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Thread ID: 130221	2013-04-01 21:25:00	Power pricing ... this is BS !	SP8's (9836)	PC World Chat

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1335005	2013-04-01 21:25:00	Hope you're all going to be happy with a hike in power prices so that the energy companies look more attractive to potential buyers. They sell the assets and we the public are going to be forced to pay even more. Story HERE (www.stuff.co.nz)	SP8's (9836)
1335006	2013-04-01 22:28:00	I don't pay power so......................... But I do feel for you all. And I will not down any political party for why this is happening due to tension Here pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Sorry IDK how to shorten links...	SanChippy (16951)
1335007	2013-04-01 22:44:00	Labour was not to worried when it went up 69% when they held the Reign of Power:lol:	Lawrence (2987)
1335008	2013-04-01 22:48:00	I got my letter the other day from NOVA, what can you do about it but bend over and take it up the tailpipe	Gobe1 (6290)
1335009	2013-04-02 01:47:00	Hope you're all going to be happy with a hike in power prices so that the energy companies look more attractive to potential buyers. They sell the assets and we the public are going to be forced to pay even more. Story HERE (www.stuff.co.nz) Yes it’s an absolute outrage. The Power Stations have paid for themselves many times over and in the majority of cases the fuel is free. (Hydro & Geothermal) But still these incompetent fools can’t produce electricity at a reasonable price. Compare our prices to our nearest neighbour Australia and explain to me how they can dig a monstrous hole to remove coal, transport the coal for thousands of km’s, crush the stuff to the consistency of talcum powder so it will burn cleanly, and provide ten’s of thousands on km’s of transmission lines, all at about 2/3rds the price per unit of ours. Mind you, we go broke in a big way just trying to mine the coal don’t we. :rolleyes: What would make me laugh is if Mum & Dad Investor decided they weren’t going to buy what they already owned, and the Big Boys decided our Power Companies were a dodgy investment and Tiwai Point gave Meridian the big two fingered salute. That would leave the Government really red faced because they are relying on the funds from the sales to pay the interest on the loans they have raised. Even better, they were unable to settle the generous Treaty Claims they have undertaken. :D Still, I guess at the end of the day we’ve got Cyprus and Greece to turn to for advice on matters monetary. :banana	B.M. (505)
1335010	2013-04-02 03:51:00	:illogical Still, I guess at the end of the day we’ve got Cyprus and Greece to turn to for advice on matters monetary. :banana Explain how the Cyprus situation was about to bring the world to it's knees and the latest thinking is, introducing casinos will sort the problem. With these sorts of minds, I can't see that we have a problem.:illogical	Cicero (40)
1335011	2013-04-02 04:03:00	:illogical Explain how the Cyprus situation was about to bring the world to it's knees and the latest thinking is, introducing casinos will sort the problem. With these sorts of minds, I can't see that we have a problem.:illogical Hey, we thought of that! :angry Just that the cat got out of the bag before Key & Co and the Auckland Casino got the details sorted. :D Credit where credits due old chap. ;)	B.M. (505)
1335012	2013-04-02 04:20:00	I always kinda wanted to generate my own power, if prices keep raising it may get more economical and I just might do it one day. Lighting is easy, it's hot water, cooking, and heating that's the killer when trying to go off the grid. I've never understood selling off profit making organisations to raise money, makes no sense to me. Get a short term boost to your finances at the expense of some of your income... Look at Telecom, prior to being sold off the state owned Telco arm of the then Post office spent Billions installing a brand new digital telephone network (which we are still using 20+ yrs later), was probably well over staffed and inefficient, and still posted a profit of several hundred million during the worst years of heavy re-investment. In the years since it sold even if it had performed half as well as it did privately it would have earned it's sale price back several times over.	dugimodo (138)
1335013	2013-04-02 06:02:00	I've been saying for a long time we shouldn't be selling what we already own, but for some reason I kept getting shouted down by the brown nosed National mob on here, so pleased some of you are at last waking up	gary67 (56)
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