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MaybeTop8 said:
Deeply concerning that all of the focus has been on profit extraction and fossil fuels and nothing on renewables or building a resilient supply and infrastructure in New Zealand eh.

Because that's not profitable for the multi nationals. Text book neoliberalism - Sell off the natural assets to your mates, strip them bare, send the profits offshore, push the cost of cleanup onto the public, then fuck off leaving us to pick up the pieces.
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During my time in the industry, admittedly a few years ago, we were paying the Govt around $500m annually in Royalties. Not sure where it went.
 
MrFrankWhite said:
Plus the sizeable economic activity it generates. I suppose it could get replaced by playing whale songs to trees?
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Yes, the economic impact was large. Employed around 12000 workers in mainstream and allied industries so had a big influence not just here in Taranaki but overall in the country. JN will know this as well but to work in the industry/maritime, you don't have to actually live next to the port or rig. Most jobs are rotational and where you live is immaterial. Heaps of FiFo workers in WA still live in NZ and do a 6 or 8/2 rotation.
People often forget that the industry powers not only cars and power stations but has a huge input into most of the materials we use in our day to day lives. Petro-Chemical is actually bigger than O&G

The lifestyle we all have today has been powered by energy since the 1800's and that energy comes from O&G or Coal. Unfortunately the alternatives are nowhere near able to provide the same bang for the buck unless we stop the hand wringing and adopt Nuclear. The other alternative is do what China and India are doing, build 200 coal fired stations.
As an Engineer, to me, the Nuclear option is the only way forward, to get a sustainable, cheap and environmentally free energy source.
 
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