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» 11/07/2025 3:02:46 PM Trump has been toning down the myriad of regulatory hurdles brought in by antinuclear luna.....
» 29/06/2025 8:16:19 AM Hi AC, "Anyone who stands with Israel after what they've been doing... well I don't .....
» 27/06/2025 5:29:18 PM Okay John, "The article you linked actually supports what I've always said." S.....
» 27/06/2025 11:19:23 AM Hi AC, "Discussion of the Iranian public being fractured though are wrong." Ev.....
» 25/06/2025 9:52:18 PM That is an old Soviet narrative, AC. When I look at threats to Australia, top of the list .....
» 25/06/2025 5:42:37 PM Hi AC, These things are never clear. I was just thinking with so many Russian nuclear eng.....
» 25/06/2025 1:05:09 PM Hi AC, You talk about false reporting from the IAEA, but then you say that the Iranians s.....
» 25/06/2025 8:29:42 AM John "None of your claims refute that wind and solar are growing faster, cheaper, an.....
» 25/06/2025 7:07:46 AM Hi AC, The Russian scientists would have been keeping the Kremlin informed. Who do you th.....
» 24/06/2025 10:15:35 AM I noticed that the IDF targeted a lot of concentrations of Iranian repression such as offi.....
» 24/06/2025 8:51:12 AM John, "I’ve responded factually - repeatedly - even as you recycle points we’ve cove.....
» 24/06/2025 8:16:40 AM Things can always change. The problem is that both Labor and the coalition support net zer.....
» 24/06/2025 8:12:47 AM Hi AC, I don't think that Russia had a problem with the destruction of Iran's nuclear wea.....
» 23/06/2025 3:32:40 PM John, "We’ve been through all this many times before. Repeating it doesn’t make it s.....
» 23/06/2025 10:18:08 AM "It'll be interesting to see who is the most upset by this - ttbn or AC." I wou.....
» 23/06/2025 10:05:17 AM John, "Happy to have a good-faith debate, but let’s keep it grounded in facts.".....
» 22/06/2025 11:01:53 PM Hi AC, From what I've read it looks as if shot guns are very effective for infantry. Ther.....
» 22/06/2025 8:44:47 PM Bronwyn, Does it strike you as odd that a nation like Russia has no problem committing hu.....
» 22/06/2025 7:53:35 PM Hi AC, Trump's decision to bomb Iranian uranium enrichment facilities contrasts with his .....
» 22/06/2025 12:18:24 PM Hi AC, You support the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the basis that Ukraine is using its.....
» 19/06/2025 10:22:48 AM WTF? "Any intelligent person knows" So, after all the years of energy transiti.....
» 15/06/2025 3:12:25 PM "The three flags?? Okay, I see the tenuous connection in your brain wiring!" In.....
» 15/06/2025 7:57:22 AM Bronwyn, I was thinking of events like this: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/.....
» 14/06/2025 1:04:33 PM I would not want to see the Iranian regime with nuclear weapons......
» 14/06/2025 7:45:21 AM Hi Paul, Yes, I agree. Neither policy nor leadership. Just pathetic. Stand for something......
» 14/06/2025 6:51:06 AM Hi Paul, I'd be careful about trying too hard to define things. Look at the Russian Feder.....
» 13/06/2025 3:44:04 PM The biggest problem with both sides today is nepotism. Purchasing officers should never kn.....
» 13/06/2025 9:10:46 AM The pursuit of wind and solar by Australia is ridiculous, John. 15 years for 30% of electr.....
» 8/06/2025 7:36:01 PM Hi Paul, I look forward to a time with cheap and safer batteries as well as high efficie.....
» 7/06/2025 9:58:58 PM "Last year, no wind projects had any private investment, only 2 solar projects had pr.....
» 7/06/2025 8:02:54 AM Hi Paul, Yes, the "no one on olo agrees with you" comment caught my attention a.....
» 6/06/2025 7:25:02 AM Oh, and the AFR has an article on the slow pace of renewables rollout in today's edition. .....
» 6/06/2025 6:13:46 AM "Wind turbines have an energy payback time of around 6-12 months" I'm guessing .....
» 4/06/2025 9:33:46 PM "As for France’s nuclear build-out, it actually proves the opposite of what you're tr.....
» 3/06/2025 8:09:51 PM John, "We could’ve been further along by now, but instead of investing in solutions,.....
» 31/05/2025 12:49:44 PM The huge rate of wind and solar roll out is a joke. Despite the trillions of dollars being.....
» 31/05/2025 11:47:13 AM ttbn "Are you saying that the US's nuclear capability will protect us?" It has.....
» 31/05/2025 8:22:48 AM ttbn "We all know there has never been a nuclear war. What is the point you are tryi.....
» 30/05/2025 3:50:40 PM Hi AC, Good to hear from you. Truth be told, I think that the greatest threat Australia f.....
» 30/05/2025 2:26:20 PM ttbn, Weird is the Trump Putin bromance. The hawks in the US are incensed by it, but note.....
» 30/05/2025 6:03:53 AM Hi Paul, "If you want peace, you must be peaceful." Poland, Czechoslovakia and.....
» 29/05/2025 12:30:36 PM ttbn, Eighty years ago there were no atomic weapons. (Trinity was detonated on July 16th .....
» 28/05/2025 1:02:13 PM The coalition needs to start the energy debate and distance themselves from the wind and s.....
» 24/05/2025 8:34:01 AM Hi Paul, Yes, renewables have public support, but is a wind and solar powered grid viable.....
» 23/05/2025 1:20:56 PM The conservatives should distance themselves from a wind and solar powered Australia. It w.....
» 17/05/2025 10:27:12 AM Hi Paul, I'm sorry about the mail theft where you live. I think I'd elect to pick up my p.....
» 17/05/2025 8:10:11 AM Hi Paul, Yes, I'm a big online shopper as well. Very convenient for ordering parts for my.....
» 16/05/2025 6:26:40 PM What happens when Australia Post delivers your parcel to another address? I will share my .....
» 10/05/2025 12:17:34 PM I don't see any difference between commies and Nazis. They were great mates until Hitler l.....
» 7/05/2025 6:25:33 AM John, I repeat the facts and you repeat your lies. That France built its electricity sup.....
» 6/05/2025 9:19:07 PM " Nuclear is not cheap, fast, or simple, and pretending otherwise doesn’t make it tru.....
» 6/05/2025 6:14:13 AM ttbn, Democracy a copout? Putin carries a lot of clout in Russia, but I don't think that .....
» 5/05/2025 7:55:30 PM ttbn, I do what I can. I voice my opinion, but I am realistic about what I might achieve,.....
» 5/05/2025 4:55:34 PM ttbn, I cannot understand your thinking. You are always commenting on the uniparty, stupi.....
» 4/05/2025 5:00:51 PM Warnings have been circulating about a grid collapse in Spain for many years, and there we.....
» 3/05/2025 6:56:57 AM "It’s about positioning Australia as a global clean energy superpower - producing hyd.....
» 2/05/2025 1:53:14 PM Keep it up IBM. The Spanish government won't hide the truth for long. "Funny how peo.....
» 2/05/2025 6:16:04 AM "AEMO’s grid planning accounts for renewables, storage, and firming. If the lights go.....
» 1/05/2025 7:17:36 AM John, "The blackout in Spain wasn’t “renewables gone wild.” It was a grid frequency .....
» 1/05/2025 6:18:02 AM "I wonder how much French nuclear imports saved yesterday's mass European blackout.&q.....
» 29/04/2025 8:46:59 PM And if I were to offer criticism of the article I would suggest a mention of the grid inst.....
» 29/04/2025 8:22:41 PM John, Germany was a net energy exporter last year. That is a fact. It isn't cherry pickin.....
» 29/04/2025 1:24:54 PM "Germany remains a net electricity exporter" Not true John (yet again). Net imp.....
» 29/04/2025 7:09:42 AM Don't forget we are all human beings, each with a story going back 300,000 years. All Aust.....
» 29/04/2025 6:22:14 AM John, France got to 150% in fifteen years with nuclear. Germany will be lucky to get to 2.....
» 27/04/2025 2:46:42 PM "And about no one picking up a calculator - AEMO, CSIRO and others have done loads of.....
» 27/04/2025 9:23:43 AM John, Yes, and as always from you, comment chock full of dishonest and misleading stateme.....
» 25/04/2025 8:07:53 PM It took the French 15 years to power their grid on and a half times fifty years ago. Germa.....
» 24/04/2025 8:15:12 PM Nuclear energy could be used to make synthetic fuels. https://www.neimagazine.com/advance.....
» 24/04/2025 10:37:38 AM Hi Steve, For me it is a question of "Does it work?" and "What is the cost.....
» 23/04/2025 4:29:08 PM With dispatchable energy (coal, gas, nuclear) you can use supply contracts to raise capita.....
» 22/04/2025 2:45:25 PM John, I'm not advocating having a holiday at a npp and sun-baking around the reactor. Thi.....
» 22/04/2025 10:50:47 AM John, I come here to learn about a subject. You come here to practice your dishonesty. e......
» 22/04/2025 8:32:23 AM John, "“Children living near nuclear reactors suffer increased risk of leukaemia…” -.....
» 21/04/2025 2:54:32 PM John, The Forum gives opportunity to discuss and learn about topics, yet you only seem in.....
» 21/04/2025 9:28:24 AM John, You waste half your reply trying to justify a ridiculous assertion that Bronwyn's s.....
» 21/04/2025 8:23:17 AM Mhaze, Cloud formation is an interesting subject in itself, with some clouds warming and .....
» 20/04/2025 11:13:12 AM John, So you are claiming that Bronwyn wasn't stating that npps didn't pose any danger, b.....
» 20/04/2025 8:39:17 AM John, I have learned much during the course of this discussion, but you, with your deceit.....
» 19/04/2025 2:11:25 PM John, "Neither of us said that. The studies we cited reported a statistical correlat.....
» 19/04/2025 9:05:54 AM John, "But stop pretending that a few contrarian studies invalidate the entire conse.....
» 18/04/2025 9:45:46 AM John, There is strong evidence that the LNT model is based on fraud. The American Health .....
» 17/04/2025 9:36:39 AM And here is another paper discussing the flawed biological assumptions and statistical met.....
» 17/04/2025 8:48:47 AM John, You're a complete shonk. The LNT model, just like IBM Johnny, has been dishonest fr.....
» 15/04/2025 9:19:00 PM John, What a silly rant. More befitting a medieval cleric decrying heresy, and like a med.....
» 14/04/2025 10:01:47 PM John, "And let’s not forget - you claimed “nearly all research” shows nuclear worker.....
» 14/04/2025 10:24:50 AM John, "Bronwyn’s statement was general: that nuclear industry workers suffer increas.....
» 14/04/2025 6:25:41 AM John, Bronwyn claimed: "9. Nuclear industry workers suffer increased risk of cancer.....
» 13/04/2025 11:54:38 AM John, Your repeated distortion and lies on the forum are just grubby and tedious. Zero ho.....
» 12/04/2025 8:56:40 PM John, You are a shameless pathological liar. Is there an increase in childhood cancer and.....
» 12/04/2025 6:15:40 PM Bronwyn, Yet another lie and more abuse from you. Let me expose your dishonesty and conte.....
» 12/04/2025 7:10:06 AM Bronwyn, Wow, so you are a liar. Caught out. Correlation isn't causation as you know. You.....
» 11/04/2025 10:11:15 PM Bronwyn, When you come here and tell lies, you insult not just me, but everyone on this f.....
» 10/04/2025 7:45:52 PM How ironic that the champion of Albo's mad bill is now a mad champion of IBM proportions. .....
» 8/04/2025 6:23:23 AM South Australia is leading the way to economic ruin with its renewable energy madness. Wit.....
» 6/04/2025 5:53:01 PM My goodness, the IBM strikes again. Here I was thinking we were facing an existential cli.....
» 5/04/2025 10:06:23 AM There are very obvious problems with renewable energy. -rising electricity costs compared.....
» 30/03/2025 9:40:22 PM John, I think that the incredible bsing man might have to relinquish his title to you. h.....
» 30/03/2025 12:47:25 PM The primary problem is the pursuit of the wind and solar con. You will not have a prospero.....
» 29/03/2025 7:00:28 AM John, What you are seeing in India and China is the same as in other parts of the world. .....
» 22/03/2025 2:47:44 PM John, It is truly breathtaking how you twist and distort things, then accuse others of do.....
» 22/03/2025 8:55:11 AM John, The only net zero being demonstrated is your appreciation of logical argument. You .....
» 21/03/2025 7:09:25 PM John, "Even with Idel’s assumptions, however, his LFSCOE-95 analysis (which allows f.....
» 21/03/2025 6:31:14 AM Paul and John, I would suggest that you are the ones cherry picking. If you want to cut c.....
» 20/03/2025 9:48:59 PM "China leads the world in renewable energy investment, and India is expanding solar a.....
» 16/03/2025 3:14:10 PM Hi Mav, Speaking of billionaires, would you happen to know how much in subsidies Forrest .....
» 16/03/2025 9:50:28 AM Some people think that the energy debate is a political argument. It isn't. The problems w.....
» 15/03/2025 7:32:13 AM The anti-nuclear hack authors of this vacuous and misleading puff piece appear even more c.....
» 2/03/2025 10:10:46 PM Hi Yuyutsu, "Well I don't see it that way." That is your business to make sens.....
» 1/03/2025 8:42:00 AM Hi Yuyutsu, You seem to be engaging in a "them and us" type argument with AC. D.....
» 27/02/2025 8:59:06 PM Hi ttbn, I was only thinking about what happened. To me at least, everything seemed to wo.....
» 27/02/2025 9:40:06 AM I thought this thread was about whether the nurses should face charges. I'd also like to k.....
» 24/02/2025 10:15:25 PM Hi AC, in your link I found another story. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/health.....
» 24/02/2025 9:13:32 PM I thought that Ukraine's surrender of its nuclear weapons came with security guarantees. N.....
» 23/02/2025 7:23:40 PM Hi Rhian, I'd put the behaviour on a par with other anti-social actions like speeding, gr.....
» 23/02/2025 1:32:59 PM Hi AC, My take on Jewish people in Europe is that they were like any other people living .....
» 23/02/2025 7:53:31 AM Hi Rhian, My parents were friends with a couple who were children during the second world.....
» 22/02/2025 6:20:45 PM Hi Bazz, There is lots of silly stuff that goes on, like the fellow at King Charles' coro.....
» 22/02/2025 3:36:22 PM Hi AC, "Maybe many here yourself included just don't see and understand the world in.....
» 22/02/2025 12:18:59 PM Hi AC, I'd just point out that despite often having very different view of the world to y.....
» 22/02/2025 11:16:46 AM Yes mhaze. Murdered babies, with a cheer squad and festival to celebrate the brutality. h.....
» 21/02/2025 3:55:01 PM "As pointed out by myself as some see this now as a public safety issue, we need to a.....
» 21/02/2025 9:05:26 AM Hi AC, Yes, it's an unsubstantiated story, but the Gazans are at war with Israel, so atro.....
» 21/02/2025 7:22:38 AM The irony is that the Gaza strip was territory ceded by Israel as a peace offering. Shortl.....
» 20/02/2025 4:50:39 PM Hi AC, The IDF strapped explosives around an extra year old's neck? That sounds a little .....
» 19/02/2025 9:41:03 PM Hi AC, "How on earth do you expect people to contain their anger and frustration whe.....
» 19/02/2025 7:12:21 AM Hi Indy, I'm ever the optimist......
» 18/02/2025 10:19:47 PM Hi Nathan, "We have two nurses here, how many more in the medical sector are actuall.....
» 17/02/2025 10:37:01 AM Hi Nathan, The tragedy of the two nurses was that they let their hatred get the better of.....
» 16/02/2025 8:56:13 PM Hi Rhian, Maybe not so complicated, but thank you for the link. Did you know that there w.....
» 16/02/2025 8:12:06 AM Hi Mik, "It is their land that is being stolen. That is why all the hatred." W.....
» 15/02/2025 8:43:17 PM Hi Rhian, "I don’t think the Kuwaiti expulsions are a good comparison. The Palestini.....
» 15/02/2025 3:59:46 PM Hi AC, Trump may be able to sell the idea if he can make it economically enticing for the.....
» 15/02/2025 10:48:19 AM Hi Rhian, "The fact that there is historical precedent for ethnic cleansing does not.....
» 15/02/2025 6:48:34 AM Hi Banjo, Gaza is an outcome of founding a nation on the "we were here first" p.....
» 14/02/2025 10:37:37 AM Not without precedent. I've heard the example of the Sudetenland raised, where three milli.....
» 13/02/2025 8:10:39 PM I was a little surprised that the police were so quick to claim that there was no evidence.....
» 13/02/2025 11:49:37 AM When Albo and PenPen fund UNRWA, Australian taxes are funding the teaching of that sort of.....
» 12/02/2025 9:51:41 PM Hi AC, "Is this hatred you speak of Fester a cause or a consequence of conflict?&quo.....
» 12/02/2025 7:11:49 PM Hi Foxy, Your belief that an opinion is only a matter of understanding the history is an .....
» 10/02/2025 8:16:20 PM I think that it would have been nicer to have Quentin Tarantino's alternative history inst.....
» 9/02/2025 3:25:02 PM Hi Foxy, So the newly formed Arab nations invaded Israel because they were concerned abou.....
» 9/02/2025 11:36:04 AM Thanks for the links, Foxy (the unrwa document came up 404), although I find that this art.....
» 9/02/2025 4:28:34 AM "Israel cannot be excused and given immunity to continue to ignore international law .....
» 8/02/2025 7:52:46 AM Hi Paul, "For political reasons the state of Israel was imposed on the Middle East b.....
» 7/02/2025 10:41:30 PM It should be called out for what it is. The residents of Gaza have always been at war with.....
» 6/02/2025 10:20:03 AM ....and Albo and PenPen knowing what UNRWA is doing, but still happy to give them taxpayer.....
» 6/02/2025 6:19:19 AM Fortunately business groups are becoming aware of the economic consequences of pursuing re.....
