I kinda dislike the low density bit, yes I agree we are different to the Netherlands and that impacts how we would build this infrastructure, but it shouldn’t be a full excuse.
The thing I see is we are more than capable of putting out large scale infrastructure like the rollout of fibre broadband and the completed highways works connecting Auckland to Hamilton and beyond
Your right, Its probably an economics of scale problem, building roads already has momentum and the equipment, while with rail we would need to commit to bigger + more projects that would take longer than a election term and risk the population thinking it’s a waste of their tax
Low density is always hard nut to crack because when distances are long and population is small, public transportation is not feasible.
One potentially great way to help mitigate the problem and help in both self sufficiency and carbon releases is biogas plants. In Finland there is close to 50 biogas plants build privately on farms. Its relativelly cheap to convert traditional gas engines to work with biogas. This is true for both farmin vehicles and cars. And it can be used for generating electricity. The plants also produces fertilizer as a by-product, so it helps with two recources that are traditionally imported from somewhere else.
I kinda dislike the low density bit, yes I agree we are different to the Netherlands and that impacts how we would build this infrastructure, but it shouldn’t be a full excuse.
The thing I see is we are more than capable of putting out large scale infrastructure like the rollout of fibre broadband and the completed highways works connecting Auckland to Hamilton and beyond
Your right, Its probably an economics of scale problem, building roads already has momentum and the equipment, while with rail we would need to commit to bigger + more projects that would take longer than a election term and risk the population thinking it’s a waste of their tax
Low density is always hard nut to crack because when distances are long and population is small, public transportation is not feasible.
One potentially great way to help mitigate the problem and help in both self sufficiency and carbon releases is biogas plants. In Finland there is close to 50 biogas plants build privately on farms. Its relativelly cheap to convert traditional gas engines to work with biogas. This is true for both farmin vehicles and cars. And it can be used for generating electricity. The plants also produces fertilizer as a by-product, so it helps with two recources that are traditionally imported from somewhere else.