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Driver escapes burning car speeding down Indiana highway
Here may be the better thread for posting that.
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Anyone recognise the make of car?
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Nissan. ?
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Flambeaughini?
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Hope He didn’t drop his mobile phone……………
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FWIW
“Happenings in AI
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/suddenly-tuesday-february-20-2024?utm_source=substack&publication_id=463409&post_id=141859946&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1vxw0k
And other things
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Surely we can do better than that – try thoughts to video.
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For those who wish to see the future of AI and autonomous drones-
https://thecrease.thecomicseries.com/comics/541
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More proof that the Albanese Goverment hates most Australians
This comes after the $10,000 tax on Utes by the Minster for Power – Chrissy Bowen
One can only hope Labor will be a one term government – but then the Coalition are hardly much better
‘Australians will be asking themselves: who does Labor govern for? Because it doesn’t feel like it’s governing for them.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13102179/How-Albanese-government-fast-tracked-payments-asylum-seekers-Aussies-wait-months-High-Court-ruling-set-murderers-rapists-free.html
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” Because it doesn’t feel like it’s governing for them.’
Never has, never will.
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More on the Coalition and the next election
https://stopthesethings.com/2024/02/20/pro-nuclear-power-stance-spells-doom-for-subsidised-wind-solar/
Thoughts on modular nuclear reactors?
Rosatom is currently constructing four floating power units, which it plans to export.
https://www.power-technology.com/news/floating-nuclear-power-plant-in-russia-set-for-refuel/
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More on the Westinghouse Modular Nuclear Reactor
The AP300 SMR, 300MWe (990MWth), is based on the licensed and operating AP1000 pressurized light water technology that has demonstrated industry leading reliability.
Energy security? Should Australia be relying on solar panels, wind turbines and batteries all made in China or our own uranium and modular reactors designed and made in the USA?
Country Continent Reserves as of 2019 (tonnes)
Australia 2,049,400
Kazakhstan 969,200
Canada 873,000
https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/energy-systems/ap300-smr
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Rolls-Royce also have a Modular Nuclear Reactor in the works
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54703204
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I wrote an article on small modular reactors in 2016:
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/2016/June/Small+Nuclear+Reactors%3A+Reliable+Power+At+Low+Risk
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Nuclear power is wonderful but consider:
1) It was the Liberals (pretend conservatives) who were responsible for outlawing it in the first place under the Howard regime, who also first allowed windmills to connect to the grid.
2) The Liberals (pretend conservatives) also stopped construction of Australia’s first nuclear power reactor in 1970 at Jervis Bay. Construction had already started.
3) By promoting nuclear power over coal and gas generation, the Liberals (pretend conservatives) are saying that there really is an issue of anthropogenic global warming. Apart from that, I assume all the other anti-energy policies remain.
4) Dutton (pretend conservative) knows that planning approvals are so slow in Australia, it is not going to be built in anyone’s lifetime, if at all. It took 50 yrs just to decide on a second Sydney Airport! It’s just not going to happen.
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” It’s just not going to happen.”
yup! Who would trust a member of the Uniparty to tell the truth? Given a chance, they will use this to differentiate themselves from labor and if they win the election it will be dropped immediately.
A lifetime of broken promises by politicians gives an indication to me anyway. How’s that reduction in power bills going anyway?
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Pretty sure my $275 is on the way.
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To somwhere else?
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In 1998 when Howard did a dirty deal with the Greens to outlaw Nuclear Power its seemed that Australia would be buiding coal fired power stations for decades two come with three major coal fired power stations commissioned only a few years before.
Howard did no foreseen the madness that sweeped across the world that demonised coal – the cheapest form of reliable electricity production
German for example passed the Renewable Energies Sources Act (EEG) in 2000.
Of course the Coalition should be defending Coal, however they cannot wedge Labor with that tactic.
Following COP 28 – How can Labor defend Chinese made wind turbines, solar panels and batteries that have to be replaced every 10-20 years against nuclear power using Australian uranium? Nuclear power plants like coal can operated for 50 years or more.
