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Never knew this existed either, what happens to it when you switch the gyro's off, does it fall over.

Moose mobile gives you 6gig and all calls for $12.80 and it's a calendar month, not 4 weeks

The idea is to get rid of politicians and have the people directly hire management teams to implement their decisions, that means people who have knowledge and experience in the particular portfolio. What I've suggested is a starting point, what the people do when they actually take over is what it's all about. Also home schooled my kids, but that shouldn't stop them from undertaking 4 years of work experience and reckon like most kids would have loved it. It should be compulsory, everyone has an obligation to do some work for their society and provide them with the opportunity to develop lots of skills for their and societies future. The majority of illness and bad health all revolves around diet, dairy products and processed foods are the major cause of most illnesses and bovine meats are one of the biggest cause of methane release and soil destroying animals on the planet. In Aus we should be eating native meats, which don't harm the environment and don't require large amounts of chemicals and drugs to continue to survive. Its just a pipe dream I thought up when doing nothing and know it's not possible to be implemented and why I say, nothing will change and the change needed to make a difference, has to be radical and not disrupt society to much. That won't happen, to much opposition to change for anything to change for the better.

It's a far right organisation dedicated to denying climate change, like the sensational left, their veracity could be questioned. Did read it through and a number of its claims differ from what I've read from recognised scientific institutions. However we won't know the truth until it unfolds around us and still have my gumboots and "dri as a bone". I think it's happening, as to what extent or time line, wouldn't have a clue. It's getting to the point where who do you believe when there's so many opposing viewpoints and all claim scientific support.

This is only a short brief and it would be a series if things, because you have to start at a point so everything flows together and it won't cover everything First change the education system from turning out economic clones to teaching the young how to live life properly, diet, health, biology, sex, law, the normal 3 R's, food growing and remove all religious teachings. When they reach the age of 16, give them 4 years of work experience in all aspects of state and federal government services, including transport, police defence, hospitals and emergency services. Set up properly it would cover just about all types of employment, when they finished they would be ready to decide on a career, or continue their education. They would become trained responsible citizens, this would remove youth unemployment and most youth crime, lifting a huge burden off society resources. Next offer the farming community a chance to have a long term environmentally friendly income for the foreseeable future, but getting them to grow seed oil crops. Not just cooking oil crops, but dedicated seed oils which can be used for fuelling heavy transport initially and producing biodegradable plastics and other products currently coming from fossil oils, which don't pollute and are completely recyclable. This country sends over $50 billion dollars a year overseas to pay for our fossil fuels, which doesn't include the many billions of dollars of subsidies we give fossil fuel companies, that money never comes back. Keeping that money in the country will drive the economy and fuel proof Aus for the future, there are a number of seed oil producing plant which are easy to grow just about anywhere. One of those is the common wild radish, which grows just about anywhere and provides around 50% oil. Things like canola, only provide around 22-28% oil. Next, nationalise all essential services and natural resources, as the money made from those belongs to all the people, not just a few morons ripping us off and only sell fully value added good overseas. It would also give us control of our lithium supplies and that would allow us to develop state of the art energy storage. Take control of the CSIRO and cut its ties with overseas companies and governments, making it concentrate on research and development of environmentally safe technology. Start and electrical conversion industry, by subsidising the manufacture and conversion of current ICE vehicle to EV. It would start with converting all government vehicles to EV, whilst developing the technology and develop large numbers of small business and industry. This would reduce unemployment dramatically, and with having young people trained in so many areas and all would be working because the change would create jobs galore. With growing automation, we need to develop jobs that people will enjoy and contribute to society in meaningful ways, we can use automation for all the heavy ans repetitive type of work. Small business and industry is the only way to turn the economy around, same with tariffs government used to protect Aussie industry, business and farming. Now they support the opposite and push the destruction of small business and real competition. The only way you can get real competition is more players in the game, lots of small business reduces prices and creates huge numbers of jobs. All produce should be auctioned so there is real competition ins the country. There are tens of millions of cars and trucks in Aus, new EV's will take decades to have everyone in one. Converting current vehicles will be cost effective for everyone particularly with government subsidies and very low cost loans. We could convert the entire transport system to electric within a few years with the right incentives and approach, waiting for new EVs to take over, will take at least 2 decades and probably 4 decades. You should be able to book your car in, drop it off and pick it up later that day as an EV. They would raise the car, disconnect the body and sit it down on the Ev chassis. if that can't be done, then the drop the running gear take out the engine and replace with EV parts. Would love to take my cruisers in and drive them out as Ev's with 1000+ range, I'd have it covered in solar cells, with banks of super capacitors sucking in every ounce of energy from the sun and regen braking, feeding it directly to the drive system and into the batteries as needed. Longer battery life and if it's a sunny, maybe a full days range. Oops, got bit carried away. Next would shut the doors to Australia for new settlers, until we have our society on a decent working path, the last thing we need is bigger strains on our infrastructure, hospital and health systems which can't cope now. Control wages and prices, so we develop an economy that actually works for everyone and the future. Everything we use should be recyclable, and fixable with real manufacturers guarantee which personally would be a minimum of 5 years and small subsidies for manufactures who provide longer life times with no real increase in cost. Establish a people owned bank and insurance coverage for all based on individual situations, not cross the board escape clauses. Put government online, available to all registered citizens who would use a fully secure separate operating system developed and built in Aus. there;s a lot more to it than that but it's workable and would allow Aus to operate outside any from of interference, as you'd have it heavily watched 24/7 There's to many subjects to cover, but there are answers for them all and all are right in front of us. Better go charge my batteries

