So you may ask, "How did an engineer like me come to be a radical environmentalist?", because engineers are generally regarded as steady-as-she-goes types, right? Well, before I was an engineer, I studied a degree—or started one—in history and politics. It was Russian Revolution, Stalin and Trotsky, and the Cold War. I went on the odd protest march at uni; it was a lot more fun than lectures, after all. And in the innocence of youth, I had my share of indiscretions—I even voted Green a couple of times! David Seymour says he won't hold it against me. The ACT Party believes in redemption for even the most egregious of sins. 