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Letter to the Editor: Warning from 1912. Published in part by NZH. 13.6.17.
I was recently sent a copy of the Rodney & Otamatea Times, dated 14th August 1912. The front page of that issue had the following ‘science’ report:
“COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECTING CLIMATE.
The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal per year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly.
This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the earth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries.”
So here we are one hundred and five years later, still arguing about whether this is true or not! What with coal burning, the huge increase in cars adding to pollution, and despite irrefutable proof that climate is heating, glaciers and ice caps are melting, the oceans are warming and rising, and that scientific evidence agrees with the causes, there are still the naysayers, and totally inadequate action by governments at large, including our own.
Governments have not adopted policies to improve the situation, such as promoting and subsidising ‘green’ economies. Rather, US, Australia, and New Zealand continue promoting coal mining.
So let’s just follow the lemmings.
The Editor,
North Shore Times.
Dear Jodi, Letter to the Editor: Flight Paths. (Longer version) 4.6.17
I fully support Norman Lymer’s(1 June) concerns about the flight paths of helicopters, including the sensible suggestion that one solution would be to vary these flight paths every so often, so that an affected area can get relief, while another has a turn at suffering these problems.
Where I live we have innumerable flights of these ear-pounding aircraft every day, but especially weekdays. However, I believe that the flight paths of all aircraft over residential areas need to be varied from time to time, because we also have international aircraft passing overhead, using the “short” route to Auckland International Airport.
During the last decade, some of us on the North Shore City Council strongly opposed the “Mayorport” proposal to make Whenuapai an international airport (promoted by former Mayors Harvey, Wood, Webster and Gair.)
Mr Russell Stewart quickly set up an organisation called the Whenuapai Airport Action Group (WAAG) which built a very extensive supporter base..
This Group, along with some others, did a lot of research on the problems relating to regular overflying by any aircraft. These relate to all aspects of health such as air pollution, soil pollution, and water pollution. In other words, a major problem.
I hope that most of the people who supported WAAG, plus many more, will either establish a new organisation to oppose the current commercial flight paths across North Shore, and/or support an organisation set up in Morningside pushing for periodic changes in the flight paths.
The information is: Auckland: The Plane Truth Inc
The Editor,
NZ Herald. 4.6.17
Dear Sir, Letter to the Editor: Flight Paths and sharing the burden.
I fully support the concerns of Lorraine Clark (NZ Herald, 2.6.17) about the flight paths of helicopters, including the sensible suggestion that one solution would be to vary these flight paths every so often, so an affected area can get relief, while another has a turn at suffering these problems.
Where I live we have innumerable flights of these ear-pounding aircraft every day, especially weekdays. However, I believe that the flight paths of all aircraft over residential areas need to be varied from time to time, because we also have international aircraft passing overhead, using the “short” route to Auckland International Airport.
Previously, some of us on the North Shore City Council strongly opposed the “Mayorport” proposal to make Whenuapai an international airport (promoted by former Mayors Harvey, Wood, Webster and Gair.)
Mr Russell Stewart set up an organisation, the Whenuapai Airport Action Group (WAAG) which built an extensive supporter base.
A lot of research was done on the problems relating to regular overflying by any aircraft. These problems include health, such as air pollution, soil pollution, and water pollution. In other words, major problems.
I hope many will support Lorraine Clark’s proposal and petition through Auckland: The Plane Truth Inc.
31.5.17
The Editor, NZ Herald,
Dear Sir, Letter to the Editor: Council Annual Plan Time. (Published in NZH 1.6.17)
If the Mayor and Councillors are really serious about saving money, reducing the burden on ratepayers, helping the road congestion and housing problems, then stop frittering away large sums of money on a huge ‘communications/media and P/R’ staff, including production of expensive mind-manipulating, jargonistic publications telling us to “love Our Auckland” and propaganda from Council and Local Boards.
These publications try to sell us the idea that it is “OUR” Auckland, inviting us to join in various vacuous exercises, the results of which will be generally ignored.
“OUR” Auckland is actually run by the bureaucrats and businessmen in their own interests, not by the people, or their elected representatives.
Then there’s the Mayor’s idea to spend a heap of money on a “crater” stadium, on our waterfront, followed by the idea of a $10m bridge lighting scheme. What will these do to ease the traffic congestion, the homelessness or the burden on ratepayers? Nothing!
Time for a drastic rethink, Mayor and Councillors, plus some very severe questioning and very sharp pencils.