To have a decent discussion, don't change what is posted to suit your reply. I said, 99.999 people will do nothing, that doesn't mean they don't care. Of course they care, but do nothing because there is nothing presented to them they can follow and that can only come from those in power. Couldn't persuade the politicians because it was workable, fully costed and each policy supported every other policy I put together and covered every aspect of society. Presently policies are devised to support vested interests and economic/profit growth, not sustainable technological, environmental and sociological growth. The current approach is totally unworkable, as anyone can see by the state of the planet and human societies worldwide. For anything to work and make a real difference, you need to have policies which cover all aspects of society and fit together with every other policy so they support each other. Currently polices are devised on political agenda and vested interest and ideological demand, none are designed to support other policy aspects of society. There are simple workable logical answers for ever problem society faces, no one wants to hear them or how they could work, It's just more of the same and we will appease our guilt complexes by doing a little bit here and there, but refuse to change so that it makes a real difference. Again you attribute words to me that are not true, repairing commodities is very useful and have never said otherwise, or would. You can make all these little things a priority, but they are insignificant in the wide range of extremely essential changes needed to stop the collapse of life giving support systems. We've been on this trip of just doing the little things and feeling good about them for decades, but doing nothing about the real issues determining the future, is the real problem and the results of that approach are already in. Again you gather wrong, all your actions help, but in the big picture, they are meaningless. Just as my approach to life is helpful, but in the big picture, meaningless other than for myself and those close to me. I chose not to address your comments about leaded petrol, because the answer is very simple and should be known by most. However as you are pushing it, here's the answer. They removed lead from petrol because of the huge growth of lead in the environment, which was contaminating land, schools, homes and business resulting in a rapid rise of lead induced illness in people and especially the young. They either got rid of lead from fuel, or paid the cost of rising health costs and lose of political power. The fossil fuel industry backed it because they feared the huge legal costs they would face from growing lead poisoning, just as the tobacco industry faced.

It's a fact, when you and I were young, there were around 11 million in the country and 3 billion on the planet. Now there is over 25 million in Aus and 8 billion on the planet and you call that a change for the better. It's not better change, but worse change, no excuse, platitude or apologetics will change the true reality. However looking at it from a wider perspective, the changes the planet is undergoing are positive changes. It will bring about a massive reduction in humans, which will be of great benefit to the planets environmental future, it's only negative for humans, but positive for the planet in the long run. Spent years trying to get politicians to listen round the country, as have many others and not one took any notice, Even put together a manifesto of what could be done to change our direction 20 years ago to a couple of politicians I knew, one laughed saying we could never do that and the other got very irate saying that sort of approach is not an agenda their party would ever contemplate. Couple of years ago joined a new political party who claimed to represent the people, but any suggestions or policies which I presented were rejected as taking away power from the party. My idea was to put the entire government system online and have the people vote for all policies in a referendum style governance, which would get rid of the party system and put government in the peoples hands completely. Total rejection, some very angry people who couldn't see past their ideological egos and it cause uproar when some who supported my policy approach, the party folded not long after. As for change, there is one single constant in the universe and only one true reality, that's change. You seem to only see change which will benefit humans as being positive, I see change that benefits the future of the planet as being positive change. Change that just benefits humans, I see as negative change because the reality is, ideological humans are just another destructive animal on the planet and of no significance whatsoever to a viable future for life here. In fact ideological humans are a liability to the future and the only negative on earth, they are just about the only animal that kills for pleasure, ego, greed and gluttony. Just about all other life forms lives an ethical life and only kill for food and protection, the complete opposite to the deranged approach of ideological humanity. Most certainly not a doomsayer, leave that to the religious and other ideologues. What I post are verifiable scientific fact, not airy fairy empty hope of could've, should've and maybe if we did this. I've done it, people see how I live and are amazed and think it's wonderful but not for them. They don't have the time, make excuse after excuse, then continue their latte urban life as usual, doing nothing but more of the same. Present people with deluded far fetched ideas with empty promises of success at the end and they flock to you, just look at religion and other ideologies for proof of that, they are all far fetched and delusional in the extreme. Present people with logical, rational positive ideas, that require changes to their approach to life and they want nothing to do with it. As for asking phone manufacturers to use replaceable batteries, retail business today is run on consumerism, market turnover and profit growth, nothing else. It's also the worlds political parties agenda, asking them to give up what keeps them in power, is like asking for them to drop their belief in non existent gods of war, that they claim are peaceful and loving, The facts on all their beliefs and approaches, is the complete opposite. But the facts surrounding the viability of our future, are reality in action, positive for the planet and negative for ideological humans.

