Driving in the wrong direction: why NZ’s oil consumption is at a 5-year high
Analysis Summary
- Propaganda Score
- 40% (confidence: 0%)
Fact-Check Results
“New Zealand’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity production was above 90% renewable and emissions from generation fell to the lowest level on record.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about New Zealand's energy report.
“New Zealand’s oil consumption, which had fallen markedly after the COVID pandemic, has crept back up to reach its highest quarterly level in five years.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about oil consumption trends.
“Oil now comprises its highest quarterly share of New Zealand’s overall energy emissions on record.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about oil's emissions share.
“Of the total carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, 77% were from oil (mostly used for transport), 12% from industrial and domestic gas usage, 6% from coal, and just 5% from electricity generation.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about fossil fuel emission percentages.
“The previous government had committed to a comprehensive strategy to transition to a renewable energy system in New Zealand’s first emissions reduction plan in 2022.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about the 2022 emissions plan.
“The current government’s focus has shifted on energy security and it aims to boost energy supply by importing liquefied natural gas.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about current government energy policies.
“During two previous periods of high oil prices, New Zealand missed the chance to weaken the country’s dependence on oil.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about oil dependence during price shocks.
“The 1978 oil shock was a severe hit to the economy; New Zealand’s oil consumption did not recover to its previous level until 1990.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about 1978 oil shock recovery.
“The 2008 financial crisis also involved extreme oil price spikes and a prolonged recession. Oil consumption did not recover until 2015.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about 2008 crisis recovery.
“New Zealand now uses nearly twice as much transport oil per capita as the UK, where such standards have been in place since 2001.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about transport oil consumption comparisons.
“At the current price of NZ$40 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions, the ETS adds only nine cents per litre to the price of petrol.”
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“The ‘avoid, shift, improve’ framework is supported by three decades of experience.”
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“In New Zealand, 80% of oil goes into air and land transport.”
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“There is a limit to how quickly New Zealand’s fleet can realistically be electrified. For a country with the world’s highest rate of car ownership, mass purchasing of new cars is not a good transport solution by itself.”
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“Over the past decade, the total distance driven by light vehicles increased by 20%, while the distance driven by utility vehicles is up 55%.”
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“The Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act of 2019 was a turning point. Before that, total fossil fuel emissions were flat or trending up. Afterwards, a wave of investments in renewable electricity, in the decarbonisation of industry and in low-emission transport turned the trend around.”
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“Each utility vehicle has 50% higher carbon emissions than a (fossil-fueled) passenger car.”
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“The ETS now covers only 35% of net emissions and is not an effective way to reduce oil use.”
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