New Zealand's abundant resources - How do we use them?

**98tls** · 4th June 2008, 20:59

Originally Posted by mowgli

Well, I strongly disagree. Personnel of the NZ Defence Force are world renowned for their nouse as they defend New Zealanders and their interests. But don't worry, we stick up for all New Zealanders, especially those that have already given up hope themselves - it's our duty.

Nice but you have missed my point.Admire the spirit though.

**mowgli** · 4th June 2008, 21:19

Originally Posted by 98tls

Nice but you have missed my point.Admire the spirit though.

Ahhh yes clearly I have. So by "too late" you are alluding to the dawning realisation that Toll f$%ked us over and there's nothing we can do about it? And by "haven't got the nouce" you are referring to what it takes to be a 'yes' man on a party list? Oh yeah, and someone's always stealing our stuff. Just checking I've got it now

**CookMySock** · 4th June 2008, 22:35

rats. my troll didn't get a single bite !

DB

**scracha** · 4th June 2008, 22:57

All the abundant forests, lakes and mountains. Shame a few hundred politicians and other buerocrats couldn't go err.. "missing" in them

**Hitcher** · 4th June 2008, 22:58

Originally Posted by FJRider

But it PAYS well

I'm not sure who it pays well. It's a fashion industry. Even worse, in New Zealand's case it's a fashion industry at the butt-fuck end of nowhere. Rising fuel costs and the deluded fantasy that is "carbon offsets" will soon put paid to marauding hordes of retired Americans and European backpackers. Namibia is sexier and closer.

**Dargor** · 4th June 2008, 23:28

Heres some ideas for what we can do with our abundant air/space resource.

1 - Airborne wind turbines
2 - A Space elevator(for when you get tired of taking the stairs)
3 - Solar power satellite

**Hinny** · 4th June 2008, 23:48

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Tourism is evil.

It may be but I think you will find that it was our biggest export earner last year.
That makes it pretty good in my book.

**MisterD** · 5th June 2008, 09:16

Originally Posted by puddytat

Hang onto them for as long as we can so we can sell it later when it'll be worth alot more than now...
The Govt. is presently looking at granting rights to the seabed minerals for the likes of RioTinto & China for the stately royalty of about $2.50 per sq/km per year....TOTAL!! Anything they find is theirs alone. RioTinto is itself looking to get the rights to something like 250 000sq/km of the WestCoast of both Islands...all thiers for about$625000 per year.An absolute pittance for the zillions of tonnes of precious metals & coal.
Dont believe me ? Google .. Coalition Against Seabed Mining

That's seabed, not sub-sea puddy, so it's only what they can suck off the bottom with a big ol' floating hoover. What does NZ Steel pay for their iron-sands at the moment?

**avgas** · 5th June 2008, 09:39

Easy with these.....

Oh yeah baby!!!! Friggin Booms baby YEAH!
When i was 5 i wanted to be a boom driver!

**Hitcher** · 5th June 2008, 14:33

Originally Posted by avgas

Easy with these!

That is what is known as a roof bolter. While it may be an item of mining equipment, it doesn't "mine" anything. In New Zealand these are generally not as big and are operated by remote control, just in case.