Ray, I know what you mean.
But, back when I was an Electrical Apprentice I got the old Blue book called the "Electrical Theory And Practice".
In that book, was a map of the Network as of the 1960's-70's, there were a lot of power stations in the North Island that were shut down, mainly because it was thought at the time that the South Island would provide all of the capacity and more to the North Island.
A lot of them power stations were coal or gas-fired plants, they have been dismantled and sold off as scrap.
Now, has'nt that come back and bit us in the backside?.
Ray, you might see a few of my posts here being down on people from the North Island, mainly Auckland, but I think everyone has a part to play here.
It seems to me however, that everyone wants bigger houses or to live on a lifestyle block here, but no-one wants pylons near thier place.
The people on the lifestyle blocks don't realise that thier power is brought via 11, 22 or 33kV lines.
[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 12-11-2005).]
