It’s quite an interesting idea actually, one issue I can think of is employers encouraging employees to pull a sickie, instead of taking leave, as sick days aren’t a cost to them.
I’m thoroughly sick of every single protest having to disrupt traffic as part of their activities. It’s lazy, unoriginal, and punishes people who may otherwise be on your side.
The question you should be asking is, how does this help the issue, rather than the cop out of “gaining attention”.
If your method of protest is to disrupt the lives of people just trying to get to work, they will certainly be aware of your cause, but they will likely think you’re a bunch of nutters.
Fewer babies and migration that “fell off a cliff” during Covid-19 have contributed to slower population growth in New Zealand, the first Census results released today reveal....
And? They’re one of our closet defense partners, obviously we’re going to chip in, especially when our own security will presumably benefit from the intelligence this satellite will gather.
This is such a bizarre thing to have such a blow up over. I don’t use public transport, so I’ve never heard these announcements, are they really that bad?
I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
Kinda, although an aircraft that operates exclusively in ground effect is explicitly not an aircraft as far as CAA is concerned, so they’re outside their rules.
As far as recharge time is concerned, I assume they would be able to fast charge in half an hour or so, like any other electric vehicle.
They’re operating from the CBD, so getting power to a charging station is relatively straightforward, and there are technologies available to recharge a vehicle quite fast, there is a standard being developed for trucks that will be over a megawatt of charging capacity. The east by West electric boat uses two chargers, from my understanding.
Sea water is a nightmare for anything mechanical, in my experience, but electronics can at least be sealed effectively. Usually.
The biggest reason I’m so sceptical about this, is every other use case I’ve seen for electric vehicles or vessels has been something that’s already a proven concept. Cars, trucks, planes, harbour ferries, they are all a proven concept, we’re just moving to a different fuel.
Ground effect planes, on the other hand, have never been proven with any fuel type.
I don’t know if they split the pack, or just have multiple chargers working side by side. I know Tesla have done similar when testing the Semi, just use multiple chargers at once.
The vehicle being charged already tells the charger what to do anyway.
There’s been a handful of small passenger ones built in a number of countries, including some aircraft converted into ground effect planes. Germany has built a few, and Iran apparently uses them to some degree.
Major change Govt wants to make to workers' sick leave (www.newshub.co.nz)
Cutting part time workers’ sick leave entitlements from the 10 days everyone currently gets to being pro-rated based on how much they work....
Teenage boy threatened with machete at Albany Bus Station in attempt to steal his shoes (www.rnz.co.nz)
How does this keep happening? Taking public transport shouldn’t be anywhere near as dangerous as it currently is, this is getting ridiculous.
Live: Budget Day Hīkoi heads to Parliament as thousands gather around country (www.rnz.co.nz)
Budget Day ‘carkoi’ protests delayed traffic on Auckland and Tauranga motorways ahead of a hikoi on Parliament....
Census 2023 data: What the first results reveal (www.rnz.co.nz)
Fewer babies and migration that “fell off a cliff” during Covid-19 have contributed to slower population growth in New Zealand, the first Census results released today reveal....
NZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satellites (www.rnz.co.nz)
Rebuke issued in stoush over volume of on-bus announcements for blind passengers (www.rnz.co.nz)
This is such a bizarre thing to have such a blow up over. I don’t use public transport, so I’ve never heard these announcements, are they really that bad?
Seagliders' 35-minute trips to Auckland closer with $145m deal (www.nzherald.co.nz)
I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
Chance of Aurora tonight? (cdn.softservenews.com)
With much of Europe glowing pink will we get to see a good display here in NZ?
Transpower warns of possible power shortages on Friday (www.rnz.co.nz)
The national electricity grid operator is warning of possible insufficient power generation to meet households’ demand on Friday....
MP's comments 'bang on' despite negative response from other parties - Te Pāti Māori (www.rnz.co.nz)
In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government “will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori”....