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Can we Plant our Way out of Climate Trouble?
Victor Luca, 13-Jan-21. Unpublished Matariki Te Rākau memorial tree planting at Puhinui Reserve, Wiri, New Zealand. Acceptance of the...
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Jan 13, 20212 min read
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Whakatāne Drinking Water
Victor Luca, 13-Jan-21. Unpublished The township of Whakatāne with a current population of ca. 22,000 and Ohope source their drinking...
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Jan 13, 20211 min read
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The Virtues of Face Masks in the Fight Against COVID
Victor Luca, 12-Jan-21. Unpublished Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic there was considerable denial regarding the benefits of wearing...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
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Landing Road Bridge Whakatāne: Basic Facts & History
Victor Luca, 12-Aug-19. Quick facts: 1. The first bridge over the Whakatāne River was built in 1910 and was located where Awatapu Drive...
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Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Climate and Glaciers
Victor Luca, 10-Jan-21. As Earth warms, some of the most obvious signs of this warming is the melting of glaciers and sea level. Figure...
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Jan 9, 20211 min read
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Materials Chemistry - Li-ion Batteries
Materials Chemistry, Li-ion batteries
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Jan 9, 20213 min read
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Energy Related Discussions
Victor Luca, 10-Jan-21. Without energy humans would never have advanced beyond the cave. What can members do? Members can follow each...
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Jan 9, 20211 min read
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Earth in the Balance
Victor Luca, 6-Jan-21. Published in The Beacon, Friday 19-Mar-21. Figure 1. In 2020 humans tipped the balance between made-made materials...
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Jan 6, 20217 min read
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COVID-19: Does Dose Make the Poison?
Victor Luca, 3-Jan-21. Unpublished The Swiss-German physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541) first stated that "dose makes the poison". Here I...
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Jan 2, 20215 min read
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On COVID-19 Vaccines
Victor Luca, Published in The Beacon 31-Dec-20. COVID Free for Now Dr Victor Luca The views expressed here are solely our own and do not...
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Dec 30, 20205 min read
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Revenge of the Animals
Victor Luca, 11-Nov-20. Published in The Beacon, 3-Feb-21. I am no animal rights activist, far from it. When I was growing up in...
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Nov 10, 20204 min read
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Toilet Talk
Victor Luca, 29-Oct-20. For much of human history our toilet habits have remained extremely primitive. Although there are doubtless many...
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Oct 28, 20205 min read
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Chickens as a Waste Disposal System
Victor Luca, 26-Oct-20. The Beacon 16-Dec-20 Jack Karetai-Barrett holding eggs from the family’s back yard chooks. Dog George Woof keeps...
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Oct 25, 20205 min read
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NZ Health System Under the Microscope
Victor Luca, 22-Oct-20. The NZ health system is a mixed public-private system. A modern health system is a complex machine with many...
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Oct 21, 20201 min read
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Our Health System in the Age of COVID-19
Victor Luca, 28-Sep-20. Published, The Beacon, 9-Oct-20. I have always been exceedingly grateful that we have in our country an...
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Oct 8, 20205 min read
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Considering Universal Basic Income
Victor Luca, 19-Sep-20. Unpublished As New Zealanders we are accustomed to the idea of the welfare safety net afforded to us by our...
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Sep 19, 20206 min read
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Our Health System and its Lack of Pandemic Preparedness
Victor Luca, 18-Aug-20. Unpublished Despite the priveleged position we find ourselves in during this COVID-19 pandemic, we didn't get it...
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Aug 18, 20206 min read
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COVID-19: Will we Squander an Opportunity to Act on Climate?
Victor Luca, 18-Aug-20. For decades now science has been warning us of an impending pandemic, as bad, if not worse than that of 1918. The...
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Aug 18, 20204 min read
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COVID-19 Transmission – Was our Ministry of Health was Caught Napping at the Wheel?
Victor Luca 15-Aug-20. COVID-19 can be transmitted through contact (fomites), droplets and via aerosols (airborne). Yet, our Ministry of...
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Aug 14, 20207 min read
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Housing Crisis - Causes
Victor Luca, 11-Aug-20. What and who is to blame for the present housing crisis? Recent letters to the editor in the local paper (The...
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Aug 11, 20206 min read
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