This
Pravda-like report from Radio NZ (“Pravda-on-the -Terrace”)
barely HINTS at a problem that is only going to get worse.
I
have noticed that Wellington has not really recovered from its
droughts during the winter. This is confirmed by a friend having to
get in water delivered to his rural property in early winter as well
as an informal report pf low water table in Nelson.
Meanwhile,
we are never going to be told the truth about the destruction of the
Waiwhetu aqufer, probably by the building industry.
Five
years ago I would have described you as mad if you had said the
capital has a water problem.
Meanwhile
no media in this country is going to tell the truth about this. In
this context anecdote is inavaluable.
Give
me your stories.
Fossil fuel use doubles as hydro lake levels drop
Genesis
Energy's Huntly Power Station. Photo: Genesis
Energy
3
July, 2017
Figures
from Transpower show 27.85 percent of New Zealand's electricity has
been generated by burning coal or gas during the past week.
That's
up from an average of 13.11 percent over the past 52 weeks.
The
power is being generated mainly at Huntly, and also at Stratford,
Taranaki.
Low
water levels in South Island hydro lakes have
meant hydro's share of generation has fallen from 65.56 percent over
the past year, to 51.3 percent in the past week.
Inflows
into South Island hydro lakes have been declining since March.
Transpower,
which oversees the technicalities of the electricity system as well
as running the national grid, has put New Zealand's electricity
supply on "watch", one level above "normal', but below
"alert" and "emergency".
But
it has repeatedly said it does not expect the country to run out of
power.
From
20 June
The
much-criticised coal industry is making a minor comeback in New
Zealand as dry weather deprives hydro dams of water in the South
Island.
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