The set-up:
David Parker, a former Minister on Climate Change and now on the Opposition benches as shadow Conservation, tries to make political capital at the expense of Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee, who has recently suggested some of New Zealand's vast conservation estate could be opened up to mineral, oil and coal exploration.
Specifically, Parker asks a question in Parliament inviting the Minister to come tramping with him in the wilderness this Christmas. What follows is possibly the most amusing interchange you'll see this year in an environment debate.
hat tip: Kiwiblog
Well - we have to mine the national Parks to pay for the ETS scheme.
Fighting global warming has its price you know!
Posted by: BammBamm | December 17, 2009 at 03:15 PM
"Fighting global warming has its price you know!'
BammBamm.
The price of stupidity.
Like this.
The Chinese way of population control.
Qinlao village has been given the unenviable task of making it through the winter, when temperatures can descend to -40C, without burning any coal. Instead, the villagers have been told they should burn the corn stalks left over from their harvest to keep warm.
Xinhua, the propaganda arm of the government, has declared Qinlao as the "first coal-free zone" in China's northernmost province and a model of how the country can survive without coal. "Within three years, the whole of north China will be burning plant stalks like us," boasts Mr Zhao.
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2009/12/complete-insanity-can-china-get-by.html
Posted by: AcidComments | December 17, 2009 at 03:33 PM
This certainly was a funny debate. Great video.
Posted by: Anger Management Los Angeles | December 17, 2009 at 07:42 PM
Excellent back-and-forth. Good to see BammBamm and Acid really getting into the spirit of it.
Posted by: CM | December 17, 2009 at 08:34 PM
Don't you just love the sound of your own voice CM.
Posted by: Mack | December 17, 2009 at 08:45 PM
Do you hear your voice when you type? I'd get that checked out mate.
Posted by: CM | December 18, 2009 at 03:21 PM
The humour in the exchanges is magnified tenfold just listening to the accents, which are always funny no matter where you hear them.
Posted by: Pete Fumberger | December 19, 2009 at 01:57 PM
Accents???
Posted by: Merv the Kiwi | December 19, 2009 at 03:52 PM
what a shame for our politic scene..
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This days in politic increase curroution so much no body think about the nation only think about their self.
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