Hydro Vs Coal Energy

But we need to bear in mind these are fellow Kiwis we're talking about, and uh providing that the positions they occupy have a uh legitimate role, then they're safe if they are filigree and they're not uh contributing towards productivity. Our finance minister is saying that they can be rationalized and there'll be space because the private sector will grow in order to deliver other goods and services that the public sector can no longer uh is no longer needed. I mean, I I can only look at my beloved fishing industry, and indeed the resource sector. There are people occupying positions in those areas where perhaps technology and a more rational approach means that the industry can deliver them rather than the state. And uh, I think that that's uh an important debate we need to have. And also make we've got to grow the economy. We've got to grow jobs, we've got to grow exports, and to do that, we need to change the law from time to time, encourage investment, and we're gonna have to have to take risks. You want to know one of the reasons why our power prices are high is because Jacinda and Megan cancelled at oil and gas industry. So why don't we expand geothermal energy, make certain zones capable of growing energy because you won't need a resource consent. And also go overseas and see if the Japanese will come here off the coast of South Ireland, work with the Crown, we'll help de-risk it and actually find some new um areas of oil and gas and restart a high new industry.