The Beznau nuclear power plant is a nuclear power plant of the Swiss energy utility Axpo, located in the municipality Döttingen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, on an artificial island in the Aare river. The plant has been operating since September 1969.
https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_89153/cop28-recognises-the-critical-role-of-nuclear-energy-for-reducing-the-effects-of-climate-change
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Given the Kyoto agreement had been signed the year before, it was short sighted of the Govt to yield to the Greens. Or was it Democrats making the demand?
Not sure if ironic is the word, but they agreed to the Greens/Dems demand for the sake of getting a Medical Nuclear Reactor approved.
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“… for the sake of getting a Medical Nuclear Reactor approved.”
Seems the medical nuclear reactor didn’t work both the greens and dems are as sick as they ever were.
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I suppose you could draw that conclusion. But I don’t think it necessarily follows.
There are reasons to choose nuclear over coal and gas.
1.) We need to upgrade/replace coal generators. It is probably better to transition to a cleaner source of generation and, over time, build new nuclear rather than re-invest in upgrades and replacements of the old. By “cleaner”, I’m referring to air quality factors and not referring to CO2.
2.) Over a full asset lifetime cost analysis, nuclear is cheapest. (I’ll keep searching for the report link, sorry)
3.) We need to increase our reliable power generation capacity. Reason to use nuclear per 1.) and 2.) above.
4.) Reality is, the CO2 AGW argument is not going away. Take it out of the power generation discussion and secure a reliable generation source by adopting nuclear. There are many situations where people disagree on a matter and compromise on a solution that achieves each side’s purpose, without conceding the other side’s concern was valid.
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I used the smrnuclear website calculations, based on GenCost but re-calculated for Full lifetime cost comparisons, then removed the CCR additions, again based on GenCost, to come up with a set of lifetime comparison data. Since then, gas has increased cost, and I don’t know the backup calculation basis.
But my figures showed that coal was marginally cheaper than gas, with SMR nuclear not far behind. And solar, wind were more than double the cost.
All calcs were done on the presumed longer lifetime of SMR nuclear.
The calcs show how wind and solar start off cheaper, but as CF, backup and lifetime comes into play, the cost comparisons swing in favour of coal, gas and nuclear.
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I think it was an International Energy Agency report that had a 60 year life cycle for nuclear and an end result it was cheapest.
I believe the CSIRO report which says renewables are the cheapest excludes the transmission infrastructure component and looks only at the site generation cost. Plus, only projected to 2050. This short horizon timeframe locks out the real benefit period of nuclear long life.
Plus, doesn’t factor the huge storage costs required for renewables.
Yes, gas price increase has had an impact on its competitive viability. But still better than renewables when storage is added to renewables to make it a reliable option.
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Plus the cost of backup by REAL power stations. We really don’t need to run two parallel systems, especially when the original is the cheapest and most efficient.
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Sorry Gary S,
Can’t have that.
Too sensible for our mob.
No room for common sense in our version of a House of Commons.
Cheers
Dave B
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The SCIRO ignores the biggest cost of “Unreliables” the cost of back-up power supplies when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining.
These run into the $trillions to replace coal and gas.
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The fact that Australia nearly did have a nuclear power station is almost written out of history now.
An added bonus was it was intended to be able to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. Australia didn’t ratify the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty until 1973. We were keeping our options open.
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A few months ago, China installed the core into its first SMR.
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Australians received the same pseudo-stuff!
https://principia-scientific.com/nz-government-forced-to-release-gross-mortality-data/
We need the truth to be outted! Royal Commission required
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I wish I had your faith in Royal Commissions arriving at the whole truth. Still, it would be better than nothing and bring a lot of issues into the light.
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As someone in the category, ‘Took 0 Doses’, this science den!er is feeling relieved, as well as feeling ALIVE, unlike some who followed the WEF’s representative (she who identified as our Prime Minister) and rolled-up their sleeve – like a junkie – for a shot™ or two or three or four or more…
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RIP – Efeso Collins (49) NZ/Samoan MP who jumped ship from Labour to the Greens recently, today ‘died suddenly’ while on a ChildFund charity run in Auckland.