Can't understand why anyone could have thought this bizarre approach would work, seems to be it was just clutching at non existent straws hoping they would materialise and save the planet from the destruction humans ares causing. When you see the number of gas wells around the country, all emitting carbon draining qualifiers and polluting water ways. It makes you wonder at the logic of ideological humanity, if they have any that is. The only logical way to mitigate climate change is to remove ideological humanity, then we may get some positive results.

One persons actions aren't meaningless, if many followed their example. You can't get large numbers of people to change things if they have no example to follow and its that one or two people who provide the example, governments don't, they do the opposite. Inspiration comes from example, but ideological humanity only follow deluded inspiration and always waits for the majority to do something, but they majority are waiting for the majority to inspire them, unless it's for personal gain without giving anything up and that won't change. The only way to pressure politicians is with money or mass protest and the same with business, neither are going to change if it costs them anything or reduces their power base. As for repair legislation, I have never seen it as not being able to work, just not being able to happen because of vested interests and only the deluded would think fervent ideologues would change if it meant a lose for them, or go against their ideologies. History is all the proof you need to see that reality and as long as ideological humanity is around, it will never change. You read every day suggestions of what can be done to mitigate the worlds problems, yet there is never any change, just loads of empty hope someone else will do it. An individual can make a huge difference to their lives alone, the internet is overflowing with idea's and ways to improve society. If all individuals did one or two things to change societies direction, it would improve things, but its much easier to sit back pass the buck and do nothing. Not me, gave that up decades ago when realising no one would listen or do a thing, other than try to blame me for approaching life responsibly. Even today, people still laugh at me for using seed oils for fuel, not eating any animal products, processed foods no chemicals in my house or property or never buying from coles/woolworths and other monopolies, duopolies. If you can't find inspiration within yourself to make a change to the world personally, so our children/grandchildren have a decent future, there are no words for that form of gross irresponsibility and selfishness. I take responsibility for my footprints on this planet to the best of my ability, what others do is their problem and 99.9999%, will do nothing. Last century was the century of irresponsibility, this century is the century of responsibility. If we don't take personal responsibility for our lives, we will be relegated to the past where most of us belong with the primitive self centred mindset enveloping the planet.

There is a massive difference between pessimistic, accepting reality and doing something about it. Most claim to be optimistic, yet do nothing to change their lives and approach. That's why nothing changes, everyone is either not ready to change, refuses to or wants other to do it for them. I accept reality and do something about it, that's why I live the lifestyle I do. All my electrical stuff I repair myself or get someone to do it, but trying to find those people still repairing electronic equipment, is pretty hard where I live and expensive. Things like this battery casing, are positive steps forward, but our government will do nothing and it will end up in the bin or sold to overseas interests, just like every thing invented or developed in Aus. Don't think people know the real difference between being optimistic and pessimistic, they live in pure hope and will continue that way until forced to change and governments won't change, there is to much money in it for them with the current throw away society. I'm very optimistic about the future, because I'm prepared for it. But not optimistic about world societies future, because no one will do anything but either moan and groan, make out they are doing something, but in reality they are waiting for someone else to do it for them. That's why I get into the latest tehcnology that comes along that will help provide a better future for everyone. The technology we develop is brilliant, but how we use it is disgusting and that goes for lithium batteries. These batteries will last for decades treated properly, but when you try to tell people how to get the best out of them, they ignore you, attack you and claim manufacturers and suppliers know how to use them. So they don't last, people moan and groan about that, but do nothing to change it and they never will.