» 5/02/2025 10:24:43 AM Don't expect any debate from the re proponents of the wind and solar fantasy. They are fol.....
» 2/02/2025 6:51:01 AM Hi Foxy, You have posted a link to the same fig jam assessment several times now. All it .....
» 1/02/2025 1:52:41 PM Hi Foxy, "If you doubt UNRWA - why do support UN Watch?" UN Watch isn't part o.....
» 1/02/2025 7:27:48 AM Hi AC "Only western countries recognise Hamas as a terrorist organisation." Wi.....
» 31/01/2025 8:43:08 PM UN Watch is making a big effort to get UNRWA defunded by Switzerland. https://www.instagr.....
» 31/01/2025 12:52:55 PM According to Trump, dwarfs don't make good air traffic controllers. I say that they were a.....
» 31/01/2025 11:14:57 AM Hi Foxy, The link you gave is to an in house investigation of UNRWA. https://www.unrwa.o.....
» 31/01/2025 10:37:58 AM Hi AC, The ABC did run the story, so I stand corrected. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025.....
» 31/01/2025 6:17:48 AM Hi Foxy, "allegations against UNRWA have been cleared up" Cleared up or brushe.....
» 31/01/2025 4:56:49 AM Hi AC, I was more concerned by the hateful people at the hostage release. Wouldn't get th.....
» 28/01/2025 5:32:20 PM Hi Foxy, Would the inhabitants of Gaza be in any danger from Israelis if they did not bea.....
» 28/01/2025 2:24:32 PM "Why start with 7th October? Why not start with the 6th October and the decades prior.....
» 28/01/2025 1:21:47 PM Hi Foxy, "We can all hope that peace will occur soon in that area. But for as long a.....
» 28/01/2025 12:26:33 PM Hi Foxy, A similar number of Jewish people were expelled from nations in the Middle East......
» 28/01/2025 10:11:37 AM Golda Mier gives an interview of the development of the conflict. 1973 interview, but as c.....
» 27/01/2025 11:58:50 AM Hi AC, Russia was under no threat, invasion or otherwise. The invasion of Ukraine was its.....
» 26/01/2025 7:09:33 PM Hi AC, It is very difficult to call. Things can change very suddenly. Yes, Russia is maki.....
» 26/01/2025 6:21:34 AM Hi AC, Did you know that the Ukrainians now have kamikaze code hopping drones that home i.....
» 26/01/2025 6:00:49 AM Hi Foxy, You again claim that Sweden funds UNWRA. That is no longer the case for Sweden, .....
» 25/01/2025 3:34:15 PM Hi Foxy, You might also consider that UNRWA's response to evidence that its employees wer.....
» 25/01/2025 3:04:48 PM Hi Foxy, "How is that supporting terrorism?" A dismissive stance was taken by .....
» 25/01/2025 10:51:08 AM Hi Foxy, No one here would argue that child abuse by members of the Catholic Church (eg M.....
» 24/01/2025 8:01:31 AM A defining feature of authoritarian regimes, including fascist regimes, is total control o.....
» 14/01/2025 7:52:06 PM Hi Foxy, I think of multiculturalism as being in the here and now, whereas the civilisati.....
» 14/01/2025 1:13:08 PM Hi CM, I thought that groups of people created culture, not the other way round. As for r.....
» 12/01/2025 8:35:46 PM Hi CM, I consider the question of multiculturalism a little differently. In looking at th.....
» 11/01/2025 8:48:11 AM So much irony, but two questions really. One is the effect of immigration. No per capita e.....
» 4/01/2025 4:18:21 PM Hi AC, "I guess I'd start by saying, 'Yes, so what?'" I think it the general c.....
» 4/01/2025 1:02:42 PM Hi AC, The flow of Chinese hardware into Russia is the sole reason the invasion of Ukrain.....
» 2/01/2025 10:28:27 AM Hi AC, "Consequently, Russia was not willing to become further embroiled in a situat.....
» 2/01/2025 9:43:34 AM Hi Bronwyn, This journalist has quite a different take on things. Hatred of Assad is now .....
» 2/01/2025 9:24:48 AM Hi AC, Do you think that Syria under the Assad dictatorship could accurately be described.....
» 1/01/2025 2:53:13 PM That is a good sentiment, Foxy. There will always be problems and challenges, but they can.....
» 1/01/2025 8:54:58 AM Hi Indivydual, I think you make a big contribution to discussions here but I think it a s.....
» 31/12/2024 5:13:03 PM Hi Foxy, "We need a new narrative, especially regarding the conflict in the Middle E.....
» 30/12/2024 8:02:44 PM Hi WTF, The wind and solar Nirvana is being pursued in Australia. Heavily subsidised, few.....
» 29/12/2024 11:04:38 AM Germany is the World's premier example of the idiocy of an ideological power grid. Its gre.....
» 25/12/2024 6:59:44 AM Hi Paul, With the care and kindness I often read of you showing others it is no surprise .....
» 23/12/2024 2:01:13 PM Hi mhaze, If it is of any comfort to you I stopped having covid vaccinations a couple of .....
» 23/12/2024 1:35:51 PM Hi Taswegian, "Nuclear can't be built fast enough." Remember the Liberty ship?.....
» 23/12/2024 12:49:40 PM Hi AC, As an alternative I would suggest that we all have beliefs that turn out to be wro.....
» 23/12/2024 12:13:26 PM Hi mhaze, You are speaking of how truth might be determined? Not always a matter so simpl.....
» 23/12/2024 10:42:10 AM Hi mhaze, There were plenty of opponents to vaccination against smallpox, and polio anti-.....
» 20/12/2024 6:21:10 AM Hi mhaze, You might have mentioned that cave in WA. Yes, there is censorship to support t.....
» 18/12/2024 7:21:29 AM Apparently the latest CSIRO gencost report continues away from the path of transparency an.....
» 17/12/2024 7:23:03 PM I agree Foxy. It is astonishing that people are of a mindset that they are always badly go.....
» 15/12/2024 8:02:13 PM Its a marketing campaign where facts don't matter ttbn, and it's reaching its inevitable c.....
» 14/12/2024 10:37:06 AM Hi Paul, We all have a view of the world. That view is opinion, not bias. Bias implies a .....
» 14/12/2024 9:04:07 AM Hi Paul, Higher electricity prices are already taking a toll, and the environmental red t.....
» 13/12/2024 6:24:41 PM Hi Foxy, I'm not questioning your integrity or enthusiasm. I'm just pointing out that it'.....
» 13/12/2024 10:47:39 AM Hi Foxy, "The government should not be blamed for things that are beyond its control.....
» 13/12/2024 7:21:32 AM And there was this fellow in Sydney: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/this-man-is-no-n.....
» 13/12/2024 6:49:09 AM Hi Paul, Nazis in Brisbane? Like these guys? https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/imag.....
» 10/12/2024 8:37:40 PM Albo's visit to the synagogue went down well today. All the attendees lined up to warmly t.....
» 10/12/2024 10:56:07 AM Jewish people have been warned of the risk of antisemitic attacks if visiting Australia. T.....
» 9/12/2024 7:40:29 AM "They are all out to get us." Hmmm. Yet another intelligent observation......
» 8/12/2024 9:00:00 PM Hi doog, Many years ago I listened to Peter Garrett speak, long before he became a pollie.....
» 8/12/2024 8:04:27 PM "OK, lets say a bunch of Aboriginals killed raped and took hostage a 1000 people in N.....
» 7/12/2024 5:32:46 PM No, more flabbergasted by your utter lack of understanding of the development of civilisat.....
» 7/12/2024 4:46:25 PM "There's nothing he can really achieve without the people who really run the country .....
» 7/12/2024 2:55:34 PM "The thing is I think people vastly overestimate the influence the government really .....
» 7/12/2024 12:04:29 PM Seven consecutive quarters of negative per capita gdp growth, the worst since records bega.....
» 7/12/2024 7:16:55 AM Hi Indyvidual, Everyone has a perspective about things and should have the freedom to exp.....
» 7/12/2024 6:34:14 AM The police review that found the illegal protestors on the SOH steps were shouting "W.....
» 6/12/2024 9:00:23 PM Hi AC, I view democracy as the concept of people having a wide range of views and having .....
» 3/12/2024 5:22:33 PM Hi Paul, I take the view that the reason we enjoy civilisation and technological developm.....
» 3/12/2024 10:26:39 AM What percentage of Australians want welcome to country/acknowledgment of country?.....
» 1/12/2024 7:43:32 AM Hi Paul, I'd think the bloke's conduct as more reflective of him being a bastard than a J.....
» 1/12/2024 5:01:12 AM doog, What does your comment have to do with this story? There are suggestions that the E.....
» 30/11/2024 9:58:56 AM Hi Paul, "I don't see a need for a Senate Inquiry into aoc/wtc, as the acceptance of.....
» 30/11/2024 5:58:02 AM Hi Paul, "BTW; You didn't answer my questions. If Mr Windsor was to enter I would we.....
» 29/11/2024 10:18:47 PM Hi Paul, I've taken to thinking that only people with good intentions come here. I rememb.....
» 29/11/2024 5:13:18 PM Well Banjo, you have your wish I believe. As a bonus you also get a thumbs up from Nicolás.....
» 29/11/2024 4:53:14 PM Hi Yuyutsu, Coercion tends to have very subtle beginnings. Do you know why your group sta.....
» 29/11/2024 1:55:21 PM Hi Yuyutsu, For me wct is neither about indigenous Australians or the question of who own.....
» 28/11/2024 10:25:49 AM Exactly Foxy. What problem could people have with a simple wave of the hand? A simple gest.....
» 28/11/2024 4:05:16 AM "The Führer visited a lunatic asylum. All the patients were told to stand in a row, a.....
» 27/11/2024 8:47:16 PM Hi Paul, If seminars began with an official of the Crown welcoming me to Australia and ha.....
» 27/11/2024 7:52:13 PM Unfortunately Australians are being lied to about the cost and reliability of the wind and.....
» 27/11/2024 1:07:41 PM I'm sure the Hitler salute had similar origins. As Yuyutsu observed, the thing has coerciv.....
» 26/11/2024 8:15:44 PM "The AU govt, has no access to AU Futures fund" Yeah, but Jimbo wants to direct.....
» 26/11/2024 4:41:13 PM My concern with wtc is that I am unaware of who wants it or voted for it, yet there seems .....
» 26/11/2024 10:30:51 AM Did the wild west stay the wild west? Was the wildness dealt with by banning people from t.....
» 26/11/2024 6:22:45 AM There won't be any money to spend, which is likely why Jim wants to repurpose the Future f.....
» 26/11/2024 6:08:14 AM Social media is another form of communication. Like any other realm of human interaction i.....
» 25/11/2024 6:05:00 AM Hi Bazz, Clive Palmer wanted to build a high efficiency coal fired plant in Queensland bu.....
» 24/11/2024 9:47:24 AM Hi ttbn, People have all manner of opinions about things. Having a particular opinion abo.....
» 24/11/2024 5:42:22 AM Hi Paul, Autocracy is top down. Democracy is bottom up. We all have opinions and should b.....
» 23/11/2024 4:48:31 PM Thank goodness the Greens aren't supporting the MAD bill. My guess is that they realize th.....
» 22/11/2024 7:24:19 PM Hi AC, I think it awful that you copped a lap full of Fanta and were treated rudely. I ho.....
» 22/11/2024 7:15:15 PM It will likely be on Sky ttbn. I have to endure another welcome to country tomorrow. I was.....
» 22/11/2024 2:04:48 PM Believing in the renewable energy fantasy is the new socialism ttbn......
» 22/11/2024 6:06:24 AM Hi AC, Maybe the kid serving you had a history of omissions? I think I'd sooner cook some.....
» 21/11/2024 7:16:01 AM Ah, so words are equal to an assassin's bullets? True for the DGR where the Stasi was alwa.....
» 20/11/2024 6:23:59 AM I would have thought that a society where all people's opinions counted equally and where .....
» 14/11/2024 7:25:24 AM Hi Foxy, What about the Trump administration's opinion? There is awareness of the nasty c.....
» 13/11/2024 10:32:59 AM Hi Foxy, What Albo and Penny think is irrelevant. It is the president elect who needs to .....
» 12/11/2024 8:15:58 PM "As soon as he is inaugurated, President Trump should rid America of Kevin Rudd.".....
» 10/11/2024 1:00:27 PM Indyvidual, According to UNWatch it is, and they have gathered enough evidence to start c.....
» 10/11/2024 10:24:49 AM Hi AC, What do you suspect Trump's peace plan is? I suspect that he will give Vlad the ch.....
» 10/11/2024 8:10:42 AM At least the Israeli's killed the UNRWA employee/Hammas terrorist who was filmed taking th.....
» 7/11/2024 10:21:47 AM Maybe when Albo gets the misinformation bill through there could be a fact check showing t.....
» 7/11/2024 6:05:07 AM A win is a win. It was not too close to call as the ABC predicted. What will happen to Rud.....
» 6/11/2024 1:02:35 PM Is Guterres similarly cordial to Netanyahu?.....
» 5/11/2024 5:05:55 PM Ezhil, What did people think about? Are there records of interviews or conversations? I c.....
» 30/10/2024 10:04:02 PM I can't understand this discussion. The idea that slavery is unacceptable is an achievemen.....
» 27/10/2024 5:21:05 PM Hi Mox, I thought the East vs West pissing contest was done and dusted a long time ago. B.....
» 25/10/2024 1:14:41 PM Every living human being has ancestors who suffered injustice. Should we remedy all injust.....
» 25/10/2024 6:18:39 AM The only reason Kim Jong Un has nukes is to protect his dictatorship, and three million ar.....
» 23/10/2024 8:55:54 PM Indyvidual, "Which Planet has that?" How about the peanut gallery? Unlike the .....
» 22/10/2024 10:23:51 AM That's what I thought ttbn. No such thing as elites in a democracy though. Albo wants to d.....
» 20/10/2024 8:15:41 PM "And, while they say they are against the M.A.D Bill, they haven't actually said that.....
» 18/10/2024 10:08:30 AM Hi AC, "Some lighter content probably do me some good." The most relaxed I've .....
» 13/10/2024 4:28:33 PM Thanks Foxy. A common criticism was that there was only a week given for public comment on.....
» 13/10/2024 2:32:35 PM Here is an excerpt from a submission by The Victorian Bar Inc: "8. Taking those matt.....
» 13/10/2024 2:25:01 PM Hi Foxy, "For anyone really interested in what the Bill will do - as has already bee.....
» 13/10/2024 11:28:39 AM Hi AC, "Sovereign countries don't need to ask for other countries permission Fester......
» 12/10/2024 8:35:16 PM Hi Paul, The world is so complicated. I've long given up the idea of seeing things as goo.....
» 11/10/2024 10:55:12 AM How is killing koalas, destroying the great dividing range and replacing our food producin.....
» 11/10/2024 10:50:03 AM Hi AC, I thought you might be interested in what the IDF is finding in Lebanon, which has.....
» 10/10/2024 7:23:19 PM Brilliantly put Rhian......
» 10/10/2024 9:50:25 AM "That's why rational minds are so desperately needed here." Yes, like Kim Jong .....
» 10/10/2024 9:00:30 AM Thanks Paul, "had it retained nuclear capability I believe war with Russia would hav.....
» 10/10/2024 7:40:26 AM Hi Paul, "Nuclear weapons deter no one" "Remove the weapons and you remov.....
» 9/10/2024 6:21:17 PM Exactly Paul, and I am sure that there are many examples of journalism which one would fin.....
» 9/10/2024 2:06:14 PM Hi Indyvidual, The ABC's commentary on Albo's Tourette jibe reminds me of those adds abou.....
» 9/10/2024 7:06:06 AM "The regular band of far right ABC haters, they hate the independence and impartialit.....
» 8/10/2024 6:34:13 PM Hi Foxy, Well said. I can't understand how people can value the concept of equality and t.....
» 8/10/2024 2:34:23 PM Hi Yuyutsu, "Social media is harmful in any case, better without it and better anywa.....
» 8/10/2024 9:35:30 AM The dishonesty and environmental vandalism of the renewable energy industry is chilling. I.....
» 4/10/2024 6:19:53 PM Hi Paul, "The danger with "free speech" is the rise of extremism, you ment.....
» 4/10/2024 7:23:48 AM John, "Facts are dry, boring, and a lot less lucrative - which is why using them to .....
» 3/10/2024 9:23:23 PM Hi John, Did you know that you can get the afr smh and age if you are a Logan library mem.....
» 2/10/2024 8:30:23 PM Hi Paul, I was interested to learn that the laws the Brits use were enacted to stop Mosle.....
» 1/10/2024 8:01:44 PM Hi Paul, It is certainly a good idea to deter malicious activity, but I don't see much se.....
» 1/10/2024 6:12:49 AM Hi Yuyutsu, The Bill might even violate article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human R.....
» 30/09/2024 8:03:02 PM Hi Paul, You pose a very interesting interesting question, fundamental to all of our bick.....
» 29/09/2024 7:39:51 PM Hi Paul, I'd just like us all to keep posting whatever we think, even you, no matter how .....
» 29/09/2024 3:56:51 PM John "You’re trying hard to spin this into a conspiracy about people "falling i.....
» 29/09/2024 1:15:20 PM John, "First, yes, I did call out your quote-mining because you’ve been selectively .....
» 29/09/2024 9:24:14 AM John, "I haven’t suggested that you’re being dishonest by believing the Uluru Statem.....
» 29/09/2024 7:36:21 AM Here is an excerpt from the Daily Mail about the length of Uluru Statement: "In thei.....
» 29/09/2024 7:05:30 AM John, "By relying entirely on Megan Davis’s statement where she refers to the Uluru .....
» 28/09/2024 8:27:58 PM John, "There is no evidence that the statement was more than one page, which is why .....
» 28/09/2024 4:38:19 PM "Milgram's experiments involved psychological manipulation to test obedience, whereas.....
» 28/09/2024 1:36:19 PM ttbn, If John has legal training he should realise that establishing non-trivial "fa.....
» 28/09/2024 12:06:33 PM John, You're a prime example of a user of misinformation and disinformation on this forum.....