The married, father of two, otherwise healthy 49-year-old, collapsed and was pronounced dead during the ‘fun run’. Parliament closed today in sympathy. Hmmm…
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Penguinite,
I agree that the truth would be good, but those graphs look suspect to me. Thought I might have a go for myself, but their link to the “official NZ stats” didn’t turn up deaths with vaccination status. Looking at the spreadsheet (“Exhibit C” page) it explains that the data is a mix of NZ official and Steve Kirsch leaked data.
Nearby, the excess deaths “BASELINE” is described as “realtime NZ gross deaths”. The usual denominator for “Excess Deaths” is some sort of multi-year average from previous years. Using “realtime” deaths (i.e. from the current year) would hugely affect how you interpret the figures. On top of that, I don’t understand how *any* group can get over 100% of that baseline — how can a subgroup have more deaths than the gross deaths?
Not saying there aren’t damning figures, but these graphs look iffy.
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I had retired and was not feeling too bright at the time of the RC into trade unions so I watched many hours and I think it did a good job but Turnbull trash-canned it.
The problem was not the RC but the politics of Turnbull who did the libs enormous harm. The libs still stink in the minds of our educated snobs here.
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I wonder if Australia’s “renewable” energy disaster will go down in history as one of the world’s biggest engineering blunders and all those involved from Howard to Chrissy Bowen will be laughed at for all eternity? It’s made all the worse by the fact that it was all totally unnecessary…
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Germany’s is much bigger
Germany has spent over half a Trillion dollars on its “renewable energy disaster” {Energiewende} and yet still relies on brown coal to keep the lights on!
A study by the OECD found that the cost of household electricity in Germany increased by 50 percent from 2006–2017. And the report came to a surprising conclusion:
Chrissy Bowen, our Minister of Power, should take note
Meanwhile, France’s electricity costs are 40 percent lower than Germany’s, since most of its electricity is produced from nuclear power.
In fact—thanks to Energiewende—German carbon emissions are rising.
Germany saw its largest rise in CO2 emissions in thirty years last year.
Why? Because as German nuclear was phased out, it was primarily replaced by two electricity sources: coal and imported gas.
https://carboncredits.com/nuclear-education-how-germany-lost-another-world-war-to-france/
Brown coal usage is shown in light tan in this graph during a period of low wind in December 2023
Spot the contribution of solar!
Public net electricity generation in Germany in week 49 2023
https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&year=2023&week=49&source=public
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No! The left has control of history.
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The ocean is boiling and Australia is about to roll
over like a dead fish. Trust me, I got the information
from St. Greta.
You can’t build a nuclear facility before doomsday.
I might be wrong, I was wrong once before in my life.
All the best, though. 🙂
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I think we are a bit like Guam, and at risk of tipping over because we have built to much on the right hand coast.
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I believe that due to plate tectonics, Australia is already tilted, higher on the east side.
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The Great Western Shield has registered its disapproval of your comment.
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US Representative Hank Johnson was concerned about Guam tipping over.
The cluelessness is staggering.
That’s yet another example of why politicians shouldn’t be allowed to make scientific or engineering decisions.
SEE Hank in action:
https://youtu.be/cesSRfXqS1Q
The Admiral responding to this nonsense is so patient and respectful.
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Johnson’s concern was not due to plate tectonics. I doubt he has ever heard of that. It was because of the weight of the build up of people, equipment and infrastructure on the island.
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More like tippling than tipping. It’s just that ‘tipping point’ is a dramatic image for them.
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Hey John,
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Was that the time that you thought you had made a mistake but you hadn’t.
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It is climate policy causing blackouts. Disaster preparation might get people’s attention.
Planning for climate blackouts
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2024/02/20/planning-for-climate-blackouts/
The beginning: “We are awash in urgent warnings that the electric power grid is increasingly prone to failure. Some of these warnings have come from people who actually oversee the grid, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and various Regional Transmission Operators (RTOs). My fellow skeptics have also been vocal on this growing threat of disaster.
The reason is painfully clear. States and utilities are recklessly shutting down their reliable power plants, especially coal-fired and nuclear. They claim to be replacing these with wind and solar generators, but they only work intermittently, so they are completely unreliable. Rather than complaining about this madness, or in addition to that, it is time to prepare for the inevitable result. We must plan for blackouts.
