ttbn, if someone so basically informed on climate as myself can guarantee that we can nor will EVER reach Zero emissions, why don't those who are supposed to know this stuff come out criticising such an outrageous and incredibly impossible lie .
Do we have to start enlightening people now so they DON'T fall for another con.
I'll say it again; We can NEVER achieve ZERO EMISSIONS!
There, now let the record show, another of my forecasts and predictions debunking the bastards and their lies and impossible policies.

ALTRAV,

Nice rave and what one has come to expect from a conspiracy theorist who is divorced from the real world.

I will comment on,
"Had you worked more and wasted time and money in your youth, you absolutely would be living the life of Ryan today, like me,..."

Perish the thought, I prefer to live like Riely, Ryan was a loser.

In my youth, I had a job where I was on duty/call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on a flat rate of pay, no overtime etc.

Issy, so what's your point?
All I got from that was that you had a job.
I don't get the relevance of the rest of your comments, such as 24hrs, 7days a week, on a flat rate of pay.
Ohhh, I think I get it, you must be one of those aussies who feel entitled, and for some obscure reason known only to you and your ilk, should be paid extra for doing the same job, but at a different time, or day.
And you wonder why people buy imported or foreign goods, and our companies are closing down, and thousands of people are out of work.
If everyone just got on with their job and lived within their means their pay would be more than adequate.
But NO!
Everyone believes they are entitled to have everything and anything NOW.
And the ignorant lot would stand there abusing anyone who would challenge them with, AND WHY NOT?
This arrogance must stop, or else we will all flounder under a load of credit so big, there is never going to be a way to get back on top of it.
You were on duty/call 24/7, so what?
You were lucky, you had a job, so stop your bellyaching and be grateful.
BTW, Riely was a tosser and ended up being the loser, I met Ryan and he is living the life.
I know I am, but apparently you're not, or you would not talk like you are.
Riely was living 'A' life, not 'THE' life, so I'm not going to lower myself to Riely's level.
I much prefer it up here at Ryan's level.
Just to seal the point and show you and your lazy bunch of entitled w@#ker$ how wrong and irrelevant YOU have made YOURSELVES, would you like to do a comparison between myself and anyone of your entitled ones?
We can then see who's philosophy and lifestyle was the better and more fruitful one, and who is living the life of RYAN!

cont........
Just to show you lot what it means to be responsible worthy people, a little story about my brothers business.
He employs around 130 give or take.
When the boom was on he could not get Aussies, so the employment office suggested some 457's, and he obliged.
He still had to pay them the equivalent of the Aussies, there was no cheating, nor is he prone too.
He's making plenty so paying the appropriate rate was not an issue.
Anyway, it was out of his control as the govt was involved.
A few years later the mining industry slumped, and of course contracts did too.
So he had to put people off due to the downturn.
The 457's were the obvious first ones to go, but to his surprise the leader, (they were Chinese) asked if he could see his way to keeping them on they would accept a pay cut to the equivalent amount it would have been with the others fired.
He was not keen to get rid of them because they were far more valuable, focused and efficient, both in performance and in work ethics.
I'm not sure exactly what he arranged with the govt, but he still had them last time I happened past.
Now you see you entitled pricks would not even consider doing what they suggested, and that was to keep their mates in work so they could send money back home to support God knows how many people and families.
You push the employer into bankruptcy and then you demand he still pay you your blood money.
Well those of you out of a job, enjoy your premature retirement.
Oh that's right, you did nothing towards when you were out of a job, and now you can rely on the dole.
Good for you, I suppose in one way you got what you were entitled to after all.

ALTRAV,

You seem to be dumb,

" The term living the life of Riley is an American phrase, it first appeared in the early 1900s. There is some suggestion that the idea of a gentleman named Mr. Riley enjoying a luxurious, easy life is suggested in several earlier vaudeville songs... The term living the life of Riley spread across American training camps during World War I, soldiers wrote home using the phrase, which popularized it. By the 1940s the term living the life of Riley was well known enough to be used as the title of a popular radio comedy, The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix..."
http://grammarist.com/idiom/living-the-life-of-riley/
The only life of Ryan that I could find was about a pro skater.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087539/
probably appropriate as you do seem to skate around the truth a bit.

As to working 24/7 at a flat rate of pay (and no union) that applies to the Armed Services, Army Navy and Air Force.
I was in the Army, of course, we also got three meals a day, accommodation, free medical and dental and free burials.

Accommodation, when I was in Korea, was in tents; ever lived in a tent in minus 15 deg. Celcius weather or in a fox hole?

Bet you haven't.

Liked the story about your brother, sounds like a caring guy who thinks of his workers, especially those who are his fellow citizens and have mortgage payments to meet, bet that you're just like him.

Funny how there are no exposures of Australian companies making a simple mistake in their procedures and overpaying their staff.

ttbn,

The factories in Bangladesh already existed, did you think that the poor Bangladeshis imported all their clothes before Australian garment sellers found that they could exploit the local situation?

How dumb can one get?

ALTRAV,

24/7 Man thinks we are dumb. It's probably time to leave him to do what he does best - talking about himself.