RESTHAVEN FUNERALS

you would like to help those needy families keep their kids warm over winter drop your blankets off at any of the collection points.”

Collection Points

Howick Village Optometrist and the Howick War Memorial Information Centre in Picton Street or Grasslands in Moore Street.

h For further information go to www.howickrotary.org.nz or call Bill Charkow Mob 021 663 022 or Rob Mouncey 021 413 341.

Honouring and Celebrating Life

Stop Dumping In This Creek

Who is responsible for dumping pollutants into the Pakuranga Creek?

Over the last month, three episodes of water polluting in the Pakuranga Creek have been reported and documented with photographs and a video, and water samples taken for testing purposes. As a resident living near the creek, I am concerned about the health of marine life and wide range of birds living in the creek and environs.

Pakuranga Creek already bears the sad title of one of the most polluted waterways in New Zealand and community groups, including school children, have been working to improve matters.

There is no excuse for blatant polluting of our waterways. Whoever is responsible should stop doing this immediately.

Marilyn Bakker & Wally Rice Pakuranga

The War For The Mind

The ideology of humanism, socialism and evolution is being absorbed by our society, culture and education.

Its woke outcomes are evident in the lawlessness surrounding us – the ram raids, shootings, hate, violence, corruption, lies and deceptions.

They are discarding the triedand-true ethics of our nation’s foundation; truth, wisdom, justice, honesty, integrity, love, unity, patience, selflessness, hope, joy.

Yes, this is our inheritance and it still forms the basis of our nation’s moral foundations whether these woke folk recognise it or not. They are reflections of the character of the living God. This is what He is, a wise just and a loving God.

When we arrogantly dismiss His guidance, we inherit the disasters that we see all around us.

Blind leaders lead the blind and we think they have the political solution at hand.

It is utter madness and it has eroded our thinking. We would be wise to get back and honour these tried-and-true godly foundations.

As we woke to ANZAC day and celebrated the valour and courage of those who gave their lives for our nation, we were reminded again of their godly pursuit of justice. Now we can reject these false ideologies.

Ian George, Howick SENTENCING

Needs Review

A key highlight from Arthur Moore (Times, May 10) concerning sen- tences handed down by the judiciary. Acknowledging that most cases are not reported but those that are regularly reveal a completely inappropriate and weak sentence not remotely reflecting the criminal activity involved.

Surely it is time for an independent review of the processes involved.

Ross Nielsen Half Moon Bay STRAWMAN, LOADED QUESTION, OR BOTH?

Dennis Horne (Times, May 17), still unable to answer any concerns

I’ve raised over several months, repeats his demand: “…Ryan Price…: Explain why adding CO2 to the atmosphere does not cause Earth to retain more energy from the Sun”.

I cannot accede to his demand because it makes no sense.

Ignoring the silliness of wanting to know “why” CO2 doesn’t do something, it appears to be about radiative forcing.

I have only mentioned radiative forcing in relation to Richard Feynman’s 1963 lecture, which Dennis is studiously avoiding, where Feynman demonstrated that neither CO2 nor radiative forcing are required to explain the greenhouse effect.

This was in response to Dennis Horne’s previous claim that Feynman must have believed in Arrhenius’ radiative forcing theory because, and to quote Dennis,

“why did he not say so?”.

There is a big difference between claiming “CO2 is not necessary” and claiming “CO2 has no effect”, the former illustrated by one of the finest minds of the 20th century, the latter being made by nobody I know. Nor by me.

As for SkepticalScience.com. Their ‘science’ is more sketchy than skeptical. A truly ‘skeptical’ blog would have more than just “gotcha” “fact checks” for dissenters writing to your local newspaper.

Personally, I’d recommend everythingclimate.com.

Their articles offer both sides of the debate, with references, on key climate-related subjects, leaving conclusions and further research to the reader.

Ryan Price Half Moon Bay

We Still Worship Black Gold

Sales of oil globally are within a whisper of pre-Covid levels and – at $60 a barrel [WTI Crude was US$72.57 per barrel on May 18] –are set to pass these levels well before the year ends.

So much for world forums on reducing the use of fossil fuels and climate change with it.

And for devotees of wind turbines, they use black gold, lots of it, approximately 2 gallons of oil per megawatt hour.

Gary Hollis Mellons Bay