octave Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 15 minutes ago, spacesailor said: The future of one product, and no alternative. Is always, pay through the nose . The thing with electricity is the there are many ways if producing it. You can produce electricity from coal or gas, solar hydro nuclear. Even those who who are suspicious of EVs surely must admit that using our own source of fuel has to be better than importing oil. I know some people do experiment with producing fuel from cooking oil etc but generally refining your own fuel is not possible. I have done a bit of modelling and I could easily provide enough solar to drive 14000km and that is from a relatively small solar system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 But Those in-need of solar, plus EVs . Are not eligible. As most live in the ' suburbia ' & state housing or rental. The Oldies have long-ago learned to live ( within their pp-pension ) , so do not qualify for subsidised solar . Who got the first for those big rebates . I suspect the richer part of town , who have surplus money. 115 klms daily trip , lots of CO2 produced by one car in 10s of thousands . ( Penrith/cbd ). spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, spacesailor said: Has anyone seen a " cats-eye " road marker lately. spacesailor Yes, they're all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Not the original. That had the ' glass ball ball ' in a tube encased by a rubber mound , Stray light came in & was reflected back though the eye Which shone brightly . Like an animals eye . spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Well, the current ones reflect headlights at night, which serves the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Just now, Marty_d said: Well, the current ones reflect headlights at night, which serves the purpose. Have they got little batteries in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 No, but they're better than the currant ones, which are a bit fruity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 There are few if any subsidies for installing rooftop solar now. The market is very mature with 30% of Australian households with some solar electricity generation. However you do not pay the full price for a solar system as there are RECs (renewable energy certificates) provided by the federal government. For home owners these are called small scale technology certificates or STCs. Usually you provide authority to the supplier/installer and they apply for and receive the STC subsidy and that is deducted from the price you pay. I paid $3,500.00 for a heat pump water heater and got $990.00 from the Clean Energy Council based on the number of STCs generated. These STCs are tradeable and are purchased by industries to offset their emissions. The heat pump produces 4 times the heat energy that it consumes and all of the power comes from my rooftop solar system. When I installed the 6.5 kW solar system in February the installer applied for the STCs & that was deducted from the total cost of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 4 hours ago, kgwilson said: These STCs are tradeable and are purchased by industries to offset their emissions. That sounds a lot like what happens with playing the stock market. Shares are traded but the trade does not produce anything that has a use. The person who initially gets the STC hasn't really produced anything. Then that person can sell them to a polluter, who continues to pump out pollutants, but can claim that they are not doing so. At the end of the process, no less pollution has been produced. In other words, it's a flim-flam operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty_d Posted April 24 Popular Post Share Posted April 24 Labor tried to put a price on carbon. The big miners spent millions in advertising against it. Tony Abbott with his "$100 lamb roasts" and "Great big new tax" slogans managed to confirm that a sizable portion of the electorate are f*cking stupid. So yes. We should have had a proper carbon tax years ago. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 On 24/04/2024 at 3:05 PM, Marty_d said: Labor tried to put a price on carbon. The big miners spent millions in advertising against it. Tony Abbott with his "$100 lamb roasts" and "Great big new tax" slogans managed to confirm that a sizable portion of the electorate are f*cking stupid. So yes. We should have had a proper carbon tax years ago. Just like other sensible countries in the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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red750 Posted Friday at 11:30 AM Share Posted Friday at 11:30 AM Two electric vehicle's collide in Canada. The video shows the explosive aftermath of such. Pretty scary... watch it all! The awesome energy released as those batteries explode makes gasoline explosions look tame… no wonder the firefighters will not come near a lithium battery fire. Two EV crash.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted Friday at 12:28 PM Share Posted Friday at 12:28 PM Oh dear, it does pay to fact-check. https://factly.in/viral-video-shows-gas-canisters-exploding-after-the-non-electric-truck-carrying-them-crashed/ https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/explosive-video-gaslights-electric-vehicle-drivers/ https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33QG9KY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted Friday at 02:38 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:38 PM Not limited to EVs, but because of the ubiquitous of social media and its propensity to cause harm to society by spreading BS like this, which seems too readily accepted by those who see it, I am thining it is high time that the internet is much more heavily regulated than it is, and when perptrators post this stuff recklessley or with an intention to deceive, then jail time is a calling. Of course, catching them, and spoofing people is an issue.. but it can be done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted Friday at 11:33 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:33 PM Maybe not jail time but definitely banned from the platform(s) they posted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted Saturday at 12:55 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:55 AM Nah, Elon says you can post what you want - child porno, rape, murder - all's well????? I got that video in an email from a mate on my email list. Like me, he forwarded what he received. You know the old go-around. Whoever originated it appears to have posted to every member of parliament The recipiant list was as long as your arm. I replied with the YT link to the longer version in the attachment to Octave's Fact Check email. Haven't had his reply yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted Saturday at 01:14 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:14 AM Here is a compilation of various clips of this accident. You can literally see the gas cylinders. The original post said this took place in Canada however everyone you can hear seems to speak Russian. I realize that you merely passed this on but this is the essence of the fake news problem. A quick fact-check is always a good idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago It becomes a problem when it's reposted. Today the truth is hard to find. It need s a lot of perseverance and will. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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