Everyone talks about blackouts, but I have not seen a detailed analysis of the various ways these might occur in any given region. I suspect there are several different basic ways, each calling for a different planning approach. So here are some starter thoughts.
First of all, there are deliberate rolling blackouts versus uncontrolled blackouts. RTOs and utilities may well have internal plans, or perhaps rules, for running rolling blackouts. If so, it would be very helpful to know what these are. For example, emergency service groups at all levels of government could have rolling blackout warning systems and response plans.”
Lots more in the article. Please share it. Blackouts should be an election issue.
Be safe,
David
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Black conservative scholar Thomas Sowell explains “How White Liberals (Leftists) Have Adopted Blacks as Mascots”.
https://youtu.be/n9vv6xiacp8
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The Magneto-Turboencabulator.
Satire, although it makes more sense than windmills for power production.
https://youtu.be/lBOB9SSdDfU
This is a follow up to the 1970’s version posted yesterday.
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What do:
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Dr Evil
Herr Kommandant Klaus Schwab
have in common?
They all look the same.
They all want to take over the world for power and money.
The first two are fictional but Schwab is real.
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And one of them goes to Chιna every year for ‘the Summer version of Davos’…. I guess the Chιcomms like his plans for the West!
Last year he showed off his latest recruits: the NZ Prime Minister, and a leader from South East Asia.
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The next James Bond will be a black female lesbian of short stature who will be eating bugs instead of drinking a vodka martini – shaken not stirred.
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FWIW
“mRNA Vaccine Shedding Of Spike Protein: State Of the Scientific and Clinical Evidence”
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/mrna-vaccine-shedding-of-spike-protein
Via
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/02/20/from-theory-to-fact-2/
And
““Our findings suggest that the vaccine mRNA is not localized to the injection site and can spread systemically to the placenta and umbilical cord blood.” ”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/02/20/safe-and-effective-155/
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And the Lamestream media, medical and scientific establishment and Government remain silent about this disaster.
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With reference to the paper on mRNA passing to babies in the womb, as alarming as that is, what struck me is how the women involved in the trial are said to have been vaccinated “shortly before giving birth”. Perhaps they had no choice, having been barred from hospital unless vaccinated? Who in their right mind, having successfully carried a child almost to birth, would agree to being vaccinated? Why not just wait till after birth?
My own experiences with pregnant women all shared at least one characteristic – an almost paranoid avoidance of ANYTHING that might be harmful to the babies they carried. If these were unforced choices made by these women, it perhaps demonstrates just how successful the scare campaign was.
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Last night I noticed an ad on YouTube basically begging people to check their solar-connected battery banks as there are several brands (all rebranded from LG) and models subject to recall as they might catch fire. It also says, “even if you have checked before, check again”. (Australia)
It would indeed be embarrassing for Simpleton Chrissy Bowen and assorted subsidy harvesters if there were house fires due to these batteries.
This is not the ad I saw but it’s similar. (15 sec)
https://youtu.be/ynAnLBsIhac
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Here is the EV fan boy “The Electric Viking” on the subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmahZakMEQ
Nine incidents with LG Home Energy Storage System Batterieshave been reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), prompting Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to issue a safety warning notice.
One home has been “completely destroyed by a fire linked to an LG battery overheating”.
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Wow! Nine fires prompts an emergency recall – while thousands/millions? of medical complications = ‘keep on jabbin’. Lost for words.
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Re li-ion batteries. This may be of interest.
The latest NSW Fire Brigades Employees Unions’ “Code Red”, dated yesterday 20th February 2024, states:
“Effective immediately, members are hereby instructed to remove all FRNSW issued Samsung mobile phones from all appliances, remove the battery from the phone, and keep it off charge and away from anything combustible, until otherwise instructed by the State Secretary.”
FYI, Ok, to date, 26 phone (cell) batteries have bulged. The phones are always on charge in our appliances. It appears they are overheating.
We have roughly 400 vehicles in the fleet. Each vehicle has a mobile phone as part of the inventory. If all are “brand x” it represents a 6.5% failure rate.
