that the idea of global Kyoto based emission trading caps are dead in the water, absolutely positively never going to be adopted by the Chinese or Indians or any developing world nation with a backbone. If we've waited this long before adoption, why adopt now when they are mere months from sinking below the surface never to be seen again?</p><p>Third most important problem (and this the reason the Chinese & Indians are not buying the BS) is that Kyoto agreements are manifestly exploitative of the third world. They are a tax on industrial growth at a time when the largest economies of the third world are raising almost 1 billion people out of poverty through industrialisation. They are a tax on industrialisation that subsidises reducing industrial capacity at a time when the first world nations(Europe/USA) supporting the measure are (cue fucking amazing surprise) reducing industrial capacity. These same first world pricks do presume to be running a "market" based in the financial centres of Europe and soon to be USA which will clip the ticket of every carbon trade - further penalising the 3rd world. And the best part is that the West recognises this problem and promises to remedy the unfairness by (get this) providing "aid" - the same aid that has been so successful in fulfilling the millenial goals of debt reuction (not), combating maliria (not), assisting with HIV harm reduction (not) and having broken hundreds of other similar aid promises down the line - Third World countries have a deep understanding of the worth of First World aid promises (paper + ink + free buffet at signing ceremony). </p><p>We. Should. Not. Make. Any. Commitment. To. An. Emission. Cap. Ever.</p><p>* Modification of comment posted in Public Address.<br /></p>unaha-closphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385104004764358415noreply@blogger.com0