» 23/09/2024 10:14:48 AM Hardly a surprise ttbn. I think the referendum taught Albo that intimidation and biased fa.....
» 22/09/2024 4:56:44 PM ttbn, Thanks for starting the discussion. I found it interesting and useful. Further, it .....
» 22/09/2024 11:58:32 AM John, "The first quote you provided is actually just Michaelia Cash paraphrasing Meg.....
» 22/09/2024 9:53:29 AM "You’re probably now asking “But who decides what is factually correct?” Anyone with.....
» 22/09/2024 7:12:34 AM John, "The statement itself was indeed only one page." Here are some quotes fr.....
» 21/09/2024 10:53:50 AM Hi AC, I always appreciate your thoughts on things (and John's too as it happens). John,.....
» 21/09/2024 6:31:54 AM "During the Voice campaign, for example, we saw plenty of misinformation about aparth.....
» 20/09/2024 6:46:47 PM John, When cult leader Albo pushed the Voice, a referendum that would see Australians tre.....
» 20/09/2024 3:41:47 PM John, It sounds like the Voice all over. Social media platforms will be targeted. Think a.....
» 20/09/2024 11:05:10 AM John, Covid was very much a national security issue as there was a risk of public hospita.....
» 20/09/2024 10:36:38 AM It upset the ABC greatly, prompting much discussion of the action as a war crime......
» 20/09/2024 10:28:35 AM John and ttbn, So the issue is important enough to warrant its own legislation, yet far t.....
» 20/09/2024 8:18:55 AM ttbn, What if there were a national (or international) campaign of disinformation by Russ.....
» 20/09/2024 7:55:49 AM Managing high level threats seems a good reason to employ ASIO to warn people and requires.....
» 20/09/2024 6:45:47 AM Hi Paul, "Flawed human behaviour long before the final event resulted in the rise of.....
» 19/09/2024 7:06:31 PM Hi Paul, Asking hypothetical questions is a good way to understand problems. It is never .....
» 19/09/2024 10:40:07 AM Did anyone else here note that South Australia had to curtail 99% of its solar output rece.....
» 19/09/2024 10:35:32 AM John, If that's the case then why doesn't ASIO just issue public warnings when organized .....
» 19/09/2024 8:24:26 AM John, That's great that the legislation won't change anyone's ability to express an opini.....
» 19/09/2024 7:10:09 AM No, the ABC video editor is currently making a rap piece with gunshot sound effects for Ra.....
» 19/09/2024 7:06:04 AM Nearly one and a half million killed and injured in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Paul, .....
» 19/09/2024 5:57:10 AM For example, would we be able to discuss Chairman Dan's history of road use? As a regular .....
» 19/09/2024 5:44:41 AM I wonder how it would work. Will some topics be banned? Will some comments be removed and .....
» 18/09/2024 10:41:21 AM Exactly Graham. The only weapons those faecal throwing thugs object to are the ones used a.....
» 17/09/2024 8:52:25 AM ttbn, "I have nothing more to say on the matter." is always an invitation to fu.....
» 17/09/2024 6:06:29 AM Hi Foxy, It reaks of "We will be the arbiters of what is true and what is not thank .....
» 16/09/2024 10:33:39 AM The bill is analogous to banning shopping on the basis that some people shoplift. People l.....
» 13/09/2024 6:39:51 PM The irony is that a move to either extreme leads to a mindset of hatred, much like a distr.....
» 11/09/2024 6:20:22 AM I can remember the ABC predicting economic collapse from the Morrison government's handlin.....
» 10/09/2024 10:13:54 AM Neither is there an audit among them, nor the prospect of one......
» 9/09/2024 10:41:03 AM I think that John has pointed out the main risk of alternative therapies. While it might b.....
» 8/09/2024 9:15:29 PM "I suppose my forcing you to move the goalposts is SOME progress." John, You h.....
» 8/09/2024 12:02:59 PM Well then John, do enlighten the forum about these other low carbon energy sources. What p.....
» 8/09/2024 7:01:54 AM "No one’s suggesting a grid consisting only of wind and solar." Um, yes they ar.....
» 7/09/2024 10:24:36 AM John, You address nothing. You never do. The destruction is very much in the present, but.....
» 7/09/2024 8:04:47 AM You might take your own advice with your future delusions John. https://jfsdigital.org/20.....
» 6/09/2024 8:18:16 AM Yep, and Australia, one of the world's biggest energy exporters, is about to start importi.....
» 4/09/2024 9:30:23 PM I think that the crazy ideological quest being prosecuted by the Albo cult is leaving peop.....
» 1/09/2024 2:02:34 PM The Germans were conned John. "The analysis of these two alternatives shows that Ger.....
» 1/09/2024 12:24:57 PM And the destruction of Germany's nuclear power plants has been a disaster for its transiti.....
» 1/09/2024 10:36:54 AM Foxy, I'm hoping that Albo can find a better inspiration than Tanya's kids. I'd also hope.....
» 1/09/2024 9:59:01 AM "Your suggestion that Germany’s biomass emissions are equivalent to going 100% coal i.....
» 1/09/2024 8:26:56 AM Plibersek presents as being very proficient, but look at the mess with the gold mine. What.....
» 31/08/2024 11:36:32 AM John, I am a real person presenting real opinions. You are a pretend person here spouting.....
» 29/08/2024 1:17:19 PM Too true wtf. There are the Norwegians making a killing from fossil fuels and here is Aust.....
» 28/08/2024 6:54:58 PM The CFMEU is to unionism as child abuse is to the Catholic Church. Like the Catholic Churc.....
» 27/08/2024 10:43:53 AM What colour were the first humans?.....
» 25/08/2024 10:36:21 AM "Well going from supporting the Nazi state to supporting the Communist state was a sm.....
» 25/08/2024 8:44:57 AM John, You are just splopping out ACF dogma. Very unoriginal. Try forming your own opinion.....
» 25/08/2024 8:27:49 AM Hi Foxy, Fun fact: What happened to all the Gestapo agents that ended up in East Germany?.....
» 25/08/2024 7:34:15 AM Paul "Fester, you are now ranting like some halfwit Nazi. Your last post is an absur.....
» 25/08/2024 7:08:07 AM John, You are only further demonstrating your pseudoscientific bent. Prime example of pse.....
» 24/08/2024 8:11:00 PM Rest easy in the knowledge that the good Albo and Pen Pen never waste an opportunity to in.....
» 24/08/2024 11:30:37 AM John, You said, "nuclear plants release small amounts of radiation during normal op.....
» 24/08/2024 8:18:39 AM Paul, "Not so Fester, the government announced that there would be a limited number .....
» 24/08/2024 7:47:46 AM John, from https://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23028&page=0#395891 Fro.....
» 23/08/2024 7:46:42 AM "I haven't changed my opinion either." So you are a liar, John? Just pathetic. .....
» 23/08/2024 7:03:48 AM "No, I don’t believe that someone living next to a nuclear power plant will necessari.....
» 23/08/2024 6:28:57 AM My impression is of yet another example of cult leader Albo treating democracy as an incon.....
» 18/08/2024 10:42:13 AM John, You accuse me of believing in pseudoscience for my skepticism of multi-decadal clim.....
» 18/08/2024 8:21:00 AM CM, I'd rather see a system that reacts against the concentration of power, so separation.....
» 17/08/2024 8:18:26 AM Hi CM, I'm more supportive of the social democrat model as it seems to give more egalitar.....
» 17/08/2024 8:06:40 AM John, "All the data points in one direction, too, so it’s not surprising that you’re.....
» 16/08/2024 6:01:53 PM John, "The same goes for catastrophes that were predicted by religious prophets that.....
» 15/08/2024 7:45:23 PM John, No argument that the world is warming, but very skeptical of catastrophists and lon.....
» 15/08/2024 6:46:13 PM Hi CM, Nuclear has an interesting history, but I find the economics of things complicated.....
» 15/08/2024 1:31:41 PM doog, "Lucas reactor is a sealed tank light water reactor for medical use and some s.....
» 15/08/2024 11:53:13 AM John, You argue that wind and solar technology will undergo massive cost reductions over .....
» 15/08/2024 10:43:07 AM Gosh, I think that AI is becoming quite entrenched in this forum, be it artificial intelli.....
» 14/08/2024 9:03:28 PM ttbn Arguments can reveal things about the participants as well as the subject. Plenty of.....
» 14/08/2024 4:40:45 PM doog, The more wind and solar capacity you have installed, the lower the wholesale price .....
» 14/08/2024 3:11:26 PM ttbn, People come here for all sorts of reasons and that is their business. For all you k.....
» 14/08/2024 2:01:03 PM ttbn, It is possible that the wholesale price of wind and solar will drop substantially, .....
» 14/08/2024 1:49:33 PM Graham, In John's defence I would argue that even a bad argument makes you think and seek.....
» 13/08/2024 2:40:34 PM John, "If you go back and re-read what I said regarding nuclear power plants causing.....
» 13/08/2024 9:39:34 AM John, "I haven't relied on optimism as an argument in favor of renewables. What I've.....
» 13/08/2024 8:56:03 AM Graham, I didn't think much of John's justification of his belief that a normally operati.....
» 12/08/2024 10:20:26 PM Thank you Banjo, Always an incredible amount of thought in your answers. I can't help but.....
» 12/08/2024 8:24:57 PM John, My concern is that the roll out of wind and solar is way too slow to make a differe.....
» 12/08/2024 3:51:15 PM ttbn, "I don't think any conclusions will be reached;" Anyone coming here and .....
» 12/08/2024 8:12:01 AM Maybe Australia will become like East Germany, poor but with a high medal tally. Wouldn't .....
» 11/08/2024 10:31:47 PM And here is a site that cult leader Albo would forbid his loyal mushrooms from visiting as.....
» 11/08/2024 9:46:42 PM Poor doog. Cult leader Albo is treating you like a mushroom it would seem. Yes, seven to n.....
» 11/08/2024 12:54:03 PM John, What caught my attention was the 1.5 trillion investment by 2030 and the 7-9 trilli.....
» 11/08/2024 11:17:47 AM And long may you be free to keep your family traditions Foxy......
» 11/08/2024 10:07:36 AM Poetry like that could get you jail time in Russia Foxy. Safe for you here fortunately. Th.....
» 11/08/2024 9:41:35 AM Hi Banjo, Is the truth of Ukraine crossing the Russian border subjective? Another point......
» 11/08/2024 7:17:30 AM John, "Mechanisms like contracts for difference (CFDs) and capacity markets are desi.....
» 10/08/2024 8:59:52 PM Hi AC, Yes, I miss AlanB too. I very much enjoyed his optimism that a bright future was p.....
» 10/08/2024 8:24:37 PM Ask yourself why the Albo cult wants you to lie to people. "You mean it took 30 year.....
» 10/08/2024 2:46:39 PM doog, Much of what you are being told is untrue. "There is no 300MwH reactors ever .....
» 10/08/2024 10:03:27 AM ttbn, Promises will only get them so far and will be fast undone when people see the fail.....
» 10/08/2024 9:29:39 AM John "The constant assurance that cheaper prices are just around the corner, only to.....
» 9/08/2024 3:05:12 PM "There is no costings because work on the first 300 MwH reactor has been abandoned as.....
» 9/08/2024 8:06:51 AM "Seoul authorities are looking to ban EVs from underground car parks." The auth.....
» 8/08/2024 8:22:23 PM Nuclear offers a lower carbon outcome than AEMO's wind and solar plan at half the cost. h.....
» 7/08/2024 7:45:01 AM Fourth graders. Exactly, and from time King Cnuts come here trying to move the tide, even .....
» 6/08/2024 6:46:26 PM "Anything there besides nuclear does not produce co2. " Like gas fired power an.....
» 4/08/2024 7:14:18 PM Has their profit margin changed? Wouldn't price gouging be unlawful for something like ele.....
» 4/08/2024 3:58:53 PM I don't think that you could get much further from a democracy than Nazi Germany or Imperi.....
» 4/08/2024 1:54:54 PM Hi AC, People always blame the outsider. Always have done. Goes by names like parochialis.....
» 4/08/2024 9:51:10 AM So why are South Australian's retail electricity prices 50% higher than the rest of Austra.....
» 4/08/2024 9:48:25 AM doog, What I meant was that you have to look at the the CO2 output for the whole system a.....
» 4/08/2024 9:39:01 AM Hi AC, I like to think that people are equal, regardless of what they think or where they.....
» 4/08/2024 9:18:15 AM Counterfeit medications are a significant income source for organised crime. A regulated i.....
» 4/08/2024 7:48:29 AM What about all the former Soviet states that are now democracies, the Czech Republic for e.....
» 3/08/2024 5:30:38 PM This argument reminds me of Noah and the flood, or of Sodom and Gomorrah. Hasn't it always.....
» 3/08/2024 1:25:10 PM doog, You might want to consider how much of the wind and solar is being used and how muc.....
» 2/08/2024 10:26:18 AM True. The rich are being heavily subsidised by taxpayers. They are given billions every ye.....
» 30/07/2024 8:47:56 PM "The United States produces 2,200 tons of nuclear waste each year…and no one knows wh.....
» 29/07/2024 9:21:06 PM "Don't know what page you are looking at, probably one written by Dutton" No, A.....
» 28/07/2024 7:34:56 PM "ALbo promised we would have cheaper power in 2025, as long as finances roll in as pl.....
» 28/07/2024 9:29:02 AM Taswegian, "I suggest he is not the full quid." Maybe Xi whispered a few words.....
» 28/07/2024 8:01:41 AM Oh dear. Look at AEMO now. South Australia, the state leading the way to our wind and sola.....
» 27/07/2024 9:37:58 PM "Given their long-term benefits, it’s incredibly short-sighted to entirely dismiss re.....
» 27/07/2024 8:30:31 PM John, The paradox for me are the contradictions of making electricity more expensive by i.....
» 27/07/2024 11:59:21 AM There is something that I have found confusing about renewable energy. When it was first a.....
» 25/07/2024 2:11:22 PM John, You criticise Lomborg for his criticism of heat related deaths. I think you misrepr.....
» 24/07/2024 9:27:54 PM John, Lomborg has been consistent in his message over the years, one of skepticism of cat.....
» 24/07/2024 8:39:23 PM And people thought the Sri Lankan government beyond stupid for going organic. Australia's .....
» 23/07/2024 9:20:45 PM Bjorn Lomborg gave a presentation recently and argued that doing nothing about climate cha.....
» 21/07/2024 4:06:22 PM John, "The LOEC is not dishonest. We have already been through this." That's b.....
» 20/07/2024 1:02:09 PM John, You keep repeating the same lies. You are reading from a script. LCOE is a dishones.....
» 19/07/2024 10:37:42 AM John, I've yet to see you quantify a single cost, which is remarkable given what you clai.....
» 16/07/2024 8:47:19 PM This is what "renewable energy superpower" entails. https://www.youtube.com/wat.....
» 16/07/2024 8:14:37 PM Looking at any argument as being about "them and us" is always an epic fail. It .....
» 16/07/2024 6:21:06 AM "So much hate and toxicity being spread here." Hmm. Yes, it should be like the .....
» 14/07/2024 9:09:17 PM It was like a pantomime or wrestling spectacle where members of the crowd shout and gestcu.....
» 14/07/2024 8:47:52 AM ttbn, I think of the irony of the Greens becoming a political force by stopping the Frank.....
» 12/07/2024 5:41:04 AM Correction. 90% of Australia's electricity could come from nuclear for the same cost as ho.....
» 12/07/2024 5:21:48 AM The Centre for Independent Studies claim that Australia could provide 90% of its electrici.....
» 10/07/2024 10:15:20 AM No, the UN isn't guiding Albo. More likely some super funds and wealthy Aussies wanting to.....
» 9/07/2024 10:29:47 AM No ttbn, I think it's the cheap safe and reliable batteries and other storage technologie.....
» 8/07/2024 7:15:56 PM CM, I think that was Vladimir Putin's job when he was in East Germany. There is also the .....
» 7/07/2024 5:37:00 PM I hope Labour has the balls to return the statues that Lord Elgin looted to the Greeks and.....
» 7/07/2024 7:31:25 AM Thanks Mikko, The Spectator has done wonderful work exposing the renewable energy con. He.....
» 6/07/2024 6:01:01 AM And you dispute the area that wind and solar will affect and the environmental harm that w.....
» 6/07/2024 5:06:20 AM John, Still peddling your dishonesty I see. Regarding Iceland, it is powered mostly by ge.....
» 4/07/2024 8:15:35 PM And Senator Fawcett discusses OECD modelling which shows that Australia will face exponent.....
» 3/07/2024 6:44:07 PM Bazz, For me it is the enormous amount of environmental damage from wind and solar compar.....
» 1/07/2024 9:25:47 PM John, No , as usual you don't answer the question. I asked you provide evidence of the ha.....
» 30/06/2024 3:38:36 PM John "I provide real-world examples and/or cost estimates every time I clarify a rea.....
» 30/06/2024 9:23:06 AM John, "Incidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima highlight potential risks" Are in.....
» 29/06/2024 7:28:05 PM "The notion that renewables are more expensive and environmentally destructive than n.....
» 29/06/2024 7:27:47 PM John, I checked the required area for 100% wind and solar and it isn't the size of Tasman.....
» 29/06/2024 8:07:52 AM To summarise, trying to power Australia with wind and solar will entail: -destroying a la.....
» 28/06/2024 9:08:09 PM I did find this summary of a workshop last year hosted by Argonne National Laboratory: ht.....
» 28/06/2024 5:37:37 PM David, As you've studied chemistry, the question I'd ask you relating to Copenhagen Atomi.....
» 28/06/2024 1:52:16 PM Creating a power grid with wind and solar will require the destruction of an area the size.....
» 28/06/2024 9:01:13 AM John, Nuclear reactors will use existing coal fired power station sites. They will have n.....
» 27/06/2024 9:46:10 AM "Surveys tell us over 70% of Australians support Albo's action re; Julian Assange.&qu.....
» 27/06/2024 8:29:16 AM I think it says a lot that as Assange is freed by a legal process in nations he is so crit.....