FBEU states:
“For the last three months, Fire Rescue NSW have been aware of the problem and have been replacing the phones on a case by case basis.”
https://fbeu.net/2024/02/20/code-red-samsung-appliance-phones-bulging-attendance-management-policy/
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WE are not responsible…
Now or anytime into the future…
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Battle of the Bulge-ing Battery.
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Copied from elsewhere:
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60 litre Stevenson screens are approx 0.5 degrees hotter than the 240 litre screens.
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Is that why the BoM uses the smaller size?
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“Associate Professor Deborah Cromer, lead author of the research and head of the Infection Epidemiology and Policy Analytics Group at the Kirby Institute at the University of NSW.” is still determined to vaccinate us to death-
A hundred reasons on why we must keep getting the latest vaccines even if they are no use on the latest covid variants.
“In any case, Cromer says, if you’re in a vulnerable demographic and you’re due for a booster, don’t wait for a new vaccine formula. People who are up-to-date with a recent booster are less likely to have severe symptoms, end up in hospital, infect others or contract long COVID. “It’s much more important to get vaccinated than to get vaccinated with the latest variant.””
A sciency article from the SMH conglomeration-
“Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox.”
Guaranteed to ignore counter-arguments and disagreeable evidence!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/do-the-latest-vaccines-better-protect-us-from-covid-19-20240213-p5f4oj.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true
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He slept well for some years…
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FWIW
“The New Yorker: Is The Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?”
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/408318.php
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“The Great Texas Blackout of 2021: Triumph of the Unreliables”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/02/20/the-great-texas-blackout-of-2021-triumph-of-the-unreliables/
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Notice how all the following woke Leftist policies are all leading us in the direction of more fires and more catastrophic fires?
-Electric cars.
-Solar connected house batteries (and solar panels).
-The ban on natural gas in Victoriastan in new houses leading to people using portable gas LPG (propane) appliances for cooking which will likely lead to fires.
-High density living.
It’s almost as though they want a major catastrophe…
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Does the Minister for Power, Chrissy Bowen own a fiddle?
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“It’s almost as though they want a major catastrophe…”
They just produced one.
Soon to be understood as the perhaps the worst in history.
Major destruction not yet fully understood.
Not the least of which is public faith in virtually every institution.
“Follow the science” has become a term of contempt and derision.
The damage to the physical and psychological health of the common citizen is slowly being revealed.
‘Public Health’ is a joke.
The only upside is, we can now see what a b@$tard lot they all are.
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I loathe the Liberal Party’s predictable grift to nuclear power. We have a mature coal industry with technology infrastructure and highly skilled management with a proven history of delivering cheap CLEAN power. Why start with a completely new industry – and a high tech one at that – with no skill base in the country?
Well because they buy the climate change theory. At best they know it’s nonsense, but this is their tricky way around it. Either way, it’s so weak and pathetic, terribly lazy thinking, that even worse, will not deliver anything for a long long time. So what until then?
Fools.
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At the glacial pace things happen in Australia today, and the “can’t do” attitude, even if a decision were made today, we wouldn’t see it for 50 years, if ever. Libs know that. And they are an anti-nuclear party anyway having stopped construction of a nuclear power reactor in 1970 and also banned it by law in 1998. It’s pathetic.
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Our existing coal fired power stations can still be operated for many years to come and the “soverign risk” to the rent seekers after taxpayer’s money to install more chinese made solar panels and wind turbines might delay their closure.
They may be the best outcome that we can hope for.
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We’re not allowed to use all that coal because it’s set aside for China and India.
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Dutton is driving a political wedge into the Labor/Green alliance, surely they want to save the planet for our grandchildren. Good strategy.
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Woolworths CEO to resign (retire).
There is a huge loss plus he refused to sell Australia Day merchandise.
Get woke, go broke.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-21/woolworths-brad-banducci-retires-announcement/103490636
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci to retire as company announces $781 million loss
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Great news – my boycott had an impact
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That “loss” is just accounting shenanigans. Sales and profitability were actually both up, but I couldn’t see which half-year period the figures relate to. Hence we can’t tell, from those accounts, whether the Australia Day fiasco affected sales. My expectation is that sales WERE affected, but by how much and for how long is impossible to say until accounts covering the past month are revealed.
