Dairy prices drop; US car industry smokes expectations; VW faces more accusations; NZ 3rd largest food exporter to China; China growth target lowered; UST 10yr yield 2.20%; NZ$1 = 66.8 US¢, TWI-5 = 71.9

Unlikely to help - fostering binging on cheap debt fueled asset growth is the cause of the problem.

After years of ZIRP (and QE), finally it has dawned on the "smartest people in the room" that neither ZIRP nor QE do much, if anything, to boost the economy. In fact, judging by the secular stagnation the world finds itself in primarily as a result of the $200+ trillion in debt that ZIRP (and QE) have unleashed, growth is contracting with every passing year. Read more

Chuck in the absence of dairy farm cheques and they gotta be choking.

I find it hard to beleive that this was not a 'business' decision by VW. They know that the opposition would be pulling these vehicles apart to see how they managed to get performance and mantain environmental standards. Eventually they must have known they would be found out. Interesting to see if there was a contingency fee in their budget for when the beens were spilt.

Fresh water re-refreezing...
Depth of Ice sheet.
etc. etc.
Dig into the facts man!

You didnt read this did you? One talks about long term ice that has not melted in milenia now melting at an accelerating rate v a weather effect for surface ice/snow which is declining.

As the study from nasa says,

"But it might only take a few decades for Antarctica’s growth to reverse, according to Zwally. “If the losses of the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica continue to increase at the same rate they’ve been increasing for the last two decades, the losses will catch up with the long-term gain in East Antarctica in 20 or 30 years -- I don’t think there will be enough snowfall increase to offset these losses.”

The NZ herald lays out the differences,

"While previous studies "examined the short-term future evolution of this region, here we take the next step and simulate the long-term evolution of the whole West Antarctic Ice Sheet", the authors said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which was published yesterday."

Also the Nasa study seems to end at 2008 so it looked at 7+ years old data with a reducing trend even by 2008.

as per,

"According to climatologist Michael Mann, who was not involved in either study, the use of older satellite data could be the cause for the disconnect.

"It sounds to me as if the key issue here is that the claims are based on seven-year-old data, and so cannot address the finding that Antarctic ice loss has accelerated in more recent years," he said."

Beyond credible. I find it impossible to believe that engineers would have knowingly done this unless with the insistence by their managers.

If I was asked to do something like this I'd be requesting clarification that the managers had addressed any legal issues. ie write emails and keep copies.

..hardly a buyers market yet. Prices gotta come back big time for that to happen. Dairy is doing it's bit, as is john key as he decimates our clean green image. Once the distraction of the AB's wears off, sit back and watch the train wreck........

Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, and it is in about half of all packaged products sold in the supermarket. While palm oil is the most efficient source of vegetable oil, its rapid expansion threatens some of the planet’s most important and sensitive habitats.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/which-everyday-products-contain-palm…

Once the palm oil is produced you are left with the palm kernel expeller, so it's another waste product of modern consumer living that is being fed to livestock. I'd say the dairy farmers should stop using it, about the same time that supermarkets stop selling products containing palm oil, and customers stop buying it.
http://www.declineoftheempire.com/2015/11/theres-always-someone-to-blam…
What he knew he knew well. Unfortunately, what he did not know he did not suspect existed.

Do you consider the consequences when you buy biscuits chippies chocolate Rastus? The damn stuff is in so many foods. It fair upsets my gallbladder, its forbidden in my diet now. Pity the poor cows. Chomping that stuff everyday would take you swiftly to your grave.