Kasey

I love this whole thread can we be friends

This is the ticket. Build the infrastructure and you necessarily build an electorate willing to fight for it.

I want a better catastrophe I just spent the better part of an hour listening to Andrew Boyd walking through his beautiful, poignant, empathetic and stark flowchart of the climate crisis. It challenges my own biases and denial ...

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Like I knew that avoiding cars means saving a lot of costs, but I had no idea how much.

I’m very grateful we had the options and numbers to choose our living situation based on avoiding car dependency. We should give more New Zealanders the opportunity to unbundle their lives from this cost

What happens if oil hits US$200 per barrel? How much petrol, groceries and flights could cost The Strait of Hormuz remains impassable, and the international oil market remains on edge.

One thing this oil crisis is teaching me is how much money most New Zealanders pay for car dependency. I pay $240 *a year* to service my bike. That’s one tank of petrol for a hilux. Wtf?
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Can… can we take some time to reflect on how batshit crazy it is that we run the country on such a volatile energy source? Could we.. do something about that???

I started my newsletter on beehiiv which was a fantastic free option!

The vote is today!

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Another banger @henrycooke.bsky.social !! The race to become an electrostate is the race to become powerful in the 21st and 22nd century.

Wellington’s bike lane buildout is at risk. We can do something. If you care about Wellington taking climate action, you have to tell our city councillors ahead of a vote on Thursday. Contact councillors to support climate action On Friday last week, Wellington C...

Wild that they’re at risk at Thursday’s vote on the budget. If we want to protect them, we can email city councillors and say bike lanes are a non negotiable! wellyclimatenerd.net/wellingtons-...

Fingers crossed the headlines out of Thursday’s meeting is “Award winning bike programme protected by local leaders” rather than “award winning bike programme paused as petrol prices hit $3.5/L” !!!!!!

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I have gotten into short form video but haven’t cross posted to my blog. Though you’ve inspired me!

The Spinoff in New Zealand has short form video they include on their website, though. Different situation but interesting! thespinoff.co.nz

It’s staggering how much nicer life is when you don’t have to mess with car insurance, unexpected maintenance, WOFs, RUCs, let alone skyrocketing petrol costs.

Wellington’s bike lane buildout is at risk. We can do something. If you care about Wellington taking climate action, you have to tell our city councillors ahead of a vote on Thursday. Contact councillors to support climate action On Friday last week, Wellington C...

Labour councillors told us climate change demands urgent action. Now that bike lanes are at risk, we must remind them of that promise.

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Me standing at the front of a room with a graphic on screen highlighting what kids have sacrificed for drivers

This is from last week at a talk I gave desperately trying to tell whoever is willing to listen (thanks queens university in this case) what our kids have given up for drivers and our car first culture

Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts. City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social

Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Your ultimate Wellington climate voting guide Local elections have begun! On Wednesdays we wear pink, and from now until 11 October, we vote. Voting should be as simple as sitting down with a hot drink and ranking the people vying for power. It ...

If you want to read most councillors on the record statements about things like bike lanes, bus improvements, climate change, I collected them when councillors were asking us for their jobs.

I intend to hold them to their promises.

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Just FYI, every Labour council candidate in Wellington told me: “The climate crisis demands urgent action and should be at the centre of all our council decisions.”

Crazy idea… what if we ran our energy system on cheap electricity so petrol prices don’t leave people panicking anymore??? wellyclimatenerd.net/the-race-to-...

and once it’s built there just won’t be enough money to make public transport better and really we shouldn’t encourage anything else while driving is still better. On and on the cycle goes.

Thanks @henrycooke.bsky.social for talking about this!!

I really think if most people had diversified wealth, it would be a lot easier politically to solve housing challenges, because people haven’t bet their entire future on a home being worth more.

One further thing is that when you put your stock investments (KiwiSaver) into property, no wonder you want house prices to go up forever. You’ve traded 25 years of compound interest for 30 years of compound debt. Unless housing gets more expensive, you’re worse off.

Chances are land values would sink if first home buyers couldn’t prop up the market with KiwiSaver. Their buying power probably wouldn’t be too badly affected if the govt removed the KiwiSaver withdrawal option entirely.

Fantastic piece from @henrycooke.bsky.social. Not only does using KiwiSaver for a first home artificially inflate the housing market, it denies young people the benefit of compound interest at the time it’s most beneficial to them.
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Just one more study bro

Everything but the actual issues.

Here’s the data!!

Just imagine if all bus replacements were during peak hours. Hutt and Kāpiti commuters would be pissed, and maybe, just maybe, you could put pressure on for some more funding for repairs.

I’ll post the full data for anyone to play with on @wellyclimatenerd.net tonight when I’m not eating lunch lol