TBF you could propose a $25m rate payer investment for $25b of oil production under Petone Rec and these dipshits would still oppose it because they might lose green space/won't directly profit from it. These people are fucking idiots.
I don't agree with all of your rant but on this bit, above, you may well be right about some of them. I know one of the naysayers, active in her opposition, and I still do not understand what it is she is opposing. She is either unwilling or unable to articulate her opposition.
One other friend, who lives well away from the proposed site, just started yelling at me when I asked why she was saying no. "I will not lose the value of my home"....