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I’ve not darkened the doors of Woollies since the Australia Day fiasco.
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Bunnings are also woke
You can purchase lawn fertiliser online
https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/
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Ammonium nitrate?
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68302055
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Shrinkflation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shrinkflation-legislation-canada-1.7114612
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Banducci will still walk away with $24m.
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I saw the 4 Corners fiasco interview too.
How is it they they all claim to make just 6% or less profit make billions in revenue, pay a chicken famer 30c/chook but sell it for $12 (6% of $12=72c, so where’d the rest go?), and have endless 1/2 price sales for hundreds of items. All loss leaders? I think not.
Then there”s Coles 2 Church “Barossa” wine, workers in tin shed packing stores in 35C dripping rivers of sweat etc.
F*ck ColesWorth – more Aldi, more IGA, more Drakes, more ACCC investigations and more competition.
And bring back the proper Sara Lee Chocolate Bavarian too 😉
There’s an opposition grocer my way that I’ve never really frequented but I spent the time to check out properly 2 weeks ago and their quality and (regular) prices has won me over for a number of items. No longer going to C or W for them.
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Supermarkets operate a unique business model. They rely on three things: volume, rapid turnover and ‘negotiating’ long payment terms with their suppliers. This way, they sell the goods way before they’ve even paid for them which, combined with the simply enormous volume, turns a small margin into big bucks. They have virtually zero stocking costs.
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You missed out that they deduct a % for paying you what they owe.
And they are great at demanding a whole lot of PODs , in order to delay payment.
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Got to transport the chook, pluck/butcher it, stuff it, transport it again, cook it.
Also got to feed the chook. Most growers under contract get the food provided. That way the company controls what the farmer feeds the chooks.
(plus, farmers get more than 30c a bird. At least they used to)
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forgot to mention. Got to breed and hatch the chicks and transport them to the broiler farm initially too.
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While paying for unusable chooks and their disposal.
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Australia iron ore ‘bonanza’ to end as China enters free fall
Not year of the dragon more like draggingvdown the gurgler.
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Zeihan believes that much of China’s lost activity will gravitate to the Americas, NAFTA, so Brazil will have the advantage of geography over us but SE Asia will still be big players
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They are exporting deflation.
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Country Garden is selling property in Sydney and Melbourne after the company defaulted.
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On no topic at all, apart from an hour not wasted! A wonderful interview with a guy, who just has talents, and who wants to help find other people with talents. From the wrong side of the tracks (no family he grew up with, is still alive!) Got through school on football talent. Mentors saw, and nurtured, research talent, and he was Harvard’s youngest black professor ever. He stood by his research findings, and got cancelled, and discovered a talent for stand up. Didn’t step away, and reinstated to Harvard after a couple of years, and keeps fighting for merit. Believes there are people who can change the world! The guy is a dude. The talk might have some tie in to that new university, that might start in Austin Tx, where they are trying to recreate education?
All is not lost!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9tTottjB8
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How one “Green Energy” failure is used to justify an even bigger “Green Energy” failure
When you have to pay rent seekers not to produce energy you might think that you are being rorted (I hope I spelt that correctly)
https://www.viritech.co.uk/blog/why-did-the-uk-pay-500-million-to-switch-off-wind-turbines-last-year-green-hydrogen-can-solve-this-problem
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Here I am converting a picture meme to text. The same thoughts would apply to trustworthy Australian news readers of yore like Brian Henderson and James Dibble.
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But it’s NOT woke!
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Converting?
LOL.😆
Here ya go – another JC2 tip.
https://www.imagetotext.info/
Extract text from an image. Pretty accurate.
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He was, for a time, considered the most trusted man in America.
And, a famous quote, something like ~~ If you have lost Cronkite, you have lost America.
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I was television ‘master control’ operator at a CBS affiliate during the 70s. Cronkite’s broadcast often included Eric Sevareid, definitely more liberal than Cronkite. Our conservative station owner required the operators to superimpose ‘CBS News Commentary’ over Sevareid, because CBS did not bother.
