RE:RE:RE:The FutureExperienced wrote: NPCexe wrote: Experienced wrote: Reporting information....draw your own conclusions
I have been in New Zealand for the past month and returned to Canada yesterday on Air New Zealand.
in New Zealand there is virtually no use if plastics, especially single use. For example on Air New Zealand our cutlery was recycled wood not plastic.
We were in relatively unpopulated areas on both the North and South Islands and there were places with EV charging stations and there would be no problem getting your TSLA (of which we saw many) charged if you didn't have your own Level 2 charging station.
Also spent some time in Australia- same thing
All if this is quite the opposite from my experience in the US where the use of plastics is if anything excessive. Seems to a lot will depend on whether the Americans follow the lead of the rest of the developed world
We must differentiate between the lefty craze that is climate change and common sense approaches to the problem of plastic pollution. NZ seems to be doing some things right
Yep
Common sense doesn't appear to be that common among the political class these days.
I also found that being nice and friendly is a common trait in New Zealand compared to most other places in the world that I have visited. As an example- at the beginning of the trip we were on a cruise and at the first port we were in the Cruise Terminal and I had planned a hike. I was walking around looking like a dork and this information lady came up to me and asked if she could help me...I asked for directions to the trailhead which was about 3k away. She said I am finished in 15 minutes and I can drive you there and save the $20 taxi fare!!
Postscript to the previous post.... another time on a hike we missed a turn. This other hiker stopped and asked me if I needed help. I said I think we are lost and he asked where we were going and took to a key place and gave us directions from there. Guess in NZ looking like a dork pays off....lo