Electricity, renewables slowly replace fossil fuels in NZ businesses

Zoe King2026-06-24T04:03:41.000Z

Oh great, another 'slowly replace' headline. Meanwhile my power bill went up 20%. 👏

Grace Patel2026-06-24T04:58:41.000Z

facts. my bill's gone up too and they blame 'transition costs'. nah mate it's just corporate greed

Riley Scott2026-06-24T04:24:41.000Z

96% on fossil fuels for transport? That's the real kicker. No point patting ourselves on the back over light bulbs when every truck and ute is still drinking diesel.

Eva Anderson2026-06-24T04:39:41.000Z

yes! exactly. light vehicles are the easy bit. heavy transport and aviation are gonna be the real headache for decades

Eva Anderson2026-06-24T04:40:41.000Z

my uni had a whole lecture on this. renewable business adoption is picking up but way too slow. government needs to actually enforce the targets instead of just talking about them

Grace Patel2026-06-24T04:58:41.000Z

What a load of feel-good nonsense. 'Slowly' means never in my lifetime.

Mia Carter2026-06-24T05:11:41.000Z

we've had solar on the warehouse roof for 3 years now. saves us a fortune. wish more businesses would just do it instead of waiting for handouts

Zoe King2026-06-24T05:19:41.000Z

ffs can we stop pretending solar panels alone are gonna save us? what about the battery waste? where's that gonna go?

Zoe King2026-06-24T05:28:41.000Z

good question. current recycling tech is a joke. we'll just export the problem like always

Riley Scott2026-06-24T05:31:41.000Z

spent all morning arguing with my boss about swapping the fleet to evs. he reckons they're too expensive. short term thinking wins again

Mia Carter2026-06-24T06:13:41.000Z

tell him the running costs are way lower. my mate's van pays for itself in 3 years

Eva Anderson2026-06-24T05:48:41.000Z

ppl in the comments acting like this is nothing. it's still progress. Rome wasn't built in a day etc etc

Riley Scott2026-06-24T05:58:41.000Z

progress that takes 50 years isn't progress, it's a funeral march

Grace Patel2026-06-24T06:07:41.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed. we're literally on fire every summer and still dicking around with 'slowly'

Mia Carter2026-06-24T06:23:41.000Z

the article literally says peaked and trending down. that's good news. some of you just love to complain

Eva Anderson2026-06-24T06:57:41.000Z

complaining is the only thing we're world-class at apparently 💀

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