by DavidSpratt | Aug 14, 2019 | Energy
“A society grows great when people plant trees whose shade they know they will never lie in.” – Greek Proverb I spent the best part of Saturday planting trees, flaxes, and ferns along a stream bank with my son, Tom, and his best mate. The task was “wholesome”...
by chris | Aug 7, 2019 | Energy
New Zealand has set a target under the Paris Agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030, and to adopt increasingly more ambitious targets in the future. Per capita, New Zealand’s emissions are one of the highest in the...
by DavidSpratt | Jul 31, 2019 | Energy
I lit my first fire at home for the year on the unusual date of May 31, just one day before the official beginning of winter. I live in the sunny north side of Auckland, but I would have expected to see my dog sleeping in front of the fire by around late April. There...
by DavidSpratt | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently David recorded a podcast as part of Umbrellar’s Key Technology Hub series. The podcast covers a wide range of topics including: The business reasons Cloud computing is now the norm rather than the exception The business impact of SaaS, PasS and IaaS...
by chris | May 20, 2019 | Energy
The Government has set a target for New Zealand’s economy to be net-zero emissions by 2050. Does our current approach stack up? Methanex – adding 15% to national electricity demand? In a recent submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment...