On another occasion, at the beginning of the Apollo 13 near-disaster coverage, Cronkite appeared on my network feed monitor at about 1:05 AM, as I was running the nightly prayer tape and within minutes to sign off the powerful regional TV station. I had no idea what was going on; but I put Cronkite on the air and kept the station broadcasting the alarming coverage through the early morning hours.
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Interesting story GDX…
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NZ Government Forced To Release Gross Mortality Data
https://principia-scientific.com/nz-government-forced-to-release-gross-mortality-data/
WHEN IS THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND HEALTH AUTHORITIES GOING TO DO THE SAME?
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“General (and Admirals) are always preparing for the last war”
Yemen’s Houthis Now Have Drone Submarines, Likely From Iran
Our Defence Brains Trust has convinced our useless politicals to spend $285 Billion on manned submarines which will not arrive for another decade.
Meanwhile drone submarines are being deployed to block vital shipping lanes
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/yemens-houthis-now-have-drone-submarines-likely-iran
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American Red Cross Faces Scrutiny as it Requires COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients to Call Hotline to See if They’re Still Eligible for Blood Donation
The American Red Cross is under public scrutiny for its blood donation screening process, which includes a specific question regarding COVID-19 vaccination status.
The inquiry is part of the organization’s RapidPass system, designed to expedite the pre-donation procedure by enabling potential donors to fill out necessary paperwork online.
The controversy centers around the 79th question on the RapidPass questionnaire, which asks donors whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Those who answer affirmatively are prompted to contact the American Red Cross at 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to discuss whether their vaccination status affects their eligibility to donate blood.
Rogan O’Handley (DC Draino), a former Hollywood entertainment lawyer turned conservative commentator, wrote on X: “The American Red Cross is now asking blood donors if they ever received the Covid vaccine. If you answer Yes, they want you to call ahead to see if you’re still eligible I thought the vax was “safe and effective”? What info are they hiding from us?”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/american-red-cross-faces-scrutiny-as-it-requires/
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Truth telling?
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A dose of truth telling being delivered early next week. A judgement into a certain roll up your sleeve case will (finally) be delivered. In the intervening period that has allowed so many of the initially labeled “conspiracy theory” claims to be proven as facts i.e. its safe and effective, only rare problems, yes it prevents transmission and makes you a hero to your community, it will be interesting how balanced the finding is. We already have the NZ trucker case where the judge made the point that termination of employment was draconian and an agreed leave arrangement should/could have been a consideration instead of get it or else threats/follow through. The trucker got compensation. NB as I noted in another thread the most (and maybe only) transportable (pun noted) fact of the case is the judge’s noting that more reasonable actions were not considered or offered.
Oh and as a clue – nothing implied the action/timing has to be coincidental – the lawful business employees involved just had their leader resign…. effective this Friday.
PS get your popcorn by all means just not from Woolies – its still too early to be sure lol.
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Sounds like updates would be appreciated
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Yes, particularly if it has adverse findings for the way it was “managed” as msm will totally ignore them. Not getting any hopes up as believe it will be more a “they were doing their best using what limited information they had so just accept their apology and move on”.
What is an interesting set of events repeat just an interesting set of events is how the head of this government body and subject to court action has announced early (and now speedy) departure. Then we have private company CEOs – not subject to court proceedings – jumping ship as in Woolworth (but blamed on woke/anti-Australia Day backlash) and Virgin Airlines (totally unexpected particularly given she just got the airline back into profit) and the little leprechaun already gone were all involved in mandating their staff. I stress again interesting coincidental set of departures, the stuff conspiracy theories thrive on, but the ripple effect if the judgement opens any flood gates has to be managed and what better way than as above mea culpa along lines of “doing their best, limited info, need for fast action” etc BUT hey they have all gone, “we” have learnt so much so let bygones be bygones.
Anyways yes will “supplement the media” with what I hear if there are too many holes/questions left unanswered.
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Herald Sun 21/2/2024
Covid jabs linked to heart, brain disorders
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The study
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Covid-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270
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As it becomes impossible to ignore the ongoing carnage (despite msm silence) the powers-that-be have HAD to come up with something. So here it is – incredibly rare side effects can happen – see, we’re open, truthful and transparent.
