Ryan Bridge: The real fool from the debate was New Zealand

People seem to think Kamala Harris made a fool of Trump in the debate, but real fool was us, New Zealand. 

Within 24 hours of the debate we got news of 230 jobs lost due in part to an energy crunch caused by moral grandstanding on climate change. 

That's 230 jobs, but up to 1000 people including families. That's half the population of Raetihi and Ohakune. 

Shane Jones calls it the hollowing out of regional NZ, and there's much more to come. 

We also had news Methanex is consulting on mothballing, indefinitely, one of its two remaining plants. 

Why? You guessed it - in part it's moral grandstanding on climate change. 

More on that in a second, but first back to the debate. This is the most left, progressive political leader in America, Kamala Harris, boasting about fracking. 

"I will not ban fracking. I have not banned fracking as Vice President of the United States. And in fact, I was the tie breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act which opened new leases for fracking." 

And here, Kamala Harris boasts about record domestic oil production while she and Biden were in charge. 

"We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history." 

Drill baby, drill. 

Meanwhile, we're basking in nuclear free moment bliss down here at the bottom of the Pacific. Sending manufacturing jobs and regional jobs off to the slaughterhouse. 

And yes, climate change is real, etcetera. 

But why would we cut our noses off to spite our faces, when the most progressive, climate conscious contender to run the world's largest economy, and biggest user of oil, is boasting about drilling for it? 

Sitting watching that debate yesterday it wasn't Trump I thought looked stupid, it was us. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
People seem to think Karmala Harris made a fool of
Trump in the debate last night, but the real fall
was US New Zealand. Within twenty four hours of that debate,
we got news of two hundred and thirty jobs being lost,
in part because of an energy crunch caused by moral
grand standing on climate change. That's two hundred and thirty jobs,

(00:20):
but up to one thousand people once you take into
account families. That's half the population of Datahi and o'kerney.
Shane Jones calls this the hollowing out of regional New Zealand,
and wait for it, there is more to come. We
also got last night news method X is consulting on
mothballing indefinitely, one of its two remaining plants. Why you
guessed it in part moral grandstanding on climate which we'll

(00:44):
get to in a second. But first back to the debate.
Listen to the most left progressive political leader in America
right now boasting about fracking.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
I will not band fracking. I have not bannd fracking
as Vice President United States, and in fact I was
the breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which opened
new leases for fracking.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
And here Karmena Harris bosets about record domestic oil production
while she and Biden are in charge.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production
in history.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Drill, baby, drill. Meanwhile, we're basking in nuclear free moment
bliss down here at the bottom of the Pacific. Aren't
we sending manufacturing jobs and regional jobs off to the slaughterhouse?
And yes, climate change is real, and yes we have
to do something about it. But why would we cut
our noses off despite our faces when the most progressive

(01:41):
climate conscious contender to run the world's largest economy and
biggest user of oil is boasting about drilling for it.
Sitting watching that debate yesterday, it wasn't Trump that I
thought looked stupid.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
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