12 States to ban diesel vehicles

[ultrarunner]

Interesting…

No, the EU will fall apart over civil unrest over the tsunami of 3rd world migrants before becoming a Cuba.

Germany is so politically correct that they depict a grown white woman groping a black kid to attend people that groping is inappropriate in the swimming pool. Reality off course is that Arab and African rascals grope children as young as 9 years old.

 

[JTKub]

Where is that public pool? Asking for a friend of course..

 

[ultrarunner]

I don’t know the city in Germany but very typical…

I was in a mountain village in Austria and I had never seen an Olympic size pool all made of stainless steel… it was magnificent in the most picturesque setting with only a few months of the year being used as it was in mountain snow country.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Well actually I do think your problems are fixable in New Zealand we do have free health care...

Free healthcare, huh?

That's what we had in Europe when I grew up. Yes, it was "free" if disregarding that my parent were paying about 80% in tax.

Another drawback was the efficiency. When my knees went out at 18 years old (couldn't walk more than maybe 20-30 feet per day) the wait to see a doctor was three years.

Thankfully my mother had paid for supplemental insurance so I got an appointment with a private doctor in a mere three months.

Is that really something to strive for?

 

[ultrarunner]

Everyone I came to know in my time in Europe paid for supplemental coverage…

County Health Departments here in California also provide a lot of free health coverage.

 

[Torvy]

Everyone I came to know in my time in Europe paid for supplemental coverage…

County Health Departments here in California also provide a lot of free health coverage.

Mom was a public health nurse in San Bernardino County when I was young. They seemed to do a lot of free health screenings (late 60s). Scoliosis and TB tests.

 

[arrow]

Well actually I do think your problems are fixable in New Zealand we do have free health care half the homeless rate of the USA and very little government/corporate corruption but you guys love your system so go for it but what I don't like is how you are stuffing the planet. burning fossal fuels. The rest of the world with far less resource's than the USA is able to build clean renewable energy why can't you

You also have 1/65th of the population of the United States but let’s skip over that little fact because I’m sure 65 times more ppl will have no impact whatsoever on your resources, government or homelessness right?

Your last sentence is blatantly a red herring skipping over the details you seem to like to skip over.
I know of about 23 million people we can send over to NZ to help increase your population if you’re bothered by that.
Oh and hopefully China will never covet your Maui natural gas field but I’m sure you could defend yourselves if that happened.

 

[not2old]

Mandate citizens to rub balloons against their heads to charge the grid, I imagine.

I thought they would use electric powered generators.

 

[timbatrader]

I would love to live in NZ if I could afford a big chunk of remote land to run livestock. Gorgeous county.
I would question with all boats and ships used on the coast, are all of them going to be battery powered? I'm a couple of thousand KM from an ocean and much that is imported comes here via truck from the coast.
Can you bring the sheep to market on electric vehicles from the remote stations? Serious question.

• Still a long way to go but NZ is trying to reduce carbon emissions our national electric grid is running around 88 to 90 percent renewables
• New Zealand currently has three fully electric ferries either in operation or launching in 2024–2025, with more under construction and planned for the coming years.
  
  • Ika Rere is New Zealand's first fully electric passenger ferry and has been operating in Wellington since 2022.
  • In Auckland, two new fully electric ferries designed by EV Maritime for Auckland Transport are being launched in 2025 and are expected to enter public service later this year.
  • In 2024, a 10-passenger electric hydrofoil ferry (VS-9) by Vessev entered service in Auckland, primarily for tourism and technology demonstration.
  • Additionally, at least two hybrid-electric ferries—with both electric and diesel propulsion—are under construction for Auckland, with service expected on the Devonport to Downtown route by 2026.
• Class 6 heavy trucks in New Zealand refers to vehicles weighing between 18,001kg and 30,000kg, generally requiring a Class 6 RUC (Road User Charge) band. Electric heavy trucks in this category are usually seen in pilot fleets or as recent imports for trial, especially in the 2024–2025 period.
• Several electric truck pilot programs and initial deliveries have been reported. For example, Auckland's Etrucks and Windrose have placed an initial order for 20 long-range electric Class 6 (or above) semi-tractors, with the first demo unit arriving in September 2025 and more to follow.
• TR Group, one of the largest heavy vehicle leasing fleets in NZ, reports a "zero-emission fleet" of over 50 vehicles by late 2024, but this count covers all vehicle classes, not just Class 6 trucks.

 

[timbatrader]

You also have 1/65th of the population of the United States but let’s skip over that little fact because I’m sure 65 times more ppl will have no impact whatsoever on your resources, government or homelessness right?

Your last sentence is blatantly a red herring skipping over the details you seem to like to skip over.
I know of about 23 million people we can send over to NZ to help increase your population if you’re bothered by that.
Oh and hopefully China will never covet your Maui natural gas field but I’m sure you could defend yourselves if that happened.

Going on past experience New Zealand should be more worried about USA than China look below on how USA treats its friends compared to China
Since 1945, the United States has engaged in a large number of covert and overt interventions in other countries, often to gain access to resources or otherwise protect its economic and strategic interests. Compared to China, the scale and frequency of these actions have been significantly higher.

United States​

• The U.S. has conducted at least 64 covert and 6 overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War alone (1947–1989). Many of these actions had some connection to access to resources or economic interests—such as oil (the 1953 Iranian coup), minerals, or favorable investment environments.
• Broader analyses count around 81 known U.S. interventions in foreign elections from 1946 to 2000, and nearly 400 military interventions from 1776 to 2023, with half occurring since 1950. While not all were resource-driven, many were at least partially motivated by the desire to secure access to vital resources or to create favorable conditions for American businesses.
• Concrete examples include the 1953 Iranian coup (oil interests), repeated interventions in Latin America to secure agricultural and mining interests, and involvement in coups or conflicts in Africa and the Middle East related to strategic resources like oil and minerals.

China​

• China’s approach has traditionally emphasized non-interference, especially during the Mao and Deng eras. Direct, overt, or covert regime change operations to gain resources have been very rare, especially compared to the U.S.
• Since the rise of Xi Jinping, China has become more assertive internationally, primarily using economic means (loans, investment, the Belt and Road Initiative) and political influence, rather than military intervention or covert coups.
• There are documented instances of covert influence campaigns and economic leverage—sometimes called “sharp power”—for political or commercial advantage (e.g., securing ports, mining rights, or critical minerals), as seen in the Pacific and parts of Africa. But these tend to involve debt diplomacy and economic pressure rather than direct intervention to install or overthrow governments.
• Very few, if any, confirmed cases exist of China using outright regime change or military interventions post-1949 solely for gaining foreign resources. Its rare interventions have generally been to protect its citizens or strategic security (e.g., Korea in the 1950s), not to secure resources through direct intervention.

Comparison​

• US: Dozens of overt and covert interventions aimed at regime change, many with an explicit or implicit goal to secure access to resources or safe business environments.
• China: Minimal direct or covert interventions for regime change or resource gain; influence generally exerted through commercial, diplomatic, or economic means, particularly post-1978.

In summary: The United States has interfered—covertly and overtly—far more often than China in other countries since 1945, particularly for resource-related objectives. China’s mode of influence since opening up in the late 1970s has focused on economic inducement, infrastructure investment, and commercial leverage, generally not regime change.