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British nuclear sub missile launch FAILS as Trident misfires and ‘plops’ into sea just yards away
A TRIDENT missile dramatically misfired and crashed into the ocean yards from the British nuclear submarine that launched it, The Sun can reveal.
The second failed launch in a row – after a misfire in 2016 – happened while Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was on board HMS Vanguard to witness the test.
HMS Vanguard was under the surface but was not hit by the 44ft missile as it plunged back into the Atlantic.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26070479/trident-nuke-sub-missile-launch-fails/
LOL…
Built by 2+2=5 wokies?
Now, what was that video from years ago…oh yes!
https://youtu.be/2ibmi8CX4p8?si=6jCiQowr3p2ilfq7
The UK copying NK? 😆😆😆
Meanwhile in the Kremlin, it’s ROTFL time.
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Wednesday sarcasm: the 3 biggest cancers revealed
https://imgbox.com/83rTmYm9
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Dem-backed Chinese firm razing trees in Michigan to make way for EV plant
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-backed-chinese-firm-razing-trees-in-michigan-to-make-way-for-ev-plant
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VoltSchemer attacks use wireless chargers to inject voice commands, fry phones
A team of academic researchers show that a new set of attacks called ‘VoltSchemer’ can inject voice commands to manipulate a smartphone’s voice assistant through the magnetic field emitted by an off-the-shelf wireless charger.
VoltSchemer can also be used to cause physical damage to the mobile device and to heat items close to the charger to a temperature above 536F (280C).
A technical paper signed by researchers at the University of Florida and CertiK describes VoltSchemer as an attack that leverages electromagnetic interference to manipulate the charger’s behavior.
The researchers describe their experiments using a Samsung Galaxy S8 device as follows:
Upon injecting CE packets to increase power, the temperature rapidly rose. Shortly after, the phone tried to halt power transfer by transmitting EPT packets due to overheating, but the voltage interference introduced by our voltage manipulator corrupted these, making the charger unresponsive.
Misled by false CE and RP packets, the charger kept transferring power, further raising the temperature. The phone further activated more protective measures: closing apps and, limiting user interaction at 126 F◦ and initiating emergency shutdown at 170 F (76.7 C). Still, power transfer continued, maintaining a dangerously high temperature, stabilizing at 178 F (81 C).
The second VoltSchemer attack type can bypass the Qi-standard safety mechanisms to initiate energy transfer to nearby non-supported items. Some examples could include car key fobs, USB sticks, RFID or NFC chips used in payment cards and access control, SSD drives in laptops, and other items in close proximity of the charging pad.
In the case of a car key fob, the attack caused the battery to blow up and destroy the device. With USB storage drives, the voltage transfer led to data loss, just like in the case of SSD drives.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voltschemer-attacks-use-wireless-chargers-to-inject-voice-commands-fry-phones/
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Oz gets a mention –
“How WEF Works: Inserting Uncontrolled “Regulators” ”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/how-wef-works-inserting-uncontrolled-regulators/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcLosNWb3Q
Scottish Covid Bereaved lawyer rips into ‘shameful’ SNP for destroying evidence
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Tucker Carlson Takes On Critics of His Interview with Putin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nIOsWHyUVI
The Russia Trip | Part 1
A more real video.
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FWIW – A deeper look –
“Remarkably, a large covid vaccine safety study dropped last week finding some problems with the jabs, and got my immediate attention by breaking through into corporate media. Why cover this one? The study, stuffed with 35 authors, was titled, “COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals.” The Hill’s article covering the study published two days ago under the headline, “Largest multicountry COVID study links vaccines to potential adverse effects.” ”
“Our first clue lies in the Hill article’s revealing final paragraph (which should have been the first):
Several of the researchers also reported having relationships or having previously received payments from biopharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Gilead Sciences, AbbVie, and GlaxoSmithKline.
Pharma researchers! It got even more interesting when the study itself disclosed it was funded by the CDC, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, and the Canadian Institutes of Health. It was a “public/private” joint effort between big pharma and the most jab-invested big government agencies in the world. But it still found problems. Could this be honest science, at long last? Or was it something else?
It was high-level gaslighting combined with a limited hangout.”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/vital-signs-wednesday-february-21?r=1vxw0k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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He Who prints the money rules the world.
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