Posts by Martin Roberts

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  • OnPoint: KiwiSaver's dirty secrets - revealed!,

    sagenz, you appear to distance yourself from 'the left', from your dismissive opening sentence. Forgive my stereotyping, but I would have expected 'the non-left' to be pleased about a reduction in the marginal rate on the top tax bracket. Even if it is only available when you place your investments in certain funds.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 93 posts Report Reply

  • Southerly: What on earth is a Grätzel…,

    My wife, Heather, reckons that eliminating toxicity is the biggest benefit offered by the work reported on here. Established solar technology shares the waste problem familiar from nuclear power - moderately expensive to setup, cheap and very clean to run, but what do you do with your equipment when you're done? Gallium arsenide is nowhere near as nasty as nuclear waste, and hard to build bombs from, but if solar power really took off then there would be be vastly larger volumes and they would likely be dispersed throughout the community.

    By contrast, the porphyrin approach leaves you with glass, "a plant chemical, and ground up rock."

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 93 posts Report Reply

  • What Happens: The Sequel!,

    Do we know how absentee ballots are outstanding in VA? My recollection is that half the troops in Iraq are based from there. They had over 175,000 in 2004, but perhaps most arrived early and have been counted? I was unable to find any precise numbers last night, not even on the 2004 count.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 93 posts Report Reply

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