Still have 3 phones operating, one is well over 15 years old with its original battery, use that purely for band work as no need for the internet and the screen is to small to use. One is about 6 years old and the still functions but wouldn't handle Signal or 4G at all and now sits in a cupboard and still has its original battery. Got a new new one, which has 128G storage, android 10 and was cheap, but failed to realise had a glued in battery. vet it will take decades for our government to introduce right to repair legislation and force multinationals to provide full documentation to the public. As well as include all electric goods must be up-gradable have 10 year life guarantees and be fully repairable. Won't happen, all you have to do is follow the donation trail to know why.

Of course, it's all about turnover. Lots of phones today the batteries are glued in so you can't change them and have to buy a new phone.

That's because just about everyone, doesn't know how to use lithium batteries to get the best out of them and neither do manufacturers, installers and suppliers. Lithium is not lead acid, it's totally different chemistry and technology, sadly manufacturers and resellers persist on using 19th century lead acid charging procedures and parameters. This destroys lithium fast, what should give you are least 20 years of service ends up lasting a couple of years. Plus each lithium chemistry has different voltage and charge requirements. Lithium ion and lithium poly, have 3.7v nominal voltages, lifepo4, uses 3.2v. If you want long life out of your lithium, keep them between 35% and 80% charged. Phones I keep between 80% and 40% all the time, as there is not much real usable energy above 80% SOC and 40% DOD. Have a li-ion battery from 2008, which was my first lithium and it came with the Video camera I bought back then to record band etc. It is still in the camera, have never discharged it below 50% DOD or over 80% SOC. If you could buy adjustable charge controllers, for phones and other domestic gadgets using lithium then you could control them and get really long lives out of them. But manufactures and sellers, recommend using lead acid charging. This is becuase of the insanity of constant consumerism and throw away economics. For my lifepo4 cells had built dedicated adjustable lifepo4 charge controllers and am seeing the results of that approach. You should never take your lifepo4 cells over 4v and never below 3v, they should be charge at bulk rates until full, no float, temp control or other crap and never keep them fully charged when not using them. Unlike lead acid, which loses charge fast when sitting, lifepo4 don't see to lose charge at all and seem to be able to sit at 70% SOC for years. Could go on, but have to cut some wood before the rain come back and the sun goes away.

A bloke in Queensland has developed a new battery case, which I see as a game changer because it will allow fast recycling of lithium batteries. Many years ago when getting my first lifepo4 cells for my home, got an offer from the supplier to go to china and they would teach me how to rejuvenate lifepo4 cells back to 100%. Back then was full on playing music and didn't have the inclination, time or money to do that and now this bloke has made it easier. Had my lifepo4 house pack for 14 years, it's only 700ah and use between 8-12kwh daily. Had my bus pack (480ah) a year longer and a 120ah portable the same time and that gets used most days. They still hold 100% capacity which still amazes me and have 3 spare cells that old, which have never been charged and they still stand at 3.2v per cell after all that time. What I really love about them is all the usable energy in a nominal 12v pack, sits above 13v. None of my packs have ever dropped below 13v and they are full with a couple hours of sunlight. "Dominic Spooner’s startup Vaulta is working on a reusable battery casing to create less waste and a lighter product" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/18/lightbulb-moment-the-battery-technology-invented-in-a-brisbane-garage-that-is-going-global

That's ok Pete, got a bit of shock when I read it, do remember around that time a lot of discussion surrounding where we were heading in the future. Like most, as time went on forgot about it. Now much older, looking around the planet, looks a strong possibility that could be avoided with some logical and rational approaches to the future.

Escape to the country, the repair shop, dog house and old youtube westerns with breakfast😁

Depends or your definition of rabid. He, his church and the zionists are all fervently pushing the New world order and one world religion, they are never different, just use different cloaks.

That's ok, got the joke just thought some wouldn't know pope industries existed. The pointy headed bloke in the vatican, is a perfect example of all hypocritical pointy headed believing nutters.

Here's an interesting article. which tells it better than I could and it's extremely logical and pretty accurate. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9788957/MITs-1972-prediction-collapse-society-track-happen-2040-study-reveals.html "In 1972, a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) predicted that humanity's pursuit of economic growth without regard for environmental and society costs would lead to society collapsing by the mid 21st century – a new study finds this may become a reality."

I use independent resellers of optus, which charge monthly, not 28 days and it costs me $12 a month for all calls and text, plus 6G data and use Signal to talk and communicate overseas. Pope used to make washing machines, fridges, lawnmowers and even rotary clothes lines way back.

