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Donnie is going to hate the debates. No audience of maga nuts. No talking over the other debater, the mics are turned off. It's not on Fox and fuckwits.

OME, It would probably be cheaper than the nukes to give every house free solar and home battery storage. But I can't do the calcs as Dutton has refused to provide details until after the election.

You can guarantee that I would smash the window on the driver's side front first, as many new cars will not open other doors unless the driver's in openable due to the locks. Then I would smash the window rear opposite to the child if needed to access. I would absolutely smash the rear quarter windows as a Fuck you to the owner for endangering a child or animal. Yes, I know they are hardest to replace, that's the point. If they have any windows left they are going to be lucky. I have zero tolerance for such car drivers and yes I have smashed windows before to save a dog. If it's a child or disabled person on board, they may discover them having a icecream with me and their car in ashes. It's that serious and if you endanger lives, I will fuckem up. I am a pacifist but do have a limit.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/farmers-who-graze-sheep-under-solar-panels-say-it-improves-productivity-so-why-dont-we-do-it-more https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/29/macintyre-turbines-queensland-southern-downs-windfarm-largest-southern-hemisphere

Who will build it? Given everyone currently in the game is losing money by the billions in building reactors, who? Not the Chinese, they are behind and massively overcost. So much so as a partner with the French to build the UK reactors, they have pullout of the contract and taken multi billions in losses. Additionally, the USA has made it clear, no military subs or other programs if we jump in nuclear bed with China. Not the French, they signed a semi fixed contract for Hinkley and have lost billions. They are also losing billions on their reactors which are already amortised for build cost. They are 74 billion euros in debt. The Koreans are unlikely as they are having serious overruns in time and cost. It won't be Americans as they are going broke building the two way overdue reactors they are finishing. The cost and availability of uranium is almost irrelevant as it's only a tiny percentage of running costs. No grid usable SMR reactors exist, the Russian one is basically a dirty military reactor in a shop, no one will allow it to dock and provide power. The Chinese nor USA have any and all prototypes have either failed or proven so expensive per power unit, they have stopped research. Dreams do not make reality.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/24/coalition-nuclear-policy-peter-dutton-power-plants-100-years-run-time

I thought it was the Ostrich that sticks it head on the sand.

What a complete bullshitter. I can see why he is the ex Ansto director. Build plants in anti nuclear countries as comparison? Bullshit France , UK and Korea are all pro and costs are outrageous. The world atomic energy body ( IAEA) agrees it is too expensive and not suited to Australia. Nothing that bloke said was anything like true.

The stolen gen still exists, I have a friend whose mother was kidnapped by ' white saviours' from her family and sent to Parramatta girls factory as a 'slave' for white people. The were sent to homes as servants. She was raped and blamed as a delinquent. This was the late 70's . She was then sent to Hay as a virtual prisoner, the prison was closed to prisoners due to inhumane conditions but good enough for black girls. Her, son was taken and given to a ultra religious white family, he is in his 40's. It has seriously affected them all.

Last time I had a lab test was a disaster. The chocolate bugger refused to follow protocols and was often found in the act of breaking and digesting anything in the fridge or cupboards. Any attempts at chasing kittens resulted in a cyclonic destructive path indoors. The Lab when asked to do precision health care is similar to a unguided chainsaw. I was warned by the doctor but believed the blind dogs were cool. I just failed to realise the irony. Not only did the bloody Lab ignore the kittens on the second test, but immediately burst through the screen door. Later found in the kitchen of the neighbours, devouring a frozen chicken. Having had all these problems previously, I have chosen a specialist assassin for the job. The idea of a rampaging meat obsessed Labrador doing brain surgery on me was too much. Both kittens have been removed, and cuddled up to Chihuahua. They see the little killer as boss, not to be fucked with, but friends with respect. My sinuses are better than ever and no scratching inside the skull. The final report after extensive painful testing is Labradors are high cost, low precision devices for anything other than demolition and excavation. Collateral damage has proven to be as high as 10:1 kitten. As a military device the Labradors only use can be as a strategic weapon to go behind enemy lines. Once deployed in force the labrador brigade can destroy all food and wiring of the enemy. As a agent of chaos it may find a role. The Labradors ability to make war grade gas combined with copious large land mines would prove additionally beneficial. It was agreed by the medical and military council that the use of a Labrador would be a case of biological warfare. The chairman Chihuahua saw a excellent idea and agreed with their advice and has deployed them on the enemy.

Spacey, You think humans were around 50 million years ago? Did they just leave? Were they Spaced out? Your drugs must be better than mine.

So if that averages per month, then it's $4,620 a year just on energy at home. Add in fuel for a car and a home solar/ battery and EV car makes a lot of sense.

Oddball was his absolute best character. The series Crossing Lines on Sbs has him in a lead role, also excellent.

Yes, The pancake were twin carb with a large driven fan horizontal on the top. A big leap in space efficiency and better reliability.

Its ok , the RSPCA have done an inspection and approved the removal method for my kittens. They provided a small Chihuahua to chase them out via my Mediterranean nose . I have asked the pup to go via both sinuses to clean out the kitty litter. Then it's a visit from Bugs Bunny to clean the carrots from my ears.

