(21-11-2021, 09:48 AM)harm_less Wrote:(21-11-2021, 09:25 AM)Yogi Wrote: The cause is good as their are so many unworkable regulations and taxes coming that farming, our biggest earner is being destroyed leaving probably china as our soon to be biggest farmer. My family farm has been sold of as lifestyle blocks rather than staying in production as i can see the writing on the wall. Where is our future income going to come from as not just farming but mining, manufacturing, paper mills, refineries, steel mills and foundries etc are all closing down due to over regulation.All of the industries you mention are becoming uneconomic. Economic viability is pretty hard to compete against and propaganda based on shoddy science just doesn't cut it in the modern world. It is becoming apparent we have been living a fools dream for the past half decade and it's now a case of doing our best to repair and hopefully reverse the damage we have inflicted on our planet, which is of course going to come at a cost to those who have been riding the gravy train up until now.
One of NZ's great strengths is its ability to innovate so we should now draw on that ability to find our sustainable place in the world, and transporting low value products which often have minimal added value input isn't going to serve that purpose. Located as we are down here in the bottom left hand corner of the Pacific we are further away from our markets than virtually any of our competitors so we need to produce high value good in a form that is acceptable to a very environmentally aware world. If not the fuel miles will continue to kill our market viability.
There is no other industry to replace what we are losing. Some tek companies will thrive but other than that all we have is to borrow until we can borrow no more. Our farmers are the most environmentally friendly in the world so shifting our farming to other countries is not helping the environment. Shifting our mills and manufacturing to China and India is not good for the environment as they are burning 40% more coal this year alone to fill that demand from the western world.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/...021-10-22/
https://fortune.com/2021/10/08/india-is-...ical-lows/