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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
ABC published some analysis on this which I posted somewhere before - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/how-much-might-it-cost-to-electrify-road-freight/106956614 One of the findings is that $3b in subsidies could assist in replacing 30,000 - 50,000 light trucks with electric equivalent. -
Used to be that you only got advertising on free products. Like the majority of apps which are free, make their money through ads. However recently even the paid services show ads. Netflix and Prime especially. If you don't want ads, you pay more. Basically it's because billionaires are arseholes.
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Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
La Grange is still one of my favourites. -
Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died. Appropriate name considering the band, but strangely, in the photo on the news at least, he didn't have one. -
There was? It was cool but we didn't get any snow where we are.
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Spot on Nev.
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One from the RN Friday quiz. Mike gives his girlfriend a gift of her favourite flowers. In the bunch, all of the flowers, except 2, are roses. All of the flowers, except 2, are irises. And all of the flowers, except 2, are daisies. How many flowers are in the bunch?
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/how-much-might-it-cost-to-electrify-road-freight/106956614 -
The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
We bought our MGS5 a month ago and have done 2000km. We just plug it in to a standard power point when it's parked at home. We have solar on the roof, and when it's charging at night Tassie uses hydro power. That 2000km represents about 3 tank fulls of diesel in our previous car, or about 165 litres (at current price around $430). For comparison the EV gets around 16kW/100k so 320kW. Even if we weren't using solar and paying full price (23c/kWh), that's about $74 for the same range. (If my calculations are correct!) -
Well, one of his policies was not to take 5 million pound bribes from billionaires, so he's already better than Farage.
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I am so glad we have compulsory voting here. One of the best features of our electoral system.
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Possibly unpopular with clothed people too 😊
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If only Binface had won. That would have been so good.
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Adding the words "at Scrabble" to the end completely changes the question too.
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Nope - from the raincoat.
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Under $1000 a year? I wouldn't be complaining about that. Ours is somewhere around $1500 with no water, sewage or rubbish collection. Not sure what cockatoos have to do with your rates. @willedoo- your council sounds like a pack of useless c**ts. My sympathy.
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
I call BS on that. There's no such thing as a free lunch. -
Takes a grubby type to destroy the only worldly possessions of people with nothing.
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Not around here. We don't even have that many smart people, let alone meters.
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I dunno. I was happy enough to tick "no religion", I didn't care that they didn't break that down into "agnostic", "never thought about it", "atheist", or "cult survivor atheist".
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That one's been around for a while. Doesn't make it any less true.
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I'm a little surprised at 1820's spike in the "unprecedented" graph. Whenever I've read or heard the use in a historical context it has been "without precedent", not "unprecedented".
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
Now that's commitment. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/eltham-pilot-turned-baker-quit-flying-for-climate-change-vic/106945332 -
Trump goes to his doctor and takes off his hat to reveal a huge toad on the top of his head. “When did you notice that?” asked the doctor. And the toad answers: “It began as a boil on my ass.”
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
"roads were made for horse and cart, but now you want to ditch them for these newfangled automobiles... It'll never work..."