» 26/06/2024 8:36:13 PM Not at all, although I don't know why they took an interest. I don't think him a reformed .....
» 26/06/2024 7:57:23 PM "Will he move to a country more sympathetic to Russia?" You mean like would he .....
» 26/06/2024 7:33:00 PM John, Along with Hawaii, California has the most expensive electricity in the United Stat.....
» 26/06/2024 4:44:39 PM Good comments ttbn, but Albo will first need to do more opinion polling and brainstorming .....
» 26/06/2024 4:18:41 PM Thank you John. Yes, shortcomings is the norm with modelling, else we'd be living in Utopi.....
» 26/06/2024 1:58:03 PM For anyone interested, here is a link to the full paper by Idel presented at an IAEE confe.....
» 26/06/2024 1:31:04 PM John, What sort of footprint reduction is possible? This article discusses the issue: ht.....
» 26/06/2024 7:19:53 AM Hi AC, You find separating good and evil much easier than I do. I'm sure there were many .....
» 25/06/2024 7:32:56 PM Hi AC, All I want to know is the identity of the faith healer he consulted before being t.....
» 25/06/2024 3:12:48 PM Effectively he got five years in prison for destroying a lot of lives. At least the time h.....
» 25/06/2024 12:44:23 PM Well said Mav. Let's keep killing koalas and birds as well as destroying big chunks of the.....
» 25/06/2024 9:35:48 AM Yes, lots of lying, but it is pretty hard to cover up the positive nuclear experience in c.....
» 25/06/2024 7:39:56 AM Hi Paul, If it's all about expert opinion and doing what works, then why didn't ANSTO get.....
» 25/06/2024 5:49:24 AM The Greens were forged in a protest against damming the Franklin. Now they stake their fut.....
» 24/06/2024 5:04:51 PM There was enough water for coal fired generation, so it should not be an issue. Barakah us.....
» 24/06/2024 4:43:39 PM Some years ago Bill Gates suggested to Ziggy Switkowski that mobile telecommunication shou.....
» 24/06/2024 11:07:37 AM Hi Banjo, It's an issue of energy security (both from the vulnerability of solar panels t.....
» 24/06/2024 10:16:06 AM I see today's briefing is finished. Snowy 2.0 is a great argument against the push for ren.....
» 23/06/2024 5:02:14 PM Correct Foxy, and you are undeniably a role model for treating others with respect on this.....
» 23/06/2024 12:51:41 PM Too expensive. Too slow. Too dangerous. Nobody wants it. What's wrong with what we are doi.....
» 23/06/2024 8:26:26 AM Experts? I'm sure that the beneficiaries of hundreds of billions in sales and subsidies ar.....
» 22/06/2024 9:53:43 PM Indyvidual, I'd imagine that the indoctrinated are following their cult leader and learni.....
» 22/06/2024 7:17:56 PM Well said ttbn. Foxy, I like the view of Bjorn Lomborg, who argues that the best means o.....
» 22/06/2024 2:06:15 PM Foxy, "1) They haven't provided any details about how much it will cost." Exac.....
» 22/06/2024 12:27:02 PM Foxy, All of your points also apply to wind and solar. The only difference is that the wi.....
» 22/06/2024 11:37:27 AM ttbn, Agree. Nuclear power is the Voice 2.0. I'm waiting for an announcement on long term.....
» 22/06/2024 6:37:29 AM John Don't forget that renewables need a larger grid. The current grid accounts for 40% o.....
» 20/06/2024 8:48:48 PM Hi AC' "Yeah I'm ok with it, but whats the price tag and timeline?" Adi Paters.....
» 20/06/2024 8:01:47 PM John, You have conceded many technical challenges that wind and solar need to overcome to.....
» 20/06/2024 6:26:12 AM John, Delays and cost overruns in Finland and the US related to the impact of Fukushima a.....
» 19/06/2024 7:44:02 PM John, If your view that wind and solar are quicker and cheaper, then how is it that Franc.....
» 19/06/2024 10:23:08 AM Individual, Are you aware of the argument that nuclear is faster to build than wind or so.....
» 19/06/2024 6:19:57 AM Bazz, Looking at South Australia, with wind and solar you have to have backup gas anyway,.....
» 18/06/2024 8:33:40 PM Foxy, I'd draw to your attention John Kehoe's (the guy that Simon Holmes a Court wants to.....
» 18/06/2024 1:13:21 PM If that is all true Foxy, then why is France producing power at lower cost than Germany? F.....
» 18/06/2024 10:36:20 AM Paul, The other side of the question is "Can Australia power the grid with wind and .....
» 16/06/2024 5:19:59 PM I hope the next leader puts a stop to the economic and environmental train wreck of renewa.....
» 15/06/2024 10:33:21 PM For anyone believing Australia's grid can go 100% renewables, Stephen Wilson gives sound t.....
» 15/06/2024 3:25:34 PM mhaze, I think it's called toxic positivity. ttbn, Every nation has been guilty of lett.....
» 15/06/2024 11:10:52 AM ttbn, 'We need to concentrate on our own defence and our own region before it is too late.....
» 15/06/2024 8:25:17 AM ttbn I'm not sure whether you think Ukraine relevant, but I would suggest it is being clo.....
» 14/06/2024 9:02:43 AM "So much hassle - why don't we just get rid of electricity?!" Maybe because nea.....
» 14/06/2024 8:36:29 AM Indyvidual, Thanks for the explanation. It's certainly very useful in Israel, but in Aust.....
» 13/06/2024 10:45:57 AM A better measure of storage would be hours of average grid demand. The French got to 150% .....
» 12/06/2024 10:35:12 AM Thanks Paul. I suspect the belief that the world is going to Hell goes back a long way......
» 12/06/2024 7:17:42 AM Individual, What's the NMNS?.....
» 11/06/2024 6:36:40 PM "Surely then the NDIS is worthy of our support if it makes such an impact and differe.....
» 9/06/2024 8:38:07 PM Wow! $20 billion dollars in taxes rorted yearly from the ndis. Even by Bowen's "Whizz.....
» 9/06/2024 7:53:36 PM Indyvidual, Chernobyl is the worst disaster that could happen to a nuclear power plant an.....
» 8/06/2024 10:51:07 PM Bazz, I didn't know that containment vessels were useless with a graphite moderator, so t.....
» 7/06/2024 11:19:53 PM Interesting Bezza. Thanks. The story I heard about Chernobyl (Russians tell a lot of stor.....
» 7/06/2024 8:59:24 PM Indyvidual, Fukushima happened because its backup diesel generators were kept in the base.....
» 5/06/2024 7:24:07 AM Individual, I often read comments suggesting how much nuclear power enthusiasts would lik.....
» 5/06/2024 6:21:45 AM Well Individual, about half of Germany's renewable power comes from burning biomass, so it.....
» 4/06/2024 7:42:00 PM Hi John, Yes, the economics of renewables look wonderful for the Chinese selling the stuf.....
» 2/06/2024 9:40:31 PM ".No need for nuclear, either, give the time frame." Had Australia pursued nucl.....
» 2/06/2024 8:00:49 AM "The idea that wind and solar are neither cheap nor reliable is outdated." John,.....
» 1/06/2024 7:04:54 PM Hi John, "Research shows that shifting to renewable energy can create jobs, cut heal.....
» 1/06/2024 11:39:45 AM Yes indeed Foxy, but it's nice to add something. Brother Theodore used the line often in h.....
» 1/06/2024 11:16:14 AM Well, at least plagiarism will never die, and cult leader Albo's breakfast cereal will con.....
» 1/06/2024 9:38:31 AM No Dan, it isn't limited to politicians. It is people who believe themselves correct beyon.....
» 31/05/2024 4:58:16 PM Yes, cult leader Albo is indeed a great man and he makes a wonderful breakfast cereal as w.....
» 31/05/2024 4:05:13 PM Nice article. Like many catastrophists, the disaster is not from their predictions but of .....
» 31/05/2024 3:32:52 PM My goodness. Cult leader Albo will have a bigger tally than Jim Jones before too long. Do.....
» 28/05/2024 8:42:44 PM Another good article. The problem is that the electricity supply market has not been desig.....
» 26/05/2024 8:25:58 AM BS won't keep the lights on Bazz. I enjoyed reading one of Matt Canavan's recent submissio.....
» 24/05/2024 7:21:27 PM Cheer up Bazz. Geoff Carmody has written an excellent piece with strong and understandable.....
» 23/05/2024 6:04:54 AM Thanks for sharing why Gina didn't like her portrait. It must be quite useful to have such.....
» 22/05/2024 9:40:32 PM There are some very dodgy assumptions that CSIRO makes about nuclear power, not least a se.....
» 22/05/2024 7:22:03 PM And fortunately it wasn't Holbein who lost his head but Cromwell for arranging the marriag.....
» 22/05/2024 7:09:09 PM That's a very interesting tale Foxy. The "not the one in the picture" dupe is st.....
» 22/05/2024 10:39:04 AM Portraits are personal representations. They are very different from photographs taken for.....
» 21/05/2024 9:45:17 PM Having looked at Namatjira's piece, I think it quite a work of art: Engaging, fun, colourf.....
» 21/05/2024 7:32:18 PM Wasn't the Voice all about giving people a say in matters directly affecting them? It woul.....
» 20/05/2024 9:23:25 PM You can read all about silliness and nastiness by taking a look at what happened with the .....
» 20/05/2024 10:16:45 AM What happened to Joshua Smith's portrait? The protocol should be clear for such matters. P.....
» 18/05/2024 2:17:28 PM As with renewable energy I think the valid argument to be the economic shortcomings of the.....
» 18/05/2024 9:28:26 AM Hi AC, I take an alternative view of the conflict in Ukraine and believe it had more to d.....
» 18/05/2024 9:10:35 AM Thinking that a people bear you malice is the basis of any conflict, as is Russian propaga.....
» 18/05/2024 8:51:02 AM Once people take up that quest I think they are riding the big snake to the bottom. https.....
» 15/05/2024 6:18:07 AM Hi Random, The technical challenges and high cost of using hydrogen are well known, which.....
» 13/05/2024 7:54:21 PM What a lovely way to end a discussion. What OLO is at its best is much more about a sense .....
» 13/05/2024 7:25:53 PM Random, Energy storage is the greatest challenge of renewable energy, and is far from sol.....
» 12/05/2024 8:16:11 PM "And possibly - Julian Assange." For a libertarian old Jules doesn't have much .....
» 12/05/2024 11:06:02 AM ttbn, Maybe China's economic decline is another example of what happens when nations beco.....
» 12/05/2024 8:42:52 AM "Can anyone actually point to a US war of aggression, post WWII, where the result has.....
» 11/05/2024 5:05:48 PM Hi Foxy, It's depressing reading. I take the simplistic view that when societies fill the.....
» 11/05/2024 3:59:31 PM "I can't be held responsible for how you interpret things. I would also appreciate it.....
» 11/05/2024 8:46:59 AM Your link was related to Saddam Hussein's claim after America kicked his forces out of Kuw.....
» 11/05/2024 8:29:43 AM "Americans don't give a fark about non-Americans." So you oppose hatred and dis.....
» 11/05/2024 7:43:17 AM And what of Ukraine then Random? Ukrainians don't bring up their kids with a genocidal ide.....
» 10/05/2024 8:22:25 AM "I find the murder of 35,000 innocent people pretty compelling evidence." A hun.....
» 9/05/2024 6:37:49 PM Pell got off on a technicality. That makes my eyes roll too. Convicted on the testimony o.....
» 9/05/2024 6:09:11 PM Foxy, No, Kapos were not guards. They were inmates who cooperated with the Nazis in order.....
» 9/05/2024 11:24:05 AM "Read my entire post. I can't be held responsible for your lack of understanding in .....
» 9/05/2024 10:11:07 AM "Google - "Kapos" and do your research." Thanks Foxy. Paid up members.....
» 9/05/2024 9:01:14 AM I'd observe that things tend to get horrible when taken to extremes, like anarchy, Sociali.....
» 9/05/2024 7:41:04 AM Hi Random, Random = moron Yes, highly offensive and silly, but is it any less offensive .....
» 7/05/2024 7:35:47 AM Random = moron. Learn a little history and stop making idiotic and highly offensive compa.....
» 6/05/2024 9:11:35 PM Your understanding of history is a bit odd, but you got the country right. No, the situati.....
» 18/04/2024 6:59:53 AM Paul, You can deliver aid without abusing children. You should reflect on your hatred as .....
» 18/04/2024 6:00:32 AM What is essential to understand is how he came to think that stabbing the priest was a goo.....
» 17/04/2024 7:48:57 PM What is the state of mental health services for people in crisis? Andrew Cauchi tried to t.....
» 16/04/2024 7:40:49 PM Hi Paul, Yes, we live in a dynamic world, and the practice of religion varies. What's rel.....
» 15/04/2024 9:33:11 PM The Palestinian elites also heavily push and ideology of hatred and genocide, as this repo.....
» 15/04/2024 9:04:32 PM Hi Paul, They all need to stop hating as in all Palestinians and Israelis who hate one an.....
» 14/04/2024 10:04:43 PM Thanks Foxy, Yes, I think the discussion is pretty much exhausted. I don't think we agree.....
» 14/04/2024 12:25:38 PM "Many other allegations, about 20 in total, of Pell committing paedophilia have been .....
» 14/04/2024 6:38:02 AM "Your second 30 sec 'X' link is of two men, one armed, loading a dead body into a car.....
» 13/04/2024 10:35:39 PM Gosh. Go back a hundred and fifty years and some people thought indigenous Australians as .....
» 13/04/2024 5:28:39 PM Foxy, It would nice to see you make an argument instead of Jew bashing. What value do you.....
» 13/04/2024 4:22:36 PM Hi Paul, "from the river to the sea" is still a popular chant with Palestinians.....
» 13/04/2024 2:52:06 PM Hi ttbn, All I'm saying is that everyone presents much better in a discussion when they a.....
» 13/04/2024 1:30:26 PM Courtesy is always a winner ttbn. Why do you think you get baited all the time? I have lot.....
» 13/04/2024 12:04:02 PM "Of course the West relies on Israeli PM Netanyahu to agree to come to the table. So .....
» 13/04/2024 7:07:12 AM And speaking of useful idiots, this piece on the chairman of the Palestinian Authority is .....
» 13/04/2024 6:21:28 AM Hi Paul, As I've said, I think the olo community a bunch of ordinary people who care enou.....
» 12/04/2024 7:53:09 PM Who'd have thought ttbn? All the conservatives here on OLO with the eye of suspicion on th.....
» 12/04/2024 10:19:19 AM ttbn, You are forgetting Jew bashing. I think it is done for political reasons. Tony Burk.....
» 11/04/2024 8:14:44 PM "Why do our Muslim brothers in the Middle East do it? :(" No Mav, you don't tar.....
» 11/04/2024 10:32:08 AM How kids are educated is critical. The Nazis knew this and actively involved kids in the i.....
» 11/04/2024 6:22:16 AM "I get my information from reputable sources. You don't." Am I right in guessin.....
» 10/04/2024 8:35:39 PM You're welcome, Mav. Here is another for you. The same Jewish fellow as the other YouTubes.....
» 10/04/2024 8:08:05 PM Foxy, So an article by UNRWA saying that all the criticism of the organisation is misinfo.....
» 10/04/2024 12:59:10 PM Foxy, Here is where your site got its cut and paste, so yes it is a fig jam assessment. .....
» 9/04/2024 9:25:42 PM "Talking about UNRWA? THE FACTS ARE:" Umm, that statement was made by UNRWA. W.....
» 9/04/2024 10:23:34 AM The bigger fool believes he knows the real truth. I've heard claims that the food vans wer.....
» 8/04/2024 8:03:07 PM Hi AC, "The cause of the conflict is not that Arab nations wouldn't take the Palesti.....
» 7/04/2024 8:05:18 PM This Israeli has made numerous videos of the history of Israel and surrounding countries. .....
» 7/04/2024 2:56:11 PM Good for you, Foxy. It's simpler for me to cut out intermediaries and get your opinion fro.....
» 7/04/2024 10:55:28 AM People in glass houses Foxy, and you've thrown far more stones than me. What I question is.....
» 7/04/2024 7:26:45 AM You're welcome Mav. "Kids rote learning nasty play acting. They wouldn't know what t.....
» 6/04/2024 6:58:27 PM Hi Mav, You can see the horrific child abuse the current generation of Hamas terrorists s.....
» 6/04/2024 6:01:45 PM "Hatred was not taught to the kids in Gaza." Is that so, Foxy? UNWRA is doing a.....
» 6/04/2024 3:37:20 PM True, it's tragic for the kids, but an inevitable consequence of previous generations taug.....
» 6/04/2024 1:59:23 PM As the owner of occasionally barking dogs I can assure you that they more than make up for.....
» 6/04/2024 10:00:11 AM Thanks mhaze. What I found convincing about WSJ's analysis of the hospital car park bombin.....
» 6/04/2024 7:07:45 AM "A flood of false information, partisan narratives, and weaponized "fact-checkin.....
» 6/04/2024 6:49:28 AM Gazans have a Hitler Youth approach to bringing up their children, but at least they have .....
» 5/04/2024 2:54:32 PM Foxy, Everyone has opinions and should be free to hold them. Things drift into cultism wh.....
» 5/04/2024 1:41:29 PM Foxy "If you consider our PM a "cult leader," you must have a poor opinion.....
» 5/04/2024 12:02:28 PM Foxy, I remember you being insistent that the Uluru statement was a single page and backe.....
» 5/04/2024 11:17:57 AM Mav, First you misrepresent a fake propaganda piece: You suggest Israel is using AI to ki.....
» 5/04/2024 7:40:21 AM Mav "Even the Russians aren't working with Israeli AI software that justifies killin.....
» 4/04/2024 7:20:08 PM Where is mention in the piece that Gaza is controlled by a terrorist organisation that has.....
» 4/04/2024 4:03:25 PM If the hostages were returned and Gazans removed the terrorist government and Jew killing .....
» 4/04/2024 8:52:18 AM The hypocrisy and antisemitism is breathtaking. Ukraine was attacked without provocation (.....
