efficiency Archive

  • frog

    The efficient market - by frog



    This poster says all that needs to be said about just how efficient “free” markets are at separating hard working taxpayers from their money: The efficiency with which the financial markets (and now the real economy) are fleecing the taxpayers to pay for their own excesses is astounding. Now our government is saying that in [...] read more
    December 10, 2008 3:15 pm - 44 Comments
  • frog

    National Party to dump the billion dollar Green Home Fund - by frog



    Last night in Auckland, National Party Climate Change Spokesman Dr. Nick Smith MP announced under pressure that National has no plans to keep the billion dollar Green Home Fund that the Greens negotiated with Labour. Speaking at the Oxfam Climate Change Debate, Smith was pressured by Minister Parker as to whether National would keep the [...] read more
    October 14, 2008 6:11 am - 62 Comments
  • frog

    Pouring cold water on the nanny state myth - by frog



    Showerheads and regulations have been getting a lot of airtime recently, with Nick Smith and his mates making hay with a bit of misinformation and a lot of fake moral outrage. In short, there is no regulation requiring high-efficiency shower heads of 6 litres/min in new homes. This is a patently false statement. At the [...] read more
    October 13, 2008 11:17 am - 86 Comments
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    I’m glad you asked - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    I’m glad to see my post on the issue of vehicle fuel efficiency standards has provoked such interest. Here are a few answers to a few questions: Kevyn, – my briefing on the $148m saved on power bills since the MEPs came in was an oral one but you could write to EECA and ask [...] read more
    July 30, 2008 12:16 pm - 11 Comments
  • frog

    Key questions SPARC expenditure. Frog questions Crosby/Textor expenditure. - by frog



    I was trolling the blogosphere, as one does on a rainy Friday afternoon, and had a read of David Slack’s post over at Public Address. He was questioning John Key’s questioning of SPARC’s budget for websites. After running through a very pertinent list of the hard work it would take to create websites that got [...] read more
    July 4, 2008 4:45 pm - 15 Comments