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Thanks, Ethel.
Posted by loudmouth2, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 5:54:05 PM
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Nobody needs straws.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 5:57:07 PM
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Ethel.
This is the last straw, doner kebab, with a side of chips and a can of Coke, hold the straw. A poor kid killed in Redfern Sydney last evening while delivering for Uber Eats on his pushbike. The fifth such fatality in three months. According to the Federal Liberal minister "Vomit Boy", the kid was a self employed small business man, and not the reasonability of the multi-national he's being exploited by. Pathetic! Posted by Paul1405, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 6:59:30 PM
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ttbn,
You need all the straw you can get to fill the void between your ears. Posted by Mr Opinion, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 7:44:36 PM
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ttbn,
Seeing as I didn't see your response until Tuesday, I may indeed disagree that it's Monday today. The important thing is I state my reasons for disagreeing. >World- wide, renewables are supplying a measly 3% of energy Where did you get that figure? According to BP, excluding hydroelectricity (which supplies 6% of global primary energy) renewables supplied 5% last year, That's higher than nuclear (which is on 4.3%). Source: http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2020-full-report.pdf > Where are all the jobs from renewables? Do you mean what state? Or what subsector? Or something else? > They haven't gone to the 35 plus year-olds. How do you know that? Or are you just guessing? >The people losing their jobs in power generation, heavy industry and factories will never work again. That's what happens when a government pursues contractionary economic policies (surpluses) while people are out of work. >All that sort of work has gone to countries building coal plants like there is no tomorrow. Countries? China and which other? There's no commercial case for China to build coal plants any more. AIUI most planned have unofficially been cancelled, though a few are still being built for political reasons. >But, anyone who calls Peter Costello an idiot is not going to impress anyone. >He didn't have the sort of personality people warm to, but he was no idiot. This has nothing to do with his personality. Maybe "idiot" is too strong a word, but when he spoke out after leaving politics I realised all the success he had was due to luck rather than competence. I don't for a second doubt that there are many videos and rants out there explaining why wind and solar power won't work. But they all use also assumptions and/or obsolete data. Most have already been proven wrong by reality; the rest soon will be. Posted by Aidan, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 12:25:28 AM
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Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … past politicians who actually achieved something during their time in office … are … and capable Treasurer, Peter Costello » . I’m sure you’re right in thinking Peter Costello was a “capable Treasurer” after studying law and having worked as a solicitor and a barrister. Despite his conflictual relationship with Prime Minister Howard, he was Australia’s longest-serving Treasurer. Also, despite having previously stated that he would support an Australia-based system of constitutional monarchy in which a member of the House of Windsor would be invited to relocate to Australia and serve as our monarch, he advocated for change to a republic at the Australian Constitutional Convention in 1998 and supported the 1999 referendum for Australia to become a republic. In the year 2000, he made what I consider to be an extremely regrettable historic decision that torpedoed the movement of “rapprochement” (paving the way for possible amalgamation) of Australia and New Zealand that had been gaining momentum, by refusing the adoption of a common currency. He bluntly insisted the “common currency” had to be the Australian dollar. New Zealand being originally part of the Colony of New South Wales, we both had the same currency until 1910 when Australia began issuing its first silver coins following federation. New Zealand issued its first coins in 1933. Since then, our two currencies have virtually grown up together. Both countries use the same currency valuation mechanism, the TWI (Trade Weighted Index) a basket of currencies of our respective countries’ major trading partners. It would be simple to combine the two baskets and calculate the exchange rates for conversion to a new, common currency which we could perhaps call the Anzac Dollar (ANZ $). Whether it be from a purely monetary or economic point of view, there are no major obstacles to full monetary integration. Our economies converge quite favourably. Costello’s refusal came as a slap in the face to the New Zealanders who qualified him as a bully. Despite being a “capable Treasurer”, Peter Costello lacked the foresight of a statesman. . Posted by Banjo Paterson, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 9:38:31 AM
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