» 3/04/2024 3:50:58 PM As Blackout pointed out, if the nuclear ban were lifted the government might have to hand .....
» 2/04/2024 7:30:18 PM As for the sexual assault allegations Alan, remember how Jules suggested they were CIA age.....
» 2/04/2024 12:25:53 PM There are always suckers who fall for the "well meaning" narcissist. Such a grea.....
» 1/04/2024 11:26:40 AM The Russian media are now claiming that the terrorist attack was masterminded by Elon Musk.....
» 16/03/2024 1:25:36 PM 100k successful tests in January. Is this how the Albo cult responds to public concerns ab.....
» 10/03/2024 10:17:48 AM The Russians still have plenty to barter with for weapons. Their credit is still good in I.....
» 9/03/2024 6:17:30 PM Hi Mox, You would do well to explore the past a little. On the matter of the independence.....
» 8/03/2024 11:21:43 PM Hi Mox, You need to go back a bit further. Hitler and Stalin had a pact in which they eac.....
» 8/03/2024 10:52:13 AM Hi Mav, I'd like to see Prof Quiggins costings. The contract with the South Koreans incre.....
» 7/03/2024 9:48:52 PM That is true Bazz, and I'd bet that Clive Palmer would be one of them. But to enable this .....
» 7/03/2024 9:33:17 PM Well said Yuyutsu. Democracy for me is about letting me be myself and not telling me who I.....
» 7/03/2024 9:30:20 PM Hi Mox, Banjo has given you succinct argument based not on biased media but on Putin's ow.....
» 6/03/2024 8:52:18 PM A great summary of the failure of renewables and the hack job on nuclear by Graham. The CS.....
» 5/03/2024 8:31:27 PM Russia is receiving an enormous amount of military aid in its unprovoked war against Ukrai.....
» 3/03/2024 8:56:19 PM ttbn The world has ever been hoist to Hell in a hand basket. I think that people will tur.....
» 3/03/2024 11:51:12 AM Hi Foxy, As with any suspected crime, due process needs to be followed. Material needs to.....
» 3/03/2024 11:45:06 AM Hi ttbn The last I heard the renewable energy industry was being subsidised to the tune o.....
» 3/03/2024 9:41:00 AM Hi Foxy, I agree with your speculation that the ASIO boss had passed on the information s.....
» 2/03/2024 10:57:21 AM The guy is a traitor and Australians have a right to know who it is. Maybe the ASIO boss s.....
» 1/03/2024 9:47:57 AM I hope the name gets out. It used to be called treason......
» 28/02/2024 9:36:43 PM Hi Banjo, I was wrong about Scott Rush. He is still in an Indonesian prison. Still, the B.....
» 27/02/2024 10:04:01 PM Hi Banjo, You reminded me of Scott Rush. That was very sad for his parents seeking help t.....
» 26/02/2024 9:49:45 PM "The China-initiated Belt and Road Initiative is a proven success. " Is this a .....
» 26/02/2024 10:43:28 AM Welcome to the world Foxy......
» 25/02/2024 2:40:17 PM Hi Foxy, Rather than polarity, I'd suggest that we are human beings with differing perspe.....
» 25/02/2024 11:21:36 AM Hi Banjo, "In the Wikileaks case, a Pentagon official told the McClatchy newspaper g.....
» 25/02/2024 8:45:01 AM "But having a man imprisoned for over 5 years without a trial - hardly speaks of fair.....
» 25/02/2024 8:33:53 AM Hi AC, I thought that Navalny was very much a part of the political system in Russia. Wes.....
» 24/02/2024 1:55:47 PM Hi Foxy, Brett didn't hang around for long and his biological dad is still calling for hi.....
» 24/02/2024 10:58:31 AM Hi Foxy, "Military sources and US investigators have not found any evidence that Ass.....
» 24/02/2024 8:17:07 AM Hi Banjo, None of your points have relevance to the extradition proceedings. What is in q.....
» 23/02/2024 3:05:33 PM Thanks AC, There are things I don't much like about Navalny. I was speculating on his mot.....
» 23/02/2024 12:40:53 PM Unlikely AC, Navalny was patriotic. He didn't care where he was as long as he was in Russ.....
» 23/02/2024 11:35:26 AM Hi AC, The irony of you remarks is the question of how the west managed to knock off Nava.....
» 23/02/2024 10:03:35 AM Hi Riely, I will explain the main problem of wind and solar which is very well understood.....
» 23/02/2024 9:38:35 AM Hi Foxy, You only need to compare Mr Shipton with Alexei Navalny to see how fairly he has.....
» 22/02/2024 4:37:08 PM That's a lovely proverb Foxy, but I expect to wait a bit longer. Th judgement will be an i.....
» 22/02/2024 11:02:09 AM Well said Alan. The reason Mr Shipton has been in prison and not out on bail is because he.....
» 22/02/2024 10:35:06 AM The current appeal is against the High Court judgement on Mr Shipton's extradition. That h.....
» 22/02/2024 6:20:43 AM Likening Mr Shipton to Navalny is the height of hipocracy. When did Navalny live in exile .....
» 21/02/2024 4:46:52 PM Hi Foxy, Yes I did read the links and found the information misleading to the point of di.....
» 21/02/2024 1:03:57 PM Reuters are good, but you get it from the horse's mouth if you look at the court transcrip.....
» 21/02/2024 10:18:47 AM That's a very truth light puff piece by Shipton fans Foxy. You would do better reading the.....
» 21/02/2024 6:22:03 AM An exhaustive legal process over several years would suggest that Mr Shipton does have a c.....
» 20/02/2024 10:38:19 AM Assange knew that his actions could result in people being harmed and killed. By the conve.....
» 20/02/2024 6:11:29 AM He has never faced trial and has spent years evading justice. He has never expressed remor.....
» 18/02/2024 7:49:51 PM To put it in perspective, the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE will produce over 40 .....
» 18/02/2024 3:17:36 PM Foxy, I have zero interest in the politics of energy. I just want to see a viable option .....
» 18/02/2024 2:36:12 PM Even "basket case" South Africa is planning for a low carbon energy supply with .....
» 18/02/2024 2:04:03 PM Australia has been pursuing renewable energy for the past fifteen years. By some estimates.....
» 16/02/2024 6:17:39 AM Don't forget that France built one and a half times it's power supply in fifteen years fro.....
» 14/02/2024 8:06:19 PM It's great to hear people speaking out against this insanity promoted but psychopathic con.....
» 14/02/2024 10:36:33 AM You make a very good point though Bazz. It is likely that Biden's staff are as much agains.....
» 14/02/2024 6:25:18 AM Do you see Bazz? People seem oblivious to the crime of unelected people exercising preside.....
» 12/02/2024 3:44:05 PM Alan, Going on about what a grub Trump is makes Biden no less a grub nor less demented, m.....
» 12/02/2024 10:06:00 AM Given the speed of Biden's cognitive decline it is unlikely that he will last until the el.....
» 10/02/2024 12:34:37 PM Thank you for emphasizing my point Foxy. I don't like Trump either, but I still think that.....
» 9/02/2024 3:41:48 PM The positive take from this is that when the public perceives unfair treatment of a person.....
» 6/02/2024 7:43:55 PM Nigel Farage discusses the wind energy scam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj21OgevMwU .....
» 6/02/2024 10:23:40 AM I think that a fact check is needed, maybe by the experts who looked into the Uhluru State.....
» 5/02/2024 10:15:54 PM Alan and Mox, Don't you imagine that people in the medical field, their families and frie.....
» 2/02/2024 2:44:05 PM Shadowminister, A lot of Ukrainians have fled the country and many in recently invaded Uk.....
» 30/01/2024 10:11:52 PM Thank you CM. You think a lot about the world, like AC. I guess that my positive view of m.....
» 30/01/2024 7:12:55 PM Banjo, Thank you very much for the explanation. You are very patient and courteous with m.....
» 30/01/2024 7:06:50 PM ttbn, No point in fighting people. That just leaves me feeling depressed. I'm glad you fi.....
» 29/01/2024 8:48:28 PM Hi AC, I think the one thing we can do against the silliness is to be courteous to one an.....
» 29/01/2024 12:26:47 PM My goodness Foxy. Some points of agreement with you. Wonders will never cease......
» 29/01/2024 10:02:31 AM A wonderfully succinct article. It is a shame to see a PM presiding over division and hat.....
» 29/01/2024 9:28:24 AM Thank you for your candor CM. You remind me of the people who'd go on about pure "En.....
» 29/01/2024 8:55:49 AM "I did not claim that Australia was a ‘genocidal’ colony" Yes you did Banjo. He.....
» 28/01/2024 9:24:11 PM My view is that people who obsess over skin colour in this day and age are just barking ma.....
» 28/01/2024 9:14:02 PM CM, What's wrong with a society where everyone is treated equally? Isn't that the gold st.....
» 28/01/2024 8:37:42 AM Hi Banjo, Homo sapiens are one species, originating in Africa. The difference you see in .....
» 27/01/2024 11:47:18 PM Paul, I've thought of you as a Don Quixote type character, but after accusing me of being.....
» 27/01/2024 7:16:01 PM Hi Indy, There are lots of people in the world who believe that only other people are cap.....
» 27/01/2024 5:17:12 PM Hi Paul, I guess that in common with Nazis I'd share a love of the natural world, so in t.....
» 27/01/2024 4:04:43 PM Who does this sound like? (hint: not me) "Israel “is a pure genocidal state, make no.....
» 27/01/2024 3:27:17 PM Hi Paul, My support for those neo-Nazis would be less than yours Paul, and there are plen.....
» 27/01/2024 1:17:22 PM Foxy, As I said, you don't have to answer questions, but I'd prefer it if you didn't resp.....
» 27/01/2024 12:39:53 PM That doesn't answer any of my questions Foxy. No one has an obligation to answer a questio.....
» 27/01/2024 11:10:21 AM Hi Foxy, What is your alternative to colonisation? Further, nearly all Australians would .....
» 26/01/2024 8:21:49 PM Josephus Yes, some Palestinians embrace the values of "them and us", "we w.....
» 26/01/2024 3:57:22 PM ttbn, If shouty day can settle people down it would be good. I wouldn't mind a shouty day.....
» 26/01/2024 10:30:35 AM Yes, I've noticed that cult leader Albo has a personality for every occasion. The trouble .....
» 26/01/2024 9:40:21 AM Foxy, The Voice, which you wholly supported, was all about division and exclusion. It was.....
» 26/01/2024 8:55:00 AM But Foxy, your dialogue, as with the Voice, is all about "Them and us", "We.....
» 25/01/2024 8:45:45 PM Indy, I think we need a weekly "Shouty Day" to give an outlet for all the hatre.....
» 25/01/2024 6:22:33 PM Hi Nathan, I just thought of a new advertising slogan for Woollies: From the dessert to .....
» 25/01/2024 6:15:20 PM Hi AC, One point to add on Russia's economy is that Putin was helped greatly at the start.....
» 25/01/2024 5:22:48 PM Hi Mikko, Not so much overlooked, but extremely difficult to model as they are capable of.....
» 25/01/2024 4:10:22 PM Hi Foxy, My opinion is that if the date for Australia Day is to be changed it should be v.....
» 25/01/2024 2:42:59 PM Like North Korea Foxy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_North_Korea &quo.....
» 25/01/2024 2:06:27 PM I doubt that there is a nation today that is untouched by a traumatic past. England is no .....
» 25/01/2024 12:50:07 PM Water vapour can also form clouds which reflect heat. It has been speculated that before t.....
» 25/01/2024 11:32:40 AM There you go again Foxy. Verbatim from cult leader Albo's instruction to the faithful. Jus.....
» 25/01/2024 11:26:47 AM Most remembrances/celebrations are annual events with majority public support. Welcome/ack.....
» 25/01/2024 9:28:02 AM Hi Alan, It might surprise you that most of the Earth's atmospheric CO2 has been sequeste.....
» 25/01/2024 8:40:32 AM Hi AC, I doubt anyone could believe that waging war can create prosperity, yet you seem t.....
» 25/01/2024 6:52:10 AM Maybe cult leader Albo should make earning a high income a crime, with exemptions for publ.....
» 24/01/2024 7:29:28 PM There is the effect of rock weathering as an absorber of CO2 to consider as well. More CO2.....
» 24/01/2024 7:22:21 PM Thanks for the link Foxy. My computer autocorrects for me, so there is no need to fix the .....
» 24/01/2024 6:17:25 PM Shadowminister, Yes, I did see that. The Ukrainians are awesome innovators, but Europe an.....
» 24/01/2024 3:38:25 PM Yuyutsu, You can look at the development of British justice in parallel with the developm.....
» 24/01/2024 2:26:00 PM Look at what happened last year: A great interaction between the Antarctic atmosphere and .....
» 24/01/2024 7:05:43 AM "Julian Assange was neither ever an American citizen, nor been in America when commit.....
» 24/01/2024 5:45:01 AM Hi AC, Regardless of origin, the effectiveness and economy of drones is clear, turning ch.....
» 23/01/2024 8:54:34 PM A fascinating vid of fpv drone use in the Ukraine war. Imagine if they find a way to attac.....
» 23/01/2024 3:15:43 PM I'm besieged with bush turkeys, so I confine myself to herbs in pots, a few citrus trees, .....
» 23/01/2024 11:20:02 AM Hear hear Alan! The reason the process continues is because Assange has been doing all he .....
» 23/01/2024 11:03:44 AM Good for you, Foxy. Marmalade I find more satisfying to make, but I cannot pass up making .....
» 23/01/2024 6:06:43 AM Strawberries originated in North America apparently Paul, https://www.thespruceeats.com/h.....
» 22/01/2024 5:28:26 PM I'll be having a bit of strawberry jam I've just made Paul. Tricky stuff to make as it can.....
» 22/01/2024 2:59:30 PM Foxy, Might I remind you that the undertone of this topic is that support of Australia Da.....
» 21/01/2024 10:56:46 PM I'd say none of the above, and I'd wager that instances of blokes spending a few nights in.....
» 21/01/2024 12:10:46 PM Foxy, If you ever leave the Alvo cult l hope you will learn that people are neither good .....
» 21/01/2024 5:57:21 AM Well nothing has changed since cult leader Albo burned half a billion trying to establish .....
» 20/01/2024 6:04:07 PM Foxy, "The Australian Museum makes it clear that:" They are just part of that .....
» 20/01/2024 11:43:08 AM "He's being punished because he exposed wrongdoing within the US." Wrong AC. As.....
» 20/01/2024 9:41:09 AM ttbn, I believe that people should be interested, but rather than a narrative of hatred, .....
» 20/01/2024 8:51:57 AM What astonishes me is the breathtaking hypocrisy. The revolting Julian Assange continues h.....
» 17/01/2024 7:22:29 PM Hi Andras, Think about metrics like "system cost". If you had a basic understan.....
» 17/01/2024 6:11:26 AM Hi Andras, The linked article you provided makes no mention of dispatchable energy. Non-d.....
» 16/01/2024 8:52:44 PM ttbn, Jacinta Price's much repeated statement that you are just as much an Australian whe.....
» 16/01/2024 5:07:48 PM The person I work with who is the most enthusiastic about the flag and Australia Day decor.....
» 16/01/2024 5:39:37 AM Two Russian surveillance aircraft out of action AC......
» 15/01/2024 8:32:55 PM Fewer than 20% of Australians want the date changed. There's nothing like being in the maj.....
» 14/01/2024 3:06:06 PM Hi AC, Have you wondered why the Ukrainian positions aren't being hit heavily with glide .....
» 13/01/2024 8:32:16 PM ttbn, You are correct. A silly topic to be sucked in by. Perhaps the things I find most d.....
» 13/01/2024 12:26:20 PM Maybe it is a little sinister. Qantas got right behind the Voice with donations, free flig.....
» 13/01/2024 9:43:51 AM Yes, it's all so innocuous. I can't understand the fuss. Just like the Voice: A harmless a.....
» 13/01/2024 6:21:55 AM It's all part of the fantasy. Republican Australia, powered by windmills and solar panels,.....
» 12/01/2024 11:15:53 AM No good options for them AC, but far more Ukrainians think capitulation to Russia the wors.....
» 11/01/2024 10:48:46 AM Hi AC, You should recognise the three pillars of Russian propaganda in Ukraine. One is th.....
» 7/01/2024 8:57:53 PM Hi AC, Some time back the Russian army could use their artillery advantage to advance. La.....
» 7/01/2024 2:51:16 PM Hi AC, At the start of the war Russia was firing up to 60k artillery rounds per day. Now .....
» 6/01/2024 12:03:40 PM Hi AC, Russia is short of ammunition and equipment as well, and it does not seem to have .....
» 6/01/2024 11:30:02 AM Good for you Steele. It is nice to see you discussing something of consequence. 20,000 squ.....
» 4/01/2024 6:19:57 AM Hi AC, Russia might assemble their drones, but they don't make them, at least not the ele.....
» 3/01/2024 1:21:44 PM There isn't an environmentally catastrophic project that won't be rubber stamped because i.....
» 31/12/2023 8:37:37 PM People are people, but when you adopt the "You people" philosophy, it allows you.....
» 30/12/2023 10:08:03 AM ttbn, I think Albo well intentioned. What I see as his main character flaw is his inabili.....
» 29/12/2023 5:44:42 PM Albanese's handling of the Voice sums up his leadership: Announce a situation of great urg.....
» 27/12/2023 6:16:34 PM I love the irony of Bob Brown founding the Australian Greens on the basis of opposition to.....
» 26/12/2023 6:10:39 PM Shadowminister That is the advantage of having long range weapons that are accurate. You .....
» 25/12/2023 9:59:05 AM Hi AC, Two radars are used. One short range to detect the jets and the Patriot system kep.....
» 24/12/2023 9:05:09 PM Hi AC, What is known with certainty is that three Russian jets were shot down in Kherson......
» 24/12/2023 11:20:37 AM ttbn If Ukraine loses it is finished as a nation. Russia can withdraw its forces from Ukr.....
» 24/12/2023 7:49:43 AM Shadowminister The downing of three Su34s was done by using shorter range radar near the .....
