Cop29 showed that the Albanese government is up the creek on its own on nuclear power. Albanese Labor has been exposed internationally as a joke.

Even countries like Turkey and Romania are rushing to build reactors; those already with them are increasing the number.

Australia is not just physically isolated: it is also isolated from common sense, thanks to Albanese's ultra-Left government.

Hi ttbn,

People have all manner of opinions about things. Having a particular opinion about one thing or another doesn't define you as evil. I think the democrats learned that lesson again when Biden referred to Trump supporters as garbage. Having the freedom to express a range of opinions is a foundation of a healthy democracy.

Hi Paul,

You make your claim about nuclear based on a twenty year prediction. According to Adi Paterson, with current technology the build time for a nuclear power station is six to eight years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSfURlFZwmM

If wind and solar worked I would be all for it, but it has a number of issues:

-a generating infrastructure capable of producing about seven times the average power demand

-storage infrastructure, which in the case of pumped hydro requires yet more generating infrastructure

-transmission infrastructure capable of carrying multiples of the average power demand

-massive destruction of farmland and native vegetation to build wind and solar farms

-a generating infrastructure which is vulnerable to weather and malicious attack, and leaves Australia dependent on China

-the need to have 100% of average power demand backed up with gas generation

All of these things make wind and solar far more complicated and expensive than nuclear, as well as compromising our national security.

If South Australia ever works (power costs twice as much there already) I might change my mind, but I fear that Broken Hill's experience is the likely outcome from pursuing the wind and solar con.

Nobody wants to say ta ta to the M.A.D Bill?

Yes ttbn, pleased about that.
Still worried about age verification for social media.

Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights
http://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/argentina-ai-predicting-future-crimes-citizen-rights

One post saying the wrong thing here and there isn't so much the problem.
(It is in the UK, they've been cleaning jails out to make way for social media rule-breakers)
- The bigger issue is that they are going to start classifying people based on all the data they can collect about their entire lives.

AC

Yes. It seems that the under 16 law means that everyone who uses social media will need a digital ID to prove that they are over 16.

They say that the ID won't be compulsory, but who believes them? What else will be put on their list that needs ID? Unlike the M.A.D Bill, digital ID has the support of the Opposition.

They've made it so that it's quite hard to even get an ABN without a Digital ID now.
They bring in new standards quietly, and then suddenly you find out that you can't do what you need to do if you don't jump through the hoops and follow the new rules.

"What else will be put on their list that needs ID?"

Not sure it's entirely the right question, it might be better to ask:
'Where are they headed with all of this?'

My thoughts, 'fusion centres'
Fusion Center Concept Evolves with Streamlined Data Sharing
http://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/fusion-center-streamlined-data-sharing/

Your whole entire life, needs to be neatly organised and detailed for someone else in front of a computer somewhere to easily access.
- And they want everything at their fingertips...

To the point a drone could fly overhead and identify you and 100 other people with facial recognition, bring up everyones details in an instant,
Fusing all your personal data into a single accessible interface,
Your spending habits, friends, family, co-workers, places you go, hobbies, health records, phone records, political leanings,... etc.
Analyse it with AI.

The direction would seem kind of logical from a security viewpoint.

'We're doing this to keep you safe'.