Lushington D. Brady: Net Zero Reality Comes to NZ

Enjoying your Net Zero this winter, New Zealand? I mean, sure, you’ve only just been forcefully shoved down the first few steps of the long, hard stairway to Net Zero Hell, but already New Zealanders are getting a taste of just what kind of future the Climate Cult are preparing for them.

A Rotorua pensioner says it’s “shocking” some older people are going without heaters in the middle of winter as they struggle to pay for power amid the cost of living crisis.

It has prompted fears their health will suffer and they will be more vulnerable to winter ills and chills.

All this, and you’ve only just begun the Net Zero journey. Over in the UK, thousands of people — mostly the elderly and poor — die because they can no longer afford to heat their homes, thanks to that country’s zealous dedication to Net Zero policies.

The more your country relies on “renewables” (apart from hydro), the more you pay for electricity. The BFD.

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And don’t think that paying tithe to the Sky Dragon will keep the Angel of Cold Death from your house.

The pensioner, who did not want to be named, said he saved money because his home was powered by solar energy but he felt for his peers who had to scrimp on power because they could not afford it.

“It’s shocking. They work all their adult lives and get treated like second-class citizens.”

Oh, stop whining, gramps, and eat your cold bugs like you’re told.

Age Concern Rotorua manager Rory O’Rourke said although its members were receiving the Winter Energy Payment it was not “making a hell of a difference with the increase in power charges”.

“Once upon a time, they didn’t think too much about power. Now they are thinking about when they are going to turn the heater on or use the drier.”

He said some were trying to keep their power bills as low as possible and if they could find another way of keeping warm like using blankets or going to bed early they would.

“There is certainly a health risk though because if they are cold that can lead to all sorts of things. If you are over 65 and pneumonia strikes it can be quite devastating.”

In other words, just what the Climate Cult will never tell you: vastly more people die in cold weather than in hot weather. Remember that, when they’re doing their annual shriek-a-thon during the northern summer.

Bay Financial Mentors manager Shirley McCombe said the phasing out of low-user power tariffs particularly impacted older people living alone, she said.

“I personally have met with older people in Tauranga that don’t have power in their home because it is an expense they believe they cannot afford.”

They don’t just “believe” it — they know it. And more and more New Zealanders will have to come to grips with that horrifying fact, as Net Zero policies inevitably send power prices skyrocketing ever higher.

To cope they often bought food daily or takeaways, ran generators, cooked on gas cookers, or barbecues, stored milk in chilly bins and used candles.

“It is heartbreaking, and often these are the people least visible to others and most reluctant to engage.”

NZ Herald

Whatever. The green-left have a planet to save.

If old people have to starve, freeze and die, so that young Zealously Hyphenated-Surname, currently glued to the Auckland Harbour Bridge, can enjoy her annual overseas holiday safe in the knowledge that the planet has been saved, well, so be it.

Lushington describes himself as Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. This article was first published HERE