Luxon's Government has committed to building a billion-dollar LNG import terminal without knowing how to pay for it.
"Luxon's Government has finally admitted New Zealanders don't want to pay for their ridiculous LNG terminal, but by pressing ahead without any idea on how to fund it, New Zealanders remain on the hook to pay for this billion-dollar nonsense," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick.
"These self-proclaimed 'economic managers' want to sign our country up to a billion-dollar contract and work out who pays for it afterwards. You couldn't make this stuff up."
"Power companies like Meridian have already been clear that we do not need this terminal, so it is hard to see how the Energy Minister expects to convince the gentailers to volunteer to fund something they don't see any economic or practical sense in."
"We will not get affordable energy from fossil fuels hauled in from across the planet. We get it by tapping into the abundant renewable wind, sun, water and geothermal energy sources in our country."
"We agreed with the Prime Minister when two months ago, as the fossil fuel crisis was hitting, he declared, 'Hope is not a plan.' At the same time, however, his Energy Minister was quietly cancelling the literal Energy Plan."
"Every day, it becomes clearer Luxon's Government has no plan, no vision and no intention of doing anything sensible to secure our country and economy's resilience and lower New Zealander's bills."
"The Greens are proud to have real solutions, such as rolling out the Ratepayer Assistance scheme that could assist with immediately solarising our homes, and reducing power bills by at least $1,000 a year," says Swarbrick.
