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« The affair was consensual »
Well I would hope so, otherwise it’s rape.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
Lees Galloway apparently - sacked
also not standing for re-electionhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349940
Why is this a sackable offense?
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@voodoo said in NZ Politics:
@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
Lees Galloway apparently - sacked
also not standing for re-electionhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349940
Why is this a sackable offense?
- Election campaign
- Ya just called out National for a bloke sending some porn to chicks
- He's minister of Workplace Relations
- Election campaign
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@Paekakboyz said in NZ Politics:
@Mokey that mo he had. Icky.
It was for Movember and raising money for suicide prevention. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12293575
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@voodoo said in NZ Politics:
@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
Lees Galloway apparently - sacked
also not standing for re-electionhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349940
Why is this a sackable offense?
- Election campaign
- Ya just called out National for a bloke sending some porn to chicks
- He's minister of Workplace Relations
- Election campaign
Consensual relationships are not allowed in the workplace anymore? Seems odd.
Though probably in line with all other freedoms we have lost this year.
I hear you on point 1 (and 4), but just once it'd be nice to hear someone say "it's a private matter between him and his family, sacking him now is hardly going to help his family"
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Hang on. I'm missing something.
They're going to pump water UP to a higher reservoir, then use that higher head to create energy?
The fuck?
Where's the energy for the pumps coming from?
You're using electricity to pump. And losing energy in the process (friction losses in the pipes, other head losses in various bends, fittings, discharges etc).
I kind of like the idea of having energy reserves, ie, water in a nice high reservoir. Potential energy.
But to get it there you're burning fossil fuels, or running water out of a nice high reservoir to get less in.
Unless the energy is coming from something otherwise going to waste like geothermal, wind or solar it seems counter intuitive.
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
Hang on. I'm missing something.
They're going to pump water UP to a higher reservoir, then use that higher head to create energy?
The fuck?
Where's the energy for the pumps coming from?
You're using electricity to pump. And losing energy in the process (friction losses in the pipes, other head losses in various bends, fittings, discharges etc).
I kind of like the idea of having energy reserves, ie, water in a nice high reservoir. Potential energy.
But to get it there you're burning fossil fuels, or running water out of a nice high reservoir to get less in.
Unless the energy is coming from something otherwise going to waste like geothermal, wind or solar it seems counter intuitive.
It's just a battery. If you can generate on the cheap with renewables (midday solar for eg), then dispatch when needed, then it can make sense. It's not run-of-river hydro, it needs conditions to make it work. But it can, especially when you cherry-pick historic pricing... 😬
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