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the swing consumer of gas is Methanex, which is also by far the largest consumer. so we would've effectively been importing LNG, converting it to methanol, and re-exporting. It was ever going to be economically viable. Laughable. amazing it was ever seriously considered.

last week, a prominent business journo said 'consumers need to cheer up and spend up'. fundamentally misunderstands 'consumer confidence' It's not about being happy. It's about if people have secure jobs & decent pay with prospects of raises. They don't. So they aren't spending

$13b out of the pockets of workers by denying them pay equity doesn't *feel* like helping

my wife revealed to me tonight that the cat has a favourite YouTuber. He sat there for 15 minutes, watching her bake and pick flowers, and play with her kitten while birds tweeted in the background.

literally four days ago, he was saying the economy is booming

promised more 500 cops in 2 years. after 1.5 years, just 45 more cops

All this talk about the economy hitting a brick wall, I've seen nothing about electricity prices being 3x normal recently An economy is an energy system. moving & converting stuff & info from lower value states to higher value ones high energy prices strangle economies

what? tax cuts for landlords, scrapping infrastructure imvestment, running down public services, and pay cuts for workers haven't boosted the economy? better keep doing it, I suppose.

Luxon's either going to have to get serious about being PM and facing the problems NZ faces, and earn re-election. or get in as many overseas junkets as he can in the next 16 months before he loses the job

the insanity of not building much needed housing at a time when homelessness is at record levels and the construction industry is crying out for work and hemorrhaging workers to Australia.

The economy is 0.5% *smaller* than when the government entered office. economic output per person is down 1.9%.