The climate change debate continues.

[spacesailor]

oil ! . too precious to burn .

Untill we can ' harness ' & use the  carbon..

The we wIll  burn everything to get the carbon, 

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Synthetic oils are Mostly produced from LPG. Castor oil oxidises too fast. Wakefield CASTROL was named after it..  Nev

[octave]

 

Lately, there seems to be a lot of viral bollocks being posted on social media. Here are 2 from this morning. 

 

 

This one is at best a gross exaggeration.

Solar power from rooftops is only part of the energy mix. On a cloudy day, NSW does not get blacked out.

Modern panels are pretty tough.  Solar Panels Vs. Nature – Hail

Hailstorms tend to be local rather than widespread. The odds of the majority of a state's panels being destroyed are exceedingly unlikely.

I have lived with solar panels for a total of 29 years without incident. Sure, they could be written off in a hailstorm tomorrow, but the odds seem pretty low.

 

This photo has been going around.  I strongly suspect this photo is fake.

 

 

The generator seems to be running (smoke from the exhaust) without a load on it.

The EV charger appears to be facing the grass rather than into the car park.

The cables don't appear to make sense - the cable coming out of the charger on the right goes behind the charger and seems to disappear.

One of the cables coming out of the generator appears to go into the front of the charger, where you would expect the outlet to be. There is something very weird with the 2 cables coming out of the front of the charger if you try to follow each cable.

I did post these observations on the group that published this picture, and my comment was promptly removed, and further comments were switched off.

 

I am curious about why people go to such lengths.  

 

[facthunter]

Just say 3 HAIL Mary's and put $50 in the Poor box. AS Joe Bjelke said "Feed the Chooks.  Paper Bags OVER there.".  JC said "the TRUTH is NOT in them" . As you say STORMS are Cells and localised   HAIL is usually downwind of a Cb Cumulo Nimbus Cloud.  SOME Profit making People don't like the IDEA of near free and INDEPENDENT Power supply.  Nev

[old man emu]

I'm stunned by the ferocity of the storms that have hit S E Queensland, Northeast NSW and around Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra. And so early in the storm season as well. 

[nomadpete]

Agreed. Those nasty  narrow intense storm cells seem to be a new invention. 

[onetrack]

Nah, they've always been with us - it's just that as soon as we've almost forgotten about their major ferocity, because we haven't seen one for a long time, we get hammered with a ripper, or sometimes a string of them over a relatively short period. Go back into Trove and check out the past major disastrous weather events - there were plenty, even back to the early days of the colony.

 

Anytime you get hot air being drawn down from the North to meet cold moist air from the South, you're going to get some real violent thunderstorm fireworks.

 

I've never encountered thunderstorms as fierce as the ones in the North of W.A. Truly frightening, especially after a few 44 or 45 deg days.

 

The weather photos on the latest BOM calendar are quite impressive. Number 12 is an aerial view of thunderheads in W.A. that would make you turn around and go home in a light aircraft!

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/weather/bureau-of-meteorology-calendar-features-amazing-photo-of-wa-thunderstorms-c-20552542

 

 

 

[nomadpete]

32 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Nah, they've always been with us - it's just that as soon as we've almost forgotten about their major ferocity, because we haven't seen one for a long time, we get hammered with a ripper, or sometimes a string of them over a relatively short period. Go back into Trove and check out the past major disastrous weather events - there were plenty, even back to the early days of the colony.

 

Anytime you get hot air being drawn down from the North to meet cold moist air from the South, you're going to get some real violent thunderstorm fireworks.

 

I've never encountered thunderstorms as fierce as the ones in the North of W.A. Truly frightening, especially after a few 44 or 45 deg days.

 

The weather photos on the latest BOM calendar are quite impressive. Number 12 is an aerial view of thunderheads in W.A. that would make you turn around and go home in a light aircraft!

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/weather/bureau-of-meteorology-calendar-features-amazing-photo-of-wa-thunderstorms-c-20552542

 

 

 

I stand corrected.

[red750]

Golf ball sized hail was bad enough. I saw video on the news of tennis ball size hail. Hate to cop one of those on the head.

[onetrack]

They'll knock you out and cause some serious bodily injury, nothing surer.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-01/qld-thunderstorms-hit-south-east-saturday/105961034

[Marty_d]

This is only a concept at the moment, but I find it strangely compelling... What do you think?

https://www.designboom.com/technology/curved-electric-motorcycle-ev-outlier-concept-bucket-seat-honda-japan-mobility-show-2025-11-03-2025/

[facthunter]

Too much RAKE at the front and you'd Get Mud all over your Back. Nev

[Marty_d]

You might be right.  Not sure why there's a clutch lever too.

[Litespeed]

I note the front end is very similar to my BMW K12r, but with a silly rake angle.

 

Looks cool but not practical, but that's never stopped motorcycles before.

[Marty_d]

Yeah it's kind of "almost there". 

I do like everything from the handlebars back, including the seat. But the rake is a little extreme and the translucent cover a bit unnecessary.

[facthunter]

I like the ability to move to different Positions on the seat on longer trips . The rake can reduce the turning circle AND give an unpleasant feel.  It's a "chopper" thing. Nev

[Litespeed]

The seat and peg placement look comfy like some big scooters.

 

Electric bikes are coming but range is a big issue for touring

[facthunter]

That's only a concept drawing I reckon..  Nev

[kgwilson]

There are heaps of Electric Bike manufacturers including all the major brands and many startups. As you would expect they have electrifying performance with huge torque from zero rpm and some have pretty decent range not far behind ICE powered bikes but it is the recharging time that is the issue. Now that there are megawatt chargers and new EV batteries that can add 500km of range in 5 minutes that will eventually be able to be scaled for bikes as well.

[Siso]

Talking to someone the other days who's lad is pretty up in moto x. The electric bikes smash the equivalent horse power 250 class. No gear changes and the torque is constant all through the rev range.

[spacesailor]

What l .

No power-band .

I won't miss it .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Too easy to ride. No challenge.  IF there's a collision, will the Charge be, Assault and Battery?  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

That joke is polarising....

 

😉

 

[onetrack]

No need to get negative about electric advancements.

[Marty_d]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Too easy to ride. No challenge.  IF there's a collision, will the Charge be, Assault and Battery?  Nev

Depends whose volt it is