» 20/12/2023 5:01:00 PM Hi AC, I think that the reason countries join NATO is not to invade Russia, but for fear .....
» 20/12/2023 7:16:45 AM And a former ANSTO head writes to cult leader Albo, pointing out numerous examples of wher.....
» 18/12/2023 8:11:44 PM Hi AC, Putin is resolved to keep fighting, and Russia is getting lots of assistance from .....
» 16/12/2023 6:47:20 AM AEMO released its draft Integrated System Plan yesterday: https://aemo.com.au/-/media/fil.....
» 15/12/2023 1:24:48 PM Hi Syoksya, "Moreover, despite the efficiency of the thorium cycle, the end-of-life .....
» 15/12/2023 7:05:14 AM Hi Syoksya, Synergy is a Western Australian energy supply company. The report was about t.....
» 10/12/2023 10:05:53 PM Hi Syoksya, "the report is standard practice and doesn't suggest a conspiracy" .....
» 10/12/2023 6:04:21 PM Hi Syoksya, I agree that renewable solar is getting cheaper, but there are inherent probl.....
» 10/12/2023 10:10:47 AM Hi Syoksya, "The assertion that renewable energy invariably becomes more expensive w.....
» 10/12/2023 7:33:06 AM Hi Syoksya, "So, while it’s true that Germany’s pursuit of renewable energy has led .....
» 9/12/2023 4:04:22 PM Hi Syokska, "Claiming all metrics regarding renewable energy costs are "dishone.....
» 9/12/2023 11:32:32 AM Hi Syoskya, "while it’s true that Germany’s pursuit of renewable energy has led to h.....
» 9/12/2023 7:35:16 AM "Moreover, renewable energy prices are declining rapidly and are expected to continue.....
» 9/12/2023 6:01:18 AM "Furthermore, the cost of nuclear power has historically been high, and there is no g.....
» 7/12/2023 8:20:15 PM Bazz, Yes, I've read of the six too eight times average demand from wind and solar if you.....
» 6/12/2023 6:25:22 AM Unlike prisoners, they are free to leave Australia at any time they so choose. It is deten.....
» 5/12/2023 1:27:08 PM It's all so Henny Penny with Albo and Bowen convinced of the coming catastrophe. Foxywoxy .....
» 3/12/2023 1:07:11 PM Hi Bazz, There are two supply problems with renewable energy. The first is the chaotic po.....
» 30/11/2023 7:10:50 AM Bazz, No one mentions duplication because they are struggling with the renewable energy p.....
» 27/11/2023 1:07:31 PM No, no plan b, but worse, no working prototype for proof of concept. There was a pumped hy.....
» 27/11/2023 7:18:10 AM New ideas are fine with me. What concerns me is taking the country into the unknown, blowi.....
» 25/11/2023 4:42:17 PM The GenCost report mentions dispatchable energy once. When discussing levelised cost of en.....
» 25/11/2023 10:04:51 AM Hi Paul, Given that the past is defined, unlike the future, we all tend to live in it som.....
» 25/11/2023 5:37:25 AM Hi Paul, There is no shortage of evidence demonstrating that renewables are very unreliab.....
» 24/11/2023 5:24:35 PM Foxy, Repeating the renewable energy chant of your cult party won't make the impossible h.....
» 24/11/2023 12:41:44 PM The intention of the Albanese government is to give people the impression that making rene.....
» 24/11/2023 8:10:38 AM Nuclear energy is dismissed as too expensive, yet I find the claim extraordinary given tha.....
» 24/11/2023 5:17:12 AM Hi Paul, Agree. What interested me was that he wanted to build a coal fired power plant w.....
» 23/11/2023 8:20:59 PM Power is certain to become far more expensive and unreliable if governments pursue a heavi.....
» 19/11/2023 9:40:07 PM Oh dear Steele. Your commentary reminds me of the spoof BBC journo sympathising with a Ham.....
» 19/11/2023 8:53:05 AM And by his own admission Foxy, Pappe considers facts as subservient to the ideology being .....
» 19/11/2023 7:04:19 AM Hi Foxy, Ilan Pappe has opinions that are much contested, and has been accused of fabrica.....
» 18/11/2023 4:26:30 PM "They say that Israel's aim all along has been the expulsion of Palestinians into the.....
» 18/11/2023 12:37:39 PM "The fear by Arab nations appears to be that Israel wants to force a permanent expuls.....
» 18/11/2023 10:55:04 AM Israel is in proximity to nations with 600 million Arabic inhabitants. None of them are he.....
» 18/11/2023 10:28:02 AM Hi AC, With Russia's invasion of Ukraine/murder of its civilian population, the justifica.....
» 18/11/2023 8:37:46 AM Hi Steele, I believe in democracy. My understanding is that it means that we are all equa.....
» 17/11/2023 5:48:39 PM Hi Yuyutsu, Good points. It is nice to see someone without a "them and us" pers.....
» 17/11/2023 4:47:09 PM "This video from the BBC verify also casts doubts on the Hospital weaponry stashes wh.....
» 17/11/2023 4:08:17 PM "It should be able to be shared by both - living side by side peacefully." Yes,.....
» 17/11/2023 10:42:56 AM Hi AC, As extremists, I think that the hierarchy of Hamas didn't envisage the IDF getting.....
» 17/11/2023 9:51:57 AM Contrary to your belief AC, the IDF did find a tunnel. https://www.reuters.com/world/midd.....
» 16/11/2023 9:22:25 PM The strategy of Hamas terrorists was for other nations to engage in war with Israel when t.....
» 16/11/2023 8:33:14 PM Where's the "fact check"? Maybe they could use the same people who told us how l.....
» 16/11/2023 1:19:02 PM This was a few hours ago from Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-r.....
» 16/11/2023 6:13:14 AM Yes, I am sure that the IDF will be inviting journalists for a tour of the terrorist base .....
» 14/11/2023 6:21:46 AM Yes, Bronwyn made a silly accusation, but the ABC from my perspective is anti-Israel, pro-.....
» 12/11/2023 10:19:34 PM What purpose does Hamas serve aside from subjugating Gazans, destroying Israel, and giving.....
» 12/11/2023 6:47:01 AM Hi AC "SM is right about Hamas leaders and their children living it up while the reg.....
» 11/11/2023 4:46:17 PM Hi AC, How will Hamas rearm while Russia is fighting in Ukraine? Russia's main threats ar.....
» 10/11/2023 10:52:24 AM Cyber crime is reality, but the question is whether it could have been better prepared for.....
» 9/11/2023 6:14:29 AM Okay AC. So all those murdered Israelis, including many women and children, were off duty .....
» 8/11/2023 7:11:42 PM Hi AC It's a shame you don't feel the same for the Ukrainian citizens murdered by Russia .....
» 8/11/2023 7:04:28 PM Like Jeremy the Jew hater Corbin, I think that they are in denial of their blatant antisem.....
» 8/11/2023 1:15:45 PM "Renewables push NEM electricity prices down to historical levels." That's an e.....
» 8/11/2023 7:22:12 AM Thanks for that ttbn. Breakthrough is a tad overused these days. I'm still waiting for the.....
» 7/11/2023 12:43:14 PM Has there been a resolution of the offshore wind cable failures?.....
» 6/11/2023 7:06:10 PM Un-Australian? Jeez Steele, I thought that we were just a bunch of peanuts, although I wil.....
» 5/11/2023 1:48:51 PM A terrorist organisation has dug a network of fortified tunnels and formed an army with a .....
» 5/11/2023 12:49:59 PM "According to the International Energy Agency: "About USD 2.8 trillion is set to.....
» 5/11/2023 10:38:17 AM And this was Max's pet pumped hydro project, now abandoned because it is not economically .....
» 5/11/2023 10:35:05 AM The reason all those con artist renewable energy spruikers are coming here is because of a.....
» 5/11/2023 8:18:20 AM Solar is still non-dispatchable energy no matter how cheap it is to produce. It's all the .....
» 4/11/2023 3:29:25 PM Oh dear AC, not the thieving Jew again? The Palestinians could have had 80% in 1948, but a.....
» 4/11/2023 11:01:18 AM Antisemitism is a more honest word. Anti-Zionism is just antisemitism for intelligent peop.....
» 4/11/2023 9:37:55 AM As with all learned antisemites Foxy, I'm sure that you arrived at your position after an .....
» 4/11/2023 5:40:46 AM "You must have meant 1967 - until then Gaza was an Egyptian territory." And Egy.....
» 3/11/2023 3:57:57 PM Foxy, Good for you. I'm sure that a well informed antisemite is far more respectable than.....
» 3/11/2023 1:06:48 PM "That's why as I keep saying - knowing the full history of the area and sorting the m.....
» 3/11/2023 10:41:21 AM "When peaceful opposition to Israel's policies (nad its not antiSemitic to criticize .....
» 3/11/2023 9:45:29 AM Hi AC, Hamas wants civilians to be killed and makes no effort to protect them whilst cond.....
» 3/11/2023 8:47:42 AM "But it is becoming increasingly clear that the war is in pursuit of a second goal:&q.....
» 3/11/2023 7:50:12 AM Hi AC, I'm sure that the likes of Breivik and Tarrant would find your reasoning of the co.....
» 3/11/2023 6:03:55 AM Hamas is a heavily armed terrorist organisation avowed to destroying Israel. Whether peopl.....
» 2/11/2023 10:22:42 AM So 44% of people voted in a terrorist party. Now they have a terrorist authoritarian theoc.....
» 31/10/2023 9:48:52 PM Thank for the explanation AC. So you see the conflict as part of the battle between democr.....
» 30/10/2023 7:18:46 PM ttbn, How do you reflect on your own view of immigrants in light of the hatred of Palesti.....
» 30/10/2023 7:50:59 AM Be fair ttbn. I am sure that they were only following orders......
» 29/10/2023 5:24:34 PM Dodging the question Foxy. Mass murderers like Tarrant, Breivik and Goldstein are demonise.....
» 29/10/2023 3:36:13 PM Thanks Foxy. I note that his depravity wasn't celebrated by Israelis like Palestinians did.....
» 29/10/2023 2:44:38 PM Hi AC, How would you compare the Hamas terrorists who went into Israel on October 7 with .....
» 28/10/2023 11:20:54 AM Foxy, When you stop getting your information from filtered sources like the antisemitic A.....
» 28/10/2023 10:28:07 AM Hi Paul, Hatred is an individual choice. I find people saying "Oh, but it's all so c.....
» 28/10/2023 5:48:36 AM Hi Paul, What I objected to was Foxy saying: "We're told that the West is responsib.....
» 27/10/2023 8:22:21 PM I support you as well Yuyutsu. According to Foxy we are to blame for the depravity of thos.....
» 26/10/2023 8:05:09 PM Here is a tape of the fellow gloating to his parents about the ten Jews that he just murde.....
» 26/10/2023 4:35:31 PM Maybe it gets filtered on the news sites you visit Foxy? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news.....
» 26/10/2023 1:24:56 PM That's a good sentiment Foxy. Perhaps you could tell me how this fellow's motivation diffe.....
» 25/10/2023 10:21:50 AM The Jewish migrants have only ever been given two options by the resident population: Leav.....
» 22/10/2023 8:01:07 PM Indyvidual, Listening to Bob Katter today I got the impression that the communist system .....
» 22/10/2023 9:29:58 AM Indyvidual, On the positive side, the referendum did bring the plight of remote indigenou.....
» 21/10/2023 8:29:03 AM "people who cannot live peacefully with their neighbors." That's very euphemist.....
» 21/10/2023 7:53:22 AM Of course AC. I take everything with a grain of salt. I would point out that attempts are .....
» 20/10/2023 11:04:57 PM But am sure that we are in complete agreement of the total horror of it all. Just sickenin.....
» 20/10/2023 9:26:26 PM The Voice was about having more of the same, with the beneficiaries enjoying constitutiona.....
» 20/10/2023 4:23:44 PM Yes, that is interesting AC. The Ukrainians have moved to smaller operations and they seem.....
» 20/10/2023 7:43:03 AM Hi AC, Yes, it was ATACMS. Five of them disabled two airfields and Russia's helicopter st.....
» 19/10/2023 7:52:24 PM Hi Foxy, You might behave like Katrina if you have a limited understanding or respect for.....
» 19/10/2023 10:20:10 AM And with rants like this we might have a little peace from some moral authoritarians soon......
» 19/10/2023 6:18:10 AM I guess that another example of having things forced on us would be the prospect of treaty.....
» 18/10/2023 6:39:30 PM Hi AC, Russia just lost a number of helicopters. Do you think that the Ukrainians might b.....
» 18/10/2023 10:34:24 AM Another comment I'd make is that the gap still exists, but I would at least give credit fo.....
» 17/10/2023 9:06:17 PM I think the question being posed is "What happens when a technically and socially adv.....
» 15/10/2023 9:16:53 PM Interesting interview of Netanyahu by Jordan Peterson on the Jewish state. Claims that the.....
» 15/10/2023 8:50:06 AM Good to know that there were checks being done Josephus. Don't feel glum about Albo AC. H.....
» 15/10/2023 7:17:34 AM Yes, hopefully it might be the the start of a new approach to closing the gap. Fifty years.....
» 15/10/2023 6:49:10 AM States cannot make treaties. That is in the Constitution. Maybe Australia needs another re.....
» 14/10/2023 10:46:03 PM Yes, if welcome to country/acknowledgement of country remains, it will not surprise me. Re.....
» 14/10/2023 10:14:24 PM I wonder how many people will be charged for casting multiple votes? Maybe they will get a.....
» 14/10/2023 6:51:50 AM Thank AC, You are well informed as always. The only problems I see with phosphorus is tha.....
» 13/10/2023 9:47:13 PM Yes, it is certainly a very large amount of hardware that the Russians are deploying. I ev.....
» 13/10/2023 7:00:55 PM Hi AC, What is your view of the recent spike in Russian losses? Avdiivka has taken a terr.....
» 11/10/2023 10:03:06 PM That's a brilliant idea AC......
» 11/10/2023 9:38:59 PM “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Special Delivery, Special Delivery s.....
» 11/10/2023 9:15:35 PM Dear Foxy, It was an illegal protest full of hatred. The police did not have the bottle t.....
» 11/10/2023 7:08:35 AM Enjoying the company of Voice supporters who were burning Israeli flags and calling for th.....
» 11/10/2023 6:14:58 AM Hi Josephus, Yes, I'd wondered why some Muslims were supporting the Voice. I hope that Fo.....
» 9/10/2023 8:06:40 PM Hi Indyvidual, I think that the knowledge of people is becoming more specialised. I also .....
» 9/10/2023 6:28:51 AM Hi AC, No offence taken. You certainly do your research . There are too many examples of .....
» 8/10/2023 8:57:33 PM Hi AC, "Hamas thanking Ukraine for the weapons" I am sorry to find you unhappy.....
» 8/10/2023 7:06:13 AM Dear Foxy, "I hope that if you haven't voted yet that you will at least consult your.....
» 7/10/2023 2:33:03 PM Dear Foxy, Indigenous women have had the right to vote in South Australia since 1856. Mos.....
» 7/10/2023 11:28:46 AM Hi Paul, Warren Mundine's remark on educational parity being a means of closing the gap i.....
» 7/10/2023 10:05:04 AM Dear Foxy, "That's why we need an official Indigenous body that can't be brushed asi.....
» 7/10/2023 8:37:18 AM Well said Viv. We are all Australians, equal and responsible for one another. The Voice is.....
» 7/10/2023 7:11:03 AM Dear Foxy, Indigenous Australians have the same rights as other Australians and have twic.....
» 4/10/2023 8:19:34 PM "So we do need to think carefully about the long term implications of going down the .....
» 3/10/2023 6:21:57 AM Hi AC, As an example of Russian propaganda take the example of the Canadian parliament mi.....
» 2/10/2023 9:05:40 PM Hi Baygon, There is no difficulty, just ideologically driven stupidity and a bunch of con.....
» 2/10/2023 5:35:51 AM "but it's the Ukrainians that are going to wake up to the senseless destruction and r.....
» 1/10/2023 1:50:08 PM Alan, Conventional nuclear power would be a good start, but there are still many people w.....
» 30/09/2023 3:06:03 PM Hi Allen, The domestic biodigesters I have seen look very rustic, so I would guess the ec.....
» 30/09/2023 2:46:06 PM Hi AC, Yes, fog of war. Not a good view from the peanut gallery, but safe from stray bull.....
» 30/09/2023 10:50:18 AM Dear Foxy, "If Black problems in this country keep on trying to be solved by white p.....
» 30/09/2023 10:35:16 AM Hi AC, What happened to the 150k troops and equipment that Russia committed to the Northe.....
» 27/09/2023 8:53:22 PM ttbn Thank you, but I don't think I'd ever convince anyone of anything. I think of the fo.....
» 27/09/2023 8:03:58 PM Hi Paul, We all see the world our own way. That doesn't make us good or bad or insincere......
» 27/09/2023 7:12:17 AM It seems that the harder the yes campaigners try the faster their support evaporates. I'm .....
» 26/09/2023 10:25:12 AM "And how many people turned up last week-end for the No campaign rallies compared to .....
» 26/09/2023 7:20:22 AM It will be lucky to crack trirty Indy. As for my objection to acknowledgement/welcome to c.....
» 25/09/2023 8:05:06 PM Dear Steele, What is nasty is coercion and a cult leader pushing indigenous apartheid. I .....
» 23/09/2023 7:59:23 PM Accountability and transparency are probably far more important. The Voice could make the .....
» 23/09/2023 12:52:09 PM You are right Bazz. Nuclear could deliver Australia cheaper low-carbon energy, generate fo.....
» 23/09/2023 11:18:06 AM Hi AC, Western nations have a very large military resource, mainly because of the aggress.....
» 22/09/2023 9:00:12 AM The most important asset of the Russian armed forces is the senile and inept Joe Biden. Bi.....
» 21/09/2023 10:19:06 AM Yes, extraordinary how silent and uncritical some media has been about the nuclear cost es.....
» 21/09/2023 6:11:17 AM Chris Bowen has got the ball rolling with a nuclear cost estimate for replacing coal. Sugg.....