I remember my old Vw type 3 wagon, it had the flat rear floor with the pancake motor and a huge front boot? Bootylicious

Nationalisation of the grid is a good idea, by that I mean the network infrastructure and overall management of pricing. The means of production for a renewable economy exist all onshore, but we dig it up. We develop the tech, like solar but it's imported from China, because Howard refused to invest. We are now investing in a local solar panel plant at Liddell, the old power station. One Dutton wants as Nuclear. Coincidence? The generation in some states is already private and government mixes. For renewables the private market has billions to spend and are eager to happily compete on very cheap power. The government could contract private companies to build, then it's gov owned and managed. Inherent in such a design is the cheapest to meet the needs and regulations get built. So nuclear is a dead duck. The proper management of a grid at cost is the goal. It's not for profit but rather to provide cheap stable power that's carbon and other pollutants free. It would mean cheap power anywhere in Australia for everyone, not bullshit where you get ripped off blind having the wrong deal. Power systems currently have rent seekers at every level and a pricing system that rewards bad behaviour from coal generators which generates them huge profits. The competitive market idea in Australia , is actually a perfect example of what economists call " market failure". It is extremely inefficient for an essential service, and has inbuilt profiteering by design. The customer and government carry the cost and risk, while the profits go mainly untaxed to investors, often overseas. To have a proper Nationalised grid would mean the cheap power for everyone including industry. The huge expense of power is what has killed manufacturing in Australia , we can be a high tech manufacturing base if power is cheap. Fundamentally, a carbon tax must be included to ensure actual costs are realised rather than pollutants been uncosted. By not actually taxing carbon and that includes in building a power source, we distort the market and subsidise heavily polluting. It would generate a huge amount of revenue, which can be invested into the power system. It would drive investment in efficiency for the economy and greater productivity whilst reducing costs. Power is the engine of our lives and the economy. The beauty is the Carbon tax must only be used to decarbonise/ pollutants by a electricized economy and for environmental projects. A electric economy includes transport and it's infrastructure of charging and solar/ battery production. A Carbon tax by design will reduce over time as the economy decarbonises, it's only paid if you pollute. Currently we have a Carbon credit system, it's bullshit. It's easily manipulated and the government gives rights to privately trade and create fake credits. The last LNP goons literally paid billions to big polluters for nothing. Carbon credits are a "Market failure" , same as water trading rights. It might seem left wing and Greenie and I am happily guilty as charged. It's also proper economics and the efficient use of capital in a regulated market economy. It's a example of "social economics" which is the government providing the best fundamentals for the basics and regulations, to allow the market/ people to thrive in a positive rather than negative feedback loop. This when combined with a understanding that we are sustained by our environment, leads to economic theory of ecology. Hence " Social Ecology" is the big picture which takes into account all the systems at play, everything is connected and has effects to everything else. This means everything has costs and can be a + or-, just like any organism in our greater ecology. If it is a negative influence, the ecology changes to make it positive/ evolution or it dies out. It's a positive feedback system when healthy. Currently all the big negative influences get rewarded by rampant capitalism and it's a destructive negative feedback to doom.

1. It's from the mad nut jobs at the daily mail. Who are renowned for click baiting and misrepresentation of people's comments to suit their pro LNP agenda. 2. If Dick Smith is pro Duttwitts plans, than I expect his mind at 80 has deteriorated badly. He was always a Greenie at heart. He did start Australian Geographic magazine and it's researchers from his own pocket, the environment not profit was the rationale. Red, if you use the Daily Mail as a source, it's hard to have a informed discussion.

All whilst getting richer just like their pollute and perish mates. Just look at all the former LNP government goons getting huge consulting deals etc for the nuclear subs they forced in before the election. They see a pot of gold in their future and will destroy the planet to get it.

If South Korea are building at $20 billion in the UAE, that's $30 billion in Australian dollars approx. Now account for the UAE been a dictatorship and mainly sand and rock. Also the labour would be similar as the World cup, ie basically slaves to do the vast non technical construction. So using fair wages and conditions, we would easily take twice as long and cost a lot more. More like $40 billion Aus is realistic for a similar reactor. Which will make the same power as $2 billion in solar and battery storage or wind, which keeps getting cheaper. The LNP are fuckin nuts to think of this as a winner.

It's not 1950 anymore and those plants were built by barging through legislation and in days of little regulation and massive amounts of cheap labour, materials and been subsidised and force-fed for speed by the military nuclear industry. We don't have any of those conditions anymore and have zero knowledge on doing it. Everything including most staff and all engineering, machinery, management and building services will be privatised and foreign made and owned. They only thing Australian, will be our unique ability to throw 100's billions at bad ideas and cause our economy to become burdened by insane power costs baked in for 50 years.

I had a CAT scan on my brain 🧠 for a strange sound I kept hearing ... They found two kittens scratching to get out.

Building a nuclear plant in 48 months? Absolute bullshit. Never happened and not possible. Even the Chinese admit they are far over budget and behind schedule. 10-15 years is the absolute minimum and that assumes you know how to build one. If the Chinese fail to meet targets and they can steamroller any opposition or environment issues, what hope do we have? The CSIRO estimates are extremely generous and are likely to be 200-300% higher when completed. Have a look at Sellarfield in the UK, will end up the world's slowest build and most expensive power in history. Let's not forget the cost to decomission is close to the cost of building one.