The Blue Pill
(aka ‘magical thinking’ or being ‘away with the fairies’)
"We don’t need Fossil Fuels we will just use electricity!"
"Wind and solar will fill the power generation gap!"
"Let’s just keep burning coal and buy cheap carbon credits."
"Something will be developed like a super battery that never runs out"
"Nuclear fusion will be ready in 5 years."
"We can keep on using coal because we are planting a billion trees."
"Let us get rid of all industry (eg Tiwai smelter), because they use all the power, and then there will be plenty of power to charge all our EVs."
"Natures Flame make wood pellets already, why do you think biocoal is needed."
"Biomass will never be cost effective, why bother."
"The government already pays SCION to develop bioenergy, they are the experts."
"Nuclear Power is just what we need in New Zealand"
The first problem with explaining the need for a Biocoal industry is that the industry has a very broad base that involves and impacts many sectors of the socio-economic spectrum. The second problem is for full understanding there are many overlapping areas of technical knowledge. That being said it isn’t ‘Rocket Science’ and anybody who is interested can understand the topic and understand the importance of it.