» 20/09/2023 7:40:21 PM Aside from dividing Australia on the basis of ancestral heritage and creating democratic i.....
» 17/09/2023 6:19:50 AM Dear Banjo, I think the word you want is identical. No, people are not identical. Even id.....
» 17/09/2023 5:49:19 AM I take the view that everyone has their own perspective of the world, and to suggest that .....
» 16/09/2023 3:32:32 PM Yes, Senator Price was wonderful at the National Press Club with her parents and husband l.....
» 16/09/2023 2:53:43 PM And he copped a lot racist slurs at his expense. Forty plus years ago on Hey Hey it's Satu.....
» 16/09/2023 9:14:11 AM Kamahl is voting no, objecting to the Voice as being apartheid and racial privilege. Kamah.....
» 15/09/2023 8:28:38 PM Dear Foxy, You shouldn't feel sad about the debate spurred by the Voice. I feel it a very.....
» 15/09/2023 10:29:54 AM Maybe the Voice is the latest chapter of themandusism? If so it should be welcomed and emb.....
» 14/09/2023 9:30:03 PM Hi Paul, An understanding of history, very true, but empathy and equality are very much t.....
» 14/09/2023 8:03:28 PM Hi AC, If we all thought alike (Heaven forbid!) then authoritarian rule would be a very s.....
» 14/09/2023 7:45:18 PM I get the impression that implicit in the yes campaign are the ideas that indigenous probl.....
» 13/09/2023 1:06:16 PM Given that Mr Albanese and Labor are 100% behind the Voice, I think that he should legisla.....
» 13/09/2023 10:28:07 AM Being treated equally and having a say are important. There was objection to elected offic.....
» 13/09/2023 6:19:29 AM All Australians are equal democratically whatever their heritage or how long they have bee.....
» 12/09/2023 7:20:56 PM WTF? A few years ago people like Bob Brown were declaring coal dead and renewable energy .....
» 12/09/2023 10:46:20 AM Cheers Paul. You know that many of us are in danger of becoming Don Quixote in our dotage .....
» 12/09/2023 10:04:32 AM Dear Foxy, My hope is that people consider the question and vote as they see fit, as is a.....
» 11/09/2023 8:38:23 PM WTF How many billions of dollars worth of fossil fuels did Australia export last year? Ho.....
» 11/09/2023 4:43:40 PM And when all the wind and solar installations of the renewable energy con become toxic rub.....
» 11/09/2023 4:32:11 PM It is a subsidy for the user, not the producer, and mainly because farmers and miners for .....
» 10/09/2023 3:45:49 PM That's the difference. If a party leader acts like a nong the other members can indicate a.....
» 10/09/2023 6:10:23 AM Oh the contradictions! The Voice is needed to solve problems but it wont have any power t.....
» 9/09/2023 3:00:09 PM The referendum is about is about constitutionally dividing the nation on the basis of ance.....
» 9/09/2023 12:22:56 PM Dear Foxy, One can be as certain that the Uluru statement is longer than one page as they.....
» 9/09/2023 7:50:04 AM There is stronger evidence now that snowball Earth resulted from volcanic eruptions and su.....
» 9/09/2023 5:34:38 AM Dear Banjo, Good for you and my apologies for my ignorance on this subject. I would think.....
» 8/09/2023 2:59:49 PM Dear Yuyutsu, I think it a very complicated and inaccurate exercise to define one person,.....
» 8/09/2023 11:11:55 AM Dear Foxy, Yes, people and entities have said one thing after saying the opposite regardi.....
» 8/09/2023 10:21:37 AM Dear Foxy, Contradictory statements about the length of the Uluru statement by prominent .....
» 8/09/2023 9:59:55 AM Dear Yuyutsu, My considerations of this question are its legality and appropriateness in .....
» 8/09/2023 7:37:50 AM Note also that acknowledgement of country precedes the prayer in the Federal Parliament, s.....
» 8/09/2023 12:57:42 AM Dear Banjo, Thanks for another comprehensive explanation. I see that Christmas and Easter.....
» 7/09/2023 7:35:43 PM Dear Foxy, "I backed it up with one from SBS - which gave full information as well a.....
» 7/09/2023 11:17:22 AM Dear Foxy, Again you use a discredited fact check. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-.....
» 7/09/2023 6:11:44 AM Dear Foxy, That is the same dodgy fact check discredited by the ABC. It was discredited b.....
» 6/09/2023 12:59:47 PM Can I suggest that there are two questions regarding the Uluru statement? One relates to t.....
» 6/09/2023 11:03:06 AM The 1967 referendum gave indigenous Australians equality. The 2023 referendum will make in.....
» 5/09/2023 8:31:23 PM WTF? Here is a quote from the book: "It is 15 pages long and includes three element.....
» 5/09/2023 7:11:19 PM Dear Dave, Thanks for enlightening me with that most interesting link. One can never read.....
» 5/09/2023 6:59:21 AM Keep digging that hole WTF?. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliame.....
» 4/09/2023 9:47:34 PM WTF? states: "When it was pointed out that the National Indigenous Australians Agenc.....
» 4/09/2023 9:04:56 PM Dear Banjo, We see the world in our own way, so a bother to me may not trouble you and vi.....
» 4/09/2023 8:26:11 PM And regarding the Uluru statement, I heard that a book authored by Megan Davis and Pat And.....
» 4/09/2023 6:32:44 PM Dear Paul, I have no problem with people making money. I think John Farnham a good guy wh.....
» 4/09/2023 10:15:26 AM I just hope that John Farnham gets paid for the use of his song, else he will be yet anoth.....
» 3/09/2023 6:43:48 PM Dear Dave, "The Sunday laws were not placed on people by religious groups. They were.....
» 3/09/2023 4:37:01 PM Dear Banjo, From what I read about 116 I got the impression that people did not like havi.....
» 2/09/2023 8:29:45 PM Ah Foxy. Yes, indeed Australia has an infestation of Nazis, just like Ukraine or anywhere .....
» 2/09/2023 12:47:24 PM Well done David. You now stand ethically above the ABC in my estimation. As for welcome/ac.....
» 2/09/2023 10:37:36 AM Dear David, I no more think that you would have a beef with Jesus than with Santa or the .....
» 2/09/2023 7:47:44 AM "Don't bother me with facts. I've made up my mind." Yes, you make that very cle.....
» 2/09/2023 7:01:41 AM Dear David and Banjo, "Jesus did not approve of public displays of religiosity. Rela.....
» 1/09/2023 10:03:19 PM Where is Max Green spouting all his low cost renewable energy storage nonsense now? And I .....
» 1/09/2023 9:07:05 PM ttbn Out of curiosity, under what constitutional power or powers would a parliament be ab.....
» 1/09/2023 8:47:58 PM Dear IF "116. Commonwealth not to legislate in respect of religion The Commonwealth .....
» 1/09/2023 6:35:57 PM Dear David, I think you should instead be blaming a trait common to all living creatures,.....
» 1/09/2023 12:24:23 PM I think the difference between Albanese and Morrison is that one is a cult leader of a cul.....
» 1/09/2023 6:21:40 AM Yes, feel free to kick Jesus as much as you please, but let's not question the new religio.....
» 31/08/2023 8:09:46 PM Wow, I am beginning to see the light. Yes, there are no blasphemy laws any more, but how h.....
» 30/08/2023 9:40:52 PM Dear Foxy, I think I will let the autocorrect ride. Good is useful and rarely contested o.....
» 30/08/2023 1:17:33 PM Gosh, here we have calls for the removal of a traditional and innocuous practice because i.....
» 29/08/2023 9:14:17 PM Dear David, More importantly than the question of a possum having a soul, you might consi.....
» 29/08/2023 6:36:54 PM Dear Steele, On seeing Nathan's thread, I thought "Okay, and lets chuck out welcome .....
» 27/08/2023 7:33:14 AM Dear Foxy, You believe the ABC impartial. Are you for real? What about Lydia Thorpe's str.....
» 26/08/2023 1:23:07 PM Dear Foxy, Thanks for pointing that out. It is good to know that the ABC takes the fig ja.....
» 26/08/2023 12:36:15 PM Dear Foxy, "Why are you spouting the nonsense about our national broadcaster. How ab.....
» 26/08/2023 11:00:10 AM Dear Foxy, How ironic that Voice campaigners like the illustrious and impartial ABC deny .....
» 26/08/2023 10:41:24 AM I think that the Yes campaigners are doing more than enough to sink their own ship. -Not .....
» 25/08/2023 2:54:13 PM Cheap energy is the key to prosperity, so it is no wonder that commie countrys secretly fu.....
» 24/08/2023 8:01:55 PM Well, whatever you might think of population growth, Australia has no chance of maintainin.....
» 24/08/2023 6:17:20 AM Dear Banjo, You wrote: " I have just reread it very carefully once again and nowhere.....
» 23/08/2023 7:39:05 PM The US could do Australia a bigger favour by giving Assange a fair trial. I suspect his av.....
» 20/08/2023 12:32:52 PM Oh dear Foxy. The more of your commentary I see the more I think of Labor as a cult religi.....
» 20/08/2023 9:02:49 AM Indyvidual, I am glad you found the link useful. I was looking for some links from the ye.....
» 20/08/2023 6:03:32 AM Dear Foxy, To reiterate, you have allowed yourself to be mislead about the length of the .....
» 19/08/2023 9:48:43 PM Dear Foxy, The best thing to do would be to show the 26 pages from the foi request, then .....
» 19/08/2023 4:40:33 PM Dear Foxy, Milgram psychology might suffice for the faithful, but as one of the great unw.....
» 19/08/2023 10:52:59 AM Dear Foxy, You are demonstrating in your own way why the yes campaign is failing. The big.....
» 19/08/2023 7:21:21 AM Dear Steele, I agree with you that there are many concerns to be addressed, but I cannot .....
» 18/08/2023 7:43:37 PM Dear Steele, I am wary of calls to abandon democracy as the only way to attain outcomes. .....
» 18/08/2023 4:58:45 PM Only the completely naive or totally thoughtless will believe that you can exclude 97% of .....
» 18/08/2023 7:58:12 AM Dear Banjo, I am sure that the groups considering the Voice and recognition were very cap.....
» 17/08/2023 8:07:19 PM Dear Josephus, I see a forum like this as an opportunity to give your opinion and to hear.....
» 17/08/2023 5:20:00 PM Dear Steele, How many iterations of rule have there been before our current system of gov.....
» 17/08/2023 1:32:07 PM Dear Foxy, No thanks. With my understanding of the Voice I would need to see a prototype .....
» 17/08/2023 12:04:30 PM Dear Foxy, Well done! Now hop to it and offer Mr Albanese some enlightenment on the Voice.....
» 17/08/2023 10:47:20 AM Dear Foxy, Seeing as you know so much about the Voice you might offer the PM a comprehens.....
» 17/08/2023 7:58:45 AM Dear Banjo, Libby Mettam withdrew her support for the Voice after seeing what can go wron.....
» 16/08/2023 5:19:22 PM Dear Josephus, As I saw her, Meagan Davis is intelligent, learned and focused. She propos.....
» 16/08/2023 1:38:59 PM Dear Steele, Here is Megan Davis talking about Our Story as the part of the Uluru stateme.....
» 16/08/2023 12:14:32 PM Dear Steele and Foxy, You can listen to a recording of Megan Davis and Pat Anderson at Me.....
» 16/08/2023 11:54:43 AM Dear Foxy, Straight from the horse's mouth: "But what are the other 25 pages? I’ve .....
» 16/08/2023 11:23:35 AM Dear Foxy, The Uluru statement is the culmination of these things. Albanese has made it a.....
» 16/08/2023 9:55:41 AM Dear ttbn, The equality issue silences the voice for me, so everything else is a floor sh.....
» 16/08/2023 7:32:32 AM Dear Steele, My view is from the peanut gallery. I don't support the Voice, but that is n.....
» 15/08/2023 7:50:08 PM Oh dear. The world on its head. The Voice's popularity is dropping like the proverbial and.....
» 15/08/2023 10:24:24 AM Dear Foxy, The four points in your link are: -Constitutional change is part of the Uluru.....
» 15/08/2023 8:30:50 AM Dear Banjo, Your comments raise another problem with the referendum. The government could.....
» 14/08/2023 8:38:46 AM Dear Banjo, So it is okay to grant democratic privilege retrospectively (over a century b.....
» 14/08/2023 6:50:29 AM Dear Shadowminister, I believe the main problem with the Voice referendum is it's paradox.....
» 13/08/2023 7:17:07 PM Dear Foxy, You claim that the government will have no obligation to act on the advice it .....
» 13/08/2023 11:19:28 AM Dear Foxy, If you believe that the problem is one of government telling people what to do.....
» 13/08/2023 7:54:46 AM Dear Foxy, You say that the Voice will have no power, that it will be advisory only, but .....
» 12/08/2023 7:16:33 PM Dear Foxy, I do believe in equality and democracy. If I believed that the voice upheld th.....
» 12/08/2023 5:07:36 PM Dear Foxy, If the nos have it, be assured that the sky wont fall and the Uluru statement .....
» 12/08/2023 2:46:21 PM Dear Josephus, You have much knowledge, but weighing into the history wars acknowledges t.....
» 11/08/2023 1:34:08 PM Dear Steele, So you are proposing democratic affirmative action? That is another term for.....
» 11/08/2023 11:22:57 AM Dear Steele, The problem for the yes argument isn't with Peta Credlin, but with what she .....
» 11/08/2023 8:35:22 AM Dear Steele, You might also acknowledge Peta Credlin's efforts a little more graciously. .....
» 11/08/2023 7:16:54 AM Dear Steele, I think the Yes argument has some fundamental problems. For one thing, I am.....
» 10/08/2023 6:19:12 AM The fact that the Voice will give a democratic privilege to one group of people over anoth.....
» 8/08/2023 6:23:05 AM Dear Steele, A glitch perhaps, but the damage is done, and with the legislation being rem.....
» 7/08/2023 10:32:05 AM Dear Foxy, It isn't the no campaigners who will sink the referendum, so give credit where.....
» 6/08/2023 5:13:00 PM A crazy concept I think. What is wrong with the concept of the law applying to people inde.....
» 6/08/2023 8:53:41 AM A belated thanks for your affirmation ttbn. I guess I differ from you in that I don't thin.....
» 6/08/2023 6:51:49 AM Dear Foxy, "It IS right and fair that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People p.....
» 6/08/2023 6:29:09 AM Dear Yuyutsu, That population is an issue of personal liberty ultimately means that it is.....
» 5/08/2023 7:53:53 PM Dear Steele, A 10+ year old article critical of Bolt's integrity is a good start to a fac.....
» 4/08/2023 10:22:35 PM Dear Foxy, Seeing as we are quoting Carl, he also said, "That writing as careless a.....
» 4/08/2023 9:00:16 PM Dear Yuyutsu, I used to be concerned about population until I realised that it was an iss.....
» 3/08/2023 6:21:03 AM Dear Foxy, I did re-read what you wrote and note that you have fallen hook line and sinke.....
» 2/08/2023 9:33:21 PM Thank you Josephus. Very interesting. Aside from those defamed and all the fraud it expose.....
» 2/08/2023 8:44:34 PM Assange's actions most certainly caused the deaths of many covert operatives. I find it ve.....
» 31/07/2023 7:56:43 PM Hi traveloz, I think it obvious that indigenous Australians were intelligent and capable .....
» 30/07/2023 8:39:35 AM Dear Yuyutsu, "Women have instincts that make them want babies. At present, the hard.....
» 29/07/2023 7:57:59 PM Dear Foxy, Human existence has seen many failures and struggles, and I don't see the land.....
» 29/07/2023 4:32:33 PM Dear Steele, I had no idea what powers Howard used with his intervention. All I knew was .....
» 29/07/2023 10:29:12 AM Dear Steele, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nat.....
» 29/07/2023 4:31:53 AM Dear Steele, The equal status of people in a nation has a very long and hard fought histo.....
» 28/07/2023 5:55:34 PM Dear Steele, Preferential treatment to a group of people is not the perversion of democra.....
» 28/07/2023 6:03:33 AM Why would anyone care a scrap about DNA testing unless it related to beneficial treatment .....
» 27/07/2023 7:05:57 PM Dear Foxy, That is good to hear. My family is a political spectrum as well, and I observe.....
» 26/07/2023 8:18:00 PM Dear Foxy, You should not condemn your brother for holding different opinions to you. The.....
» 26/07/2023 7:02:05 PM "You don't need to be good at everything and I would argue sophistication in many way.....
» 25/07/2023 8:09:37 PM Hi AC, You portray the US as a malevolent force. So what of nations it helped defeat? Ger.....
» 23/07/2023 8:20:23 PM Well said David. What's more, AC puts a great deal of effort into thinking about things, e.....
» 23/07/2023 7:10:38 AM Hi AC, The questions I have are: -Is Russia taking sustainable losses? -How can Russia .....
» 22/07/2023 8:07:32 PM Hi AC, How is Russia going to replace all the electronic warfare equipment it is losing? .....
» 22/07/2023 7:56:38 AM Dear mhaze, A cup of hemlock, but taken willingly. Maybe he was fed up with seeing argume.....
» 19/07/2023 9:24:04 PM Dear David, Thank you, and here I was believing that successful autocrats boosted their p.....
» 19/07/2023 7:30:07 PM My view of AC differs from mhaze and Foxy. I see AC as good bloke with a differing perspec.....
» 16/07/2023 8:54:02 AM Hi AC, Macgregor has consistently made underestimations whereas western intelligence init.....
» 15/07/2023 12:54:49 PM Ukraine's fate was sealed when it surrendered its nuclear arsenal. Functional democracies .....
» 15/07/2023 11:54:34 AM Australia torn apart? What about the white Australia policy? It undermined the democratic .....
» 15/07/2023 10:12:00 AM Dear Foxy, 'Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. (Thomas Jefferson)." Yes, but y.....
» 15/07/2023 9:53:09 AM Hi AC, You have linked Macgregor many times. He regularly makes false and misleading clai.....
» 14/07/2023 5:32:47 PM Dealing with Putin is like dealing with the Devil AC. That is why there is a war. But bett.....
