I have measured the amount of water I use to shower and for a short one it was about 20 litres, washing my short hair takes longer so usually the water reaches the top of my toes instead of about half way up ….I have a plug in my shub .. helps to keep my feet warm

I would ban traffic lights except at railway crossings, the more you have the less attention you pay to them, like all the flashing lights every Ton Dick and Harry have on their vehicles. Once upon a time it was just emergency vechiles that were allowed to display a flashing light. Much better are roundabouts and every problem with them comes down to in-ept drivers not knowing how to use them properly. I was in a group looking forward to the damm fool Dunedfin City Engineers planning to install traffic lights as a replacement to a roundabout … every argument for its replacement arose out of the plain incompetance of the average Dunedin driver … the small town mentaility …. like the farmer who does a u-turn in the main street of Waimucau without looking let alone using his indicators. Roundabout create even flow while trafficlights create the ‘stop-go’ result.

While many of the ideas of the Greens are admirable their problem is they are extremists … to hell with the world so long as they get their way.

in a bear market one readjusts and cuts back to lion red, a spliff, gurnard, razzle and the nats

“Effective immediately, if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”

With a webcam in every bathroom to ensure compliance.

“Effective immediately, if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”

The aim is not to regulate water use, so having tank water is irrelevant. It’s about energy efficiency. The amendments are designed to encourage more energy efficient water heating, something that will save the user in terms of their power bill (assuming something is done about power companies charging households more for their power if they don’t use power-guzzling hot water cylinders). The rules are also different for small houses (3 bedrooms or less) and larger houses (more than 3 bedrooms or >150m2). Here’s how it’ll work.

3 Bedrooms or Less:
Water Heating (Flow Rate in litres per minute)
Electric (7.5)
Instant Gas (9.0)
Gas with Storage (6.0)
Solar (9.0)
Heat Pump (12.0)

More than 3 Bedrooms or >150m2:
Water Heating (Flow Rate in litres per minute)
Electric (6.0)
Instant Gas (7.5)
Gas with Storage (6.0)
Solar (7.5)
Heat Pump (12.0)

So, by designing your hot water system to include an energy efficient method such as a heat pump, you’ll be allowed an increase in water flow, up to 12 litres per minute which is more than most modern shower heads use, and you will save money on power.
It’s all very easy to cry “nanny state” when you hear “6 litres per minute”. I agree that 6 is much smaller than many other numbers. But until you understand what it all means, and what the real story actually is, I plead with you not to automatically react to every news story at face value.

Now that some of you are hopefully a little wiser about all this, by all means recommence your personal attacks and pointless left-vs-right bi-partisan head-butting that most online blogs, and politics in general, inevitably dissolve into.

Apparently its very vicious in childless women

She’s just a deranged socialist who is scared at the loss of power so sees the need to try make as many last gasp changes she can before she’s out.

I think John Keys first act as PM should be to get HC sectioned under the mental health act to diagnose her condition, as I’m sure she has something wrong with her, no sane person gets as bad & vindictive as she is

Hate yourself don’t you Yellaback?

I don’t hate, Russell. Why does hate come to mind? BTW, keep up the insults Russell J, it’s a really fucking brilliant idea.

Andrew L

What do you say about that then Rd? Huh?

Always the same old obsessive behaviour, followed by the same old diversions when you are defeated.

Er…? Don’t you have better things to do than track me down every time I post something? Defeated? Insulted sure? But how exactly was I defeated? I don’t even think I said anything anyone with half a brain could take offense at.

Hate yourself don’t you Yellaback? Always the same old obsessive behaviour, followed by the same old diversions when you are defeated. Stalker.

(the sound of a bitchslap goin upside someones face)

You don’t want less government, you want one that panders to you.

Cheers RB. You’re wasting your time with Honey Badger. She can’t differentiate between ‘financial incentives/disincentives’ as in China and ‘absolute bans’ – as in NZ

BTW HB – next time you copy from the internet it’s courtesy to put the link in http://www.newsgd.com/news/Guangdong1/200702270010.htm

What’s up yellaback? Need a regulation to help you stay away from blogs??