1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: There's a form of economic nimbiism that's going on in 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: this country. You've probably noticed it too. If we want 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:10,159 Speaker 1: to get ahead, surely we are all aware that there 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: must be trade offs. There's no business, no growth, no 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: economic miracle that comes about without a cost to someone somewhere. 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Whether it's intensive agriculture that can have an effect on 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: the environment, whether it's water to run the data centers 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: that power your smartphones. Every success costs you something. Generally, 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: the trick is to be reasonable, take risks, mitigate them, 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: or just be willing to wear the costs. The problem 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: we have, I don't think is necessarily a lack of 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: opportunities of wherewithal or enthusiasm, not even in many cases investment. 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: I was just an Otargo, just recently beautiful place, stunning 14 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: central Otago. There's a gold mine permit that's been issued there. 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: You might have seen that in the news. Sam Neil 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: was dead against the project when I was down there, 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: as are many others. There's opposition, there's legal challenges, fair enough, 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: you know they've got houses in the area, worried about 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: trucks on the road then what it looks like. But 20 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: it's also an area that would be serviced by this 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: brand new hospital that Dunedin is getting. Half the town's 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: buildings by the way, and Otaga wouldn't be there to 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: begin with if its not for gold mining. So the 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: permits issued. The rest is with fast track whatever. But 25 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: how are you going to pay for that hospital? How 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: are you going to pay for that hospital? Wanaka said 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: no to a McDonald's in part due to concerns about 28 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: healthy eating. Residents objected to a solar farm in part 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: because of something called lunar reflection, that the moonlight might 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: reflect off a solar panel like it would I don't 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: know a lake or an ocean. I mean, come on, 32 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: are we clutching its straws here or what. It's all 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: well and good, but if we want stuff like new hospitals, 34 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: highways and potholes fixed, you have to pay for them somehow. 35 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: And there's a little too much economic nimbiaism going on 36 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: at the moment I think for anyone to be serious 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: complaining about the state of things. For more from Early 38 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: Edition with Ryan Bridge, Listen live to news Talks it'd 39 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.