Cheaper, cleaner power - the political allure of 'pumped hydro'

Cheaper, cleaner power - the political allure of 'pumped hydro'
Pattrick Smellie
A government facing an intractable problem in one area will often respond by diverting attention to an area of similar or equal weight, but where a decisive response beckons.In the current example, the government’s intractable problem is the runaway unaffordability of housing in New Zealand, an issue political leaders of all stripes have acknowledged for more than a decade and failed to deal with.The debate is a stunted pastiche now. House prices rise, commentators call for a capital gains tax as if that would fix the problem, the governm...

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