Beacon Candidate Questionnaire
Victor Luca 15-Sep-22 MAYORAL QUESTIONS 1. What is the biggest challenge facing the Whakatāne district and what would you do about it?...
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vicluca
- Aug 25
- 5 min
A Lifetime of Fishing
Dr Victor Luca, Scientist Published in the Beacon 28-Oct-20 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the...
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vicluca
- Aug 25
- 4 min
Ohiwa Harbor - A Bit of Background
Dr Victor Luca 25-Aug-22 There are two places in which to moor boats in the Whakatāne area. One of those places is the Whakatāne river...
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vicluca
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Three Waters Reform and Drinking Water Quality
Victor Luca Published in The Beacon, 29-Jun-22 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions...
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vicluca
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Warning on Underestimating Risks in Long Term Plan 2021-2031
On the 28-Jun-21 after a meeting to put the final touches on our LTP, I warned council about serious underestimation of economic risks to...
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vicluca
- Jun 26
- 7 min
Socio-economics & Climate Change
Glaciers are on the retreat and permafrost is melting
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vicluca
- Mar 17
- 6 min
Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water
Victor Luca, 24-Dec-21 Figure 1.(a) conventional single stage point-of-use bench-top water filter system, (b) under-bench system with...
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vicluca
- Mar 13
- 6 min
Nuclear Power, Nuclear War and Ukraine
Discussion of nuclear consequences of the Russian war on the Ukraine
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vicluca
- Mar 2
- 9 min
My Position on the Government's 3-Waters Reform Agenda
3-waters reforms, Whakatāne District Council, governance
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vicluca
- Mar 2
- 4 min
COVID Mandates: Rights of Individuals versus the Collective
Victor Luca, 2-Mar-22 Unpublished New Zealand is more a social democracy than a liberal one in the sense that the rights of the...
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vicluca
- Feb 27
- 6 min
Vaccine Adverse Events
COVID-19, vaccine side effects, vaccine adverse events
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vicluca
- Jan 19
- 5 min
Dealing with a Respiratory Virus Two Years On
Dr Victor Luca Published in The Beacon 21-Jan-22 Two years have now passed since COVID-19 first disrupted our lives. On the 8th of April...
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vicluca
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Smoking and COVID-19
Dr Victor Luca Published, Whakatāne Beacon, Wednesday 29-Dec-21 Air pollution is a leading cause of global mortality, being responsible...
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vicluca
- Jan 1
- 5 min
The People v NZ Government and the RBNZ - Abrogation of Social Responsibility
Housing crisis, inflation, RBNZ
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vicluca
- Nov 28, 2021
- 5 min
Voices for Freedom are Voices for BS
COVID-19, Voices for Freedom, Vaccines, Misinformation, Social Media
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vicluca
- Nov 20, 2021
- 7 min
Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Energy
Dr Victor Luca The International Energy Agency and other institutions make available databases covering all aspects of energy generation...
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vicluca
- Nov 20, 2021
- 5 min
Expropriation of 3-Waters by Hook or by Crook
Dr Victor Luca Published, The Beacon, Friday 5-Nov-21 Minister Mahuta finally admitted on Wednesday 27-Oct-21 what she was always hiding...
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vicluca
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
What does history teach us about plagues & vaccines?
Vaccine certificates, COVID-19, smallpox, Marcus Aurelius
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vicluca
- Nov 6, 2021
- 6 min
Clean Energy in a Resource-Constrained World: A Materials Science Perspective
Dr Victor Luca 12-Jun-21 Unpublished The views expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of any...
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vicluca
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Zoonotic transmission of Covid-19
Published in the Beacon 29-Sep-21 The views expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of any organization...
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