I'm off grid, so don't suffer power failures, but they have a lot of power interruptions in our area because of the massive winds we tend to get. When that happens, after a few hours the internet wifi and Ph goes down. Got rid of my landline a long time ago and moved to voip until they upgraded mobiles in the area. At one time you'd hear cars driving up my road to the end so they could use their phones when there was only telstra here, I used to walk up the hill on my place to use my mobile. When optus arrived we had a signal everywhere so most people changed. Then Telstra upgraded, sent a propaganda truck down here to try to get everyone to switch back, but companies using the optus network are still way cheaper than telstra and now seem to have a better network round Tas. As for old technology, still have my cameras and a pope washing machine in my workshop, used for washing rags, centrifuge and filter parts etc and that must be well over 60 years old, still plugs away. Got it from the transfer station and was going to use the s/s drum. But noticed a wire had been either eaten through or just got old, rewired it and off it went and that was about 15 years ago. A bloke in our town has a bar fridge which is so old, it has a really small cooler but still works.

Considering it's rapid mutation, reigning it in seems to be getting more and more difficult. Especially when the facts don't represent the reality and we constantly get lied to by politicians and their lackeys. The below fact check is worth a read, because it sits well with what the premiers are saying, all lies. It's not them suffering, they still get paid obscene amounts for the social destruction they are causing, its small business and the general community that are taking the brunt of their never ending lies and deceit. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-15/fact-check-is-hotel-quarantine-99-9-per-cent-successful/100289242 "In an interview with Sky News on June 25, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the hotel quarantine program "had a lot of critics" but defended its record. " … about 370,000 people have been through that system, and I think there's been about 26 breaches and less than ten of those has led to community transmission. So if I told you a year ago when we did this that, you know, I reckon we do this, we'll get a 99.9 per cent success rate, I think you would have told me that, mate, I know you believe in miracles, but that's a bit of a stretch. But that's actually what's happened." "Mr Morrison's claim is spin."

That's changing fast, there are numerous Electric plans in the pipeline and airlines are seriously looking at them. United and other airline have already committed to buying them for short haul flights, something that has become very expensive with fuel and maintenance costs. Electric short haul planes, will dramatically reduce airfares for regional people and very soon, long haul. Four hundred klms puts a lot of towns with small runways in the picture and all you need at these airports is solar, wind and recharging facilities. Theoretically, they could fly a couple of thousand klms in a day with 3 stops. Recharge whilst loading and unloading and off you go. It would also reduce the cost of fast freight between cities and rural areas, taking more trucks of the road and reducing time and costs. Just need to have a big lotto win and buy a few for travel between Tas and Melbourne, or anywhere with recharge facilities and you can bet as battery system become even lighter and denser, add solar cells to the plans wings and body and the door would open for full electric flight. Get a big plane above the clouds and you could probably fly a very long way extremely cheaply with solar cells covering the plane. https://www.traveller.com.au/united-airlines-to-buy-100-electric-planes-for-short-routes-h1x5mr "United Airlines and one of its regional carriers each plan to buy up to 100 small electric planes that could be used on short-haul United flights. The 19-seat planes could be used to fly passengers up to 400 kilometres by the end of the decade, United said on Tuesday morning."

Have a 91 1htd landcruiser, had since the mid 90's and got 780000klms out of it, then rebuild the engine so has another 700000klms of life. Worked out even though it cost me close to $15000 to rebuilt still saved me money over buying a new one and my neighbour has an 86 Sahara 12ht, which she rebuilt a few years ago. Both run on veggie oil which has reduced running costs dramatically, but still have to change oil filters and lots of drive train maintenance over the years. Would buy an EV instantly if had the money, but they are way off my price range presently. Also range is a problem if you do a lot of travel in rural Aus, have been hoping they would come up with low price long range Ev's. Buying the long range tesla is just too expensive and they only have range of just over 600klms. New battery technology and super capacitors seem to be the next step and it looks like the chinese are getting close to that, with releasing soon an EV with a range of 1000klms. In another year or so, we will probably see a number of new ev's with long range and this Drive link is a god start. https://www.drive.com.au/news/chinas-electric-suv-offering-1000km-of-range/?utm_campaign=syndication&utm_source=acm&utm_content=article_4&utm_medium=partner

Yes it would, have often thought about that and it would solve all the old cave drawings and many other things which haven't been able to be explained. I can't see any reason why there wouldn't be some for or life on mars, like fungi of some description. Some times think most humans are scared to accept there is probably other life in our solar system, however very different to what's on earth. We do know there's life in some of the most hostile environments on earth, would be good of NASA explained how those almost perfectly flat round things in the photo's in the article happen to come and go, when the rovers tracks are undisturbed an have them there after the rover has passed.