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Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity

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[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

Because the people making decisions are not forward thinking enough, or think they know better than experts.

Or corruption.

That's really the only things I can think of.