» 14/07/2023 12:36:19 PM Dear David, You wrote, "Ukraine is fighting for independence from Russia.". Tha.....
» 14/07/2023 12:02:43 PM Dear Foxy, Putin authorised the invasion and could order the army out of Ukraine at any t.....
» 14/07/2023 7:28:40 AM Dear Foxy, "How white are you? And who has ever discriminated against you" One.....
» 12/07/2023 7:54:39 PM Dear Foxy, Using the race powers of the constitution is an interesting justification for .....
» 11/07/2023 9:45:02 PM I don't really see the relevance of what you parents did. Maybe the Aborigines inhabited t.....
» 9/07/2023 10:55:45 AM Hi Paul, Andrew Forest has recognition for his demonstrated ability, not his ancestry. Si.....
» 9/07/2023 9:08:39 AM Hi Paul, Here are some contradictions from your own link: "The Voice does not confe.....
» 8/07/2023 5:23:18 PM Hi Ipso Fatso, I think the referendum is about whether to ditch or keep the founding prin.....
» 8/07/2023 2:04:11 PM Dear Foxy, Thank you. In return, here is a link that might help your understanding of The.....
» 8/07/2023 12:29:02 PM Then there's the Gettysburg Address, which begins, "Four score and seven years ago ou.....
» 8/07/2023 11:28:00 AM Dear Foxy, A catch cry of the French Revolution (1789) was "Liberty, Equality Frater.....
» 8/07/2023 10:16:29 AM I cannot understand how making people democratically privileged on a heritage/racial basis.....
» 7/07/2023 6:06:30 AM Dear Steele, If the Howard Government did the same thing, then what racial or heritage gr.....
» 6/07/2023 8:01:01 PM Why is the creation of racially based democratic inequality seen as a prerequisite for imp.....
» 3/07/2023 7:43:42 PM When apartheid was in full swing, the white rulers explained that their system was the bes.....
» 1/07/2023 7:55:21 AM That's how people in a liberal democracy respond to injustice AC. You don't see that in a .....
» 29/06/2023 8:03:11 PM "You lot are on the crack pipe." You are the one believing what Putin says AC. .....
» 29/06/2023 9:59:57 AM Russia is using a barrier of infantry in trenches. Ukraine has a plan for that too AC. Unl.....
» 28/06/2023 10:11:00 PM Hi AC, I thought that nobody believed Putin, but like the Chernobyl melt down, the truth .....
» 27/06/2023 8:56:06 PM I think that it should be promoted as the referendum that will make some Australians more .....
» 27/06/2023 8:52:01 PM Yes, Sweden has discovered the concept that the renewable energy lobby pretends not to kno.....
» 26/06/2023 8:40:43 PM Hi AC, I wish that Russia could perform such miracles as you allude to, but I suspect tha.....
» 24/06/2023 11:51:07 PM Wow! Prigozhin is on his way to Moscow AC, so there might be a belated May 9th parade in R.....
» 24/06/2023 9:33:25 AM I said abandon AC, not flee. There is a difference, although there is no shortage of foota.....
» 24/06/2023 7:24:22 AM Hi AC, Prigozhin is now publicly declaiming the war in Ukraine, saying that it is based o.....
» 23/06/2023 8:23:52 PM "- Bullcrap, last week you said the Western plan was based on Russians 'running away'.....
» 23/06/2023 6:27:20 AM Hi AC, I read that 60% of the electronics in a cruise missile is made in the USA. So much.....
» 20/06/2023 6:47:44 PM Hi AC, I agree with you that it is very tough for the Ukrainians, but I think that the mo.....
» 19/06/2023 9:09:23 PM Hi AC, How is Russia going to produce all these fantastical weapons without a chip indust.....
» 18/06/2023 7:47:17 PM Hi AC, I heard that the infantry got out before the strike then returned when the rocket .....
» 17/06/2023 4:42:47 PM Hi AC, The problem I am seeing for Russia is that they have to use their reserves to rein.....
» 16/06/2023 7:00:15 PM Hi AC, The weakness of defensive lines becomes apparent when they are breached, as happen.....
» 16/06/2023 9:42:38 AM Why doesn't anyone mention the real culprit in all of this, aka the sstirrer? This whole b.....
» 15/06/2023 8:00:37 PM There seems to be an ideology of dealing with climate change that is opposed to nuclear en.....
» 14/06/2023 7:58:18 PM Hi AC, Yes, it is a hard slog for the Ukrainian forces, but if they breach the Russian li.....
» 12/06/2023 8:59:57 PM Well good luck with that Paul. I think your ambition a little Quixotic, but it's a pursuit.....
» 12/06/2023 7:11:34 PM Hi Paul, Your comments made me think of the Immigration Restriction Act. That was a terri.....
» 11/06/2023 9:52:17 PM I think that the voice fails the substitution test. If the Constitution makes no mention o.....
» 10/06/2023 4:41:18 PM We will find out in good time AC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw1Lq9umjqM.....
» 7/06/2023 7:22:43 PM Hi AC, Apparently the Russians intended to blow a hole in the dam big enough to flood som.....
» 6/06/2023 7:29:14 PM Hi AC, Russia just destroyed a major dam. That is not the action of an army in control......
» 4/06/2023 7:46:21 AM I got the impression that he is suffering from depression and having a hard time making se.....
» 3/06/2023 6:10:43 AM "US goaded Japan into war, then they dropped nukes on them when they didn't have to&q.....
» 2/06/2023 8:37:14 PM Hi AC, I think we will always see things differently, but my respect for you is not about.....
» 1/06/2023 11:06:21 PM Hi AC, Here is a documentary of the Ukraine conflict that seemed factual to me: https://.....
» 28/05/2023 2:03:10 PM The biggest joke is the banning of nuclear power in Australia. I found it strange that the.....
» 28/05/2023 8:01:28 AM Yes, there are many unknowns, most importantly the status of each force and the damage bei.....
» 26/05/2023 7:27:07 PM Even Prigozhin believes that Russia could lose the war in Ukraine. I still have the impre.....
» 22/05/2023 8:03:29 PM "Russia keeps blowing everything up before they even get a chance to put it to use.&q.....
» 21/05/2023 6:56:29 AM Hi AC, You might think that you have a greater understanding of truth, but I think that w.....
» 20/05/2023 5:37:16 PM Hi AC, I believe that Patriot system sustained minor damage and is up and running again. .....
» 14/05/2023 3:21:33 PM Hi SM, An abbreviation is "Don't stretch yourself." as Montgomery found out in .....
» 13/05/2023 4:55:01 PM They are well coordinated attacks by the Ukrainians. In one attack the Russians sent in re.....
» 12/05/2023 4:32:18 PM Hi AC, Yes, war seems quite pointless when both sides fight for the same things. Hi SM, .....
» 11/05/2023 8:49:10 PM Thanks AC, I laugh at how differently you and I view things, yet I don't think I'd be pre.....
» 11/05/2023 5:47:55 AM Hi SM, Yes, it would be hilarious but for the unprovoked atrocities which rival that of t.....
» 10/05/2023 8:44:29 AM Hi AC, The parade was a fizzer. No parade of the immortals either. Meanwhile these poor f.....
» 9/05/2023 10:24:00 PM Jules should be freed because of the wonderful exposes that Wikileaks has done about Russi.....
» 8/05/2023 4:01:17 PM Hi AC, "- It's 50,000 against 400,000 - good luck dreamer." If those are the n.....
» 7/05/2023 8:58:13 AM Hi AC "The incompetent morons shot down their own Bayraktar drone over Kiev and Ukra.....
» 6/05/2023 1:54:36 PM VAD legislation is a thumbs up for government to treat death as a lifestyle option. Nursin.....
» 5/05/2023 3:00:21 PM Hi AC, So the free west has a conspiracy which controls the media and gives the illusion .....
» 1/05/2023 4:38:29 PM As I observe the Russian vox pop, I am always impressed at how decent and educated Russian.....
» 1/05/2023 8:20:48 AM Hi AC, "When are you going to see that the reason why this is is not because these n.....
» 30/04/2023 10:01:02 PM Hi AC, Look at the authoritarian control of the narrative in Russia. Journalists are not .....
» 30/04/2023 9:02:02 AM Hi AC, I think that you are the one swallowing all the propaganda. As the histories of on.....
» 29/04/2023 7:21:41 PM Hi AC, I don't think the Ukrainians have much ammunition to waste. Remember that the war .....
» 29/04/2023 7:02:32 AM Hi AC, Bakhmut is yet to be taken by Russia so the frustrated Russian army has targeted w.....
» 26/04/2023 7:02:18 PM Hi AC, The supply road is not under Russian control yet. The Ukrainians are developing in.....
» 25/04/2023 8:57:42 PM Hi AC, I guess we will find out as the conflict unfolds, but I would find it odd for a la.....
» 25/04/2023 6:06:37 PM Lots of unknowns AC, but Russia might face a worsening situation if Ukraine gets more weap.....
» 25/04/2023 6:29:56 AM Hi AC "- If they need 10 times more arms, that might just be a sign that they are LO.....
» 23/04/2023 7:53:48 AM Hi AC, This article explains Russia's strategy of gaining ground in Ukraine: https://www.....
» 22/04/2023 9:22:48 AM Hi AC, Yes, it is time for Ukraine to get out of Bakhmut, but 24 hours for Russia to take.....
» 21/04/2023 9:33:21 PM And Macgregor is pro Russian and predicted the annihilation of Ukraine within a few days, .....
» 21/04/2023 8:58:38 PM Hmmm. I think that many Russians know why they are missing out AC. https://www.youtube.co.....
» 21/04/2023 8:29:13 PM And if this is the status of Russia's mechanised armour then I'd guess their offensive cap.....
» 21/04/2023 8:12:14 PM Hi AC, I don't get the impression that it is that sort of war. What I see is Russia tryin.....
» 19/04/2023 8:28:35 PM And some ex Wagner terrorists admitted to killing children execution style. No culpability.....
» 19/04/2023 7:58:40 PM Hi AC, What I respect is that you think enough to have an opinion. Truth wont sway to opi.....
» 17/04/2023 8:57:21 PM Hi AC, If the Russian army is so powerful then why doesn't it just take Ukraine? If Russi.....
» 16/04/2023 1:22:56 PM The thing that annoys me is people who imagine that they know all about another's life, ch.....
» 16/04/2023 8:22:56 AM Hi AC " This might be enough to do all sorts of damage against a counteroffensive if.....
» 15/04/2023 7:14:43 PM Hi AC, It would be a disaster for Ukraine if a counteroffensive failed, which is why they.....
» 15/04/2023 3:06:44 PM Hi Shadowminister, Wherever the Ukrainians attack they will need to be successful. The Ru.....
» 15/04/2023 10:15:27 AM Hi AC, "It's a misconception, the 'Great Kherson counteroffensive' went nowhere, Rus.....
» 15/04/2023 8:15:23 AM And remember the recent leak of Pentagon secret documents, the ones that Russia has little.....
» 15/04/2023 7:37:42 AM Hi AC, "Ukraine is not winning in a war of territorial conquest" Ukraine is de.....
» 14/04/2023 6:27:57 PM Hi AC, Your view from the peanut gallery must be much better than mine. Russia has huge r.....
» 13/04/2023 8:14:12 PM Hi AC, We are all in the peanut gallery on the other side of the world, so I wouldn't get.....
» 10/04/2023 9:49:51 PM "Well I think maybe Germany and Japan kneeled like a slave does in subservience befor.....
» 10/04/2023 4:40:21 PM Thanks for that AC. You are very knowledgeable and forthcoming with information as always......
» 10/04/2023 10:55:50 AM Hi AC, There is a reason I keep mentioning Japan an Germany. The United States had an unp.....
» 9/04/2023 10:03:50 PM Hi AC, Consider the war against Germany, Italy and Japan. Those nations went from being i.....
» 8/04/2023 5:34:17 PM The sad thing is that all the yes campaigners were about to pitch their tents outside the .....
» 7/04/2023 3:52:50 PM Hi AC, Are you of the belief that non-Russian media is as controlled as Russian media? He.....
» 7/04/2023 2:36:37 PM "FSB are quite competent I'm lead to believe. I'm sure they'll get to the bottom of i.....
» 7/04/2023 8:10:25 AM Hi AC, Yes, it is a nasty business. That is the nature of war, and Tatarsky went the extr.....
» 6/04/2023 5:20:15 PM Hi AC, If Trepova did get the bomb delivered, then it's a job well done. If the video was.....
» 6/04/2023 12:14:20 PM Hi AC, The "cctv" footage of the suspect could have been a hand held camera. Th.....
» 5/04/2023 8:14:41 PM Heard a couple of interesting comments on the ABC this morning. One was that it was okay t.....
» 3/04/2023 3:40:33 PM Hi AC, You may be right about the Ukrainian army being on the verge of collapse, but they.....
» 3/04/2023 7:31:05 AM Hi AC, "I seriously doubt Russia would act this way unless it was imperative they de.....
» 2/04/2023 8:43:45 PM Hi AC, We are the peanut gallery. Not truth diviners, but patrons. At least we want to kn.....
» 2/04/2023 3:12:10 PM https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65113186.....
» 2/04/2023 3:01:30 PM Hi AC, I tend to follow the battle because in many respects it is the hardest thing to li.....
» 2/04/2023 8:58:49 AM I thought that recognising all human beings as equal an achievement of civilisation. How d.....
» 1/04/2023 3:36:23 PM Good points AC. The devastation in Ukraine is evident, and Russia still has a very large i.....
» 1/04/2023 12:16:24 PM Hi AC, It will be interesting to see how any Ukrainian counteroffensive evolves. Both sid.....
» 1/04/2023 11:04:22 AM "When you say a lifetime supply, does it have a "use by date". Is it effect.....
» 1/04/2023 9:39:49 AM Hi Paul, I am glad your wife has found useful drugs for herself, but I am very grateful f.....
» 29/03/2023 6:45:52 PM I got a lifetime supply of my psoriasis medication from an agricultural chemical company i.....
» 26/03/2023 9:01:06 PM Hi AC, The only puppet presidents in Ukraine were put there with Russian approval, with Y.....
» 26/03/2023 8:23:26 PM One should be wary of people harping on about children being the light that leads us forwa.....
» 26/03/2023 4:05:50 PM Hi AC, I find the idea of a country like Ukraine provoking Russia with acts of genocide a.....
» 26/03/2023 2:51:35 PM Thank you for the explanation Maverick. I doesn't sound like a good reason for a referendu.....
» 26/03/2023 9:54:07 AM Hi AC, The sanctions are to make it harder for Russia to make weapons for its war in Ukra.....
» 26/03/2023 9:35:52 AM Thanks ttbn, If it is all legal then why not just pass the legislation and see how it goe.....
» 25/03/2023 4:20:58 PM Hi ttbn, The question I have is why the voice requires amending the Constitution? Couldn'.....
» 25/03/2023 3:32:23 PM Hi AC, Yes, I have seen the video. Propaganda is very convincing. It left an enduring leg.....
» 25/03/2023 2:45:44 PM Hi Paul, Yes, it is a horrible conflict, and after all the years of occupation with contr.....
» 25/03/2023 12:09:51 PM Hi ttbn, I would like to know what I am voting for. I have no intention signing a blank p.....
» 25/03/2023 9:20:00 AM Hi AC, You are well versed in the Russian narrative, but much of it doesn't seem logical .....
» 25/03/2023 7:32:01 AM Hi Paul, Yes, peace is what everyone wants, but Russian peace tends to last for as long a.....
» 24/03/2023 5:09:31 PM Paul and AC Oh Russia. Such a peaceful country with a very fair and reasonable president......
» 20/03/2023 9:09:52 PM Why would you ban Nazi expressions and symbols? Bans in Europe were an acknowledgement of .....
» 19/03/2023 11:54:49 AM Conspiracy theorists astound me. PNG for example: Doesn't it make sense to think a country.....
» 18/03/2023 5:32:38 PM Well, if China and India don't surpass the great Satan, there is always climate change. Na.....
» 14/03/2023 7:50:42 PM Shadowminister, Russia still has a very large army in Ukraine. It is far from being a pus.....
» 12/03/2023 3:07:45 PM Indyvidual, Whilst setting up a race based electoral system has its challenges, I don't t.....
» 11/03/2023 7:27:51 PM Hi AC, Russia could be a far more prosperous country than Japan, Germany, or even the Uni.....
» 11/03/2023 5:05:54 PM Hi AC, Yes, the road out of Bakhmut is very precarious, but given the losses being inflic.....
» 11/03/2023 9:49:00 AM Hi Aidan "The extent of Russian cooperation Ukraine needs to export grain via the Bl.....
» 10/03/2023 12:43:41 PM Hi Aidan, Ukraine needs Russian cooperation to export its grain via the Black Sea, and it.....
» 10/03/2023 7:01:23 AM Hi AC, Ukraine needs Crimea to be able to export goods and be a functional economy. Russi.....
» 10/03/2023 6:41:08 AM Whatever the voice is it requires a constitutional change that will legalise electors and .....
» 9/03/2023 6:21:00 AM My understanding is that the voice needs a referendum so that "being of Aboriginal bl.....
» 7/03/2023 7:25:11 PM Hi AC, Unfortunately there is much that we don't see from the peanut gallery. I think tha.....
» 6/03/2023 9:27:46 PM Hi AC, "The first link showed Zelensky himself saying American men and women would h.....
» 5/03/2023 5:07:47 PM Hi Ac, Some things are not in dispute, like the front line of the conflict. If the Ukrain.....
» 2/03/2023 9:41:35 AM Hi AC, Who doesn't want peace? I think it depends on your definition. If it means withdra.....
» 1/03/2023 10:12:41 PM Hi AC, It is getting a bit boggy again in Ukraine, which gives more opportunity to use at.....
» 13/02/2023 7:23:25 AM There are no secrets in Australia aside from the Voice, and I doubt that China would have .....
» 4/02/2023 12:20:09 PM To put the nuclear waste issue into perspective a 1 GWH nuclear reactor produces about a c.....
» 1/02/2023 6:07:32 AM Nice effort Paul, but I think that Borat is the gold standard for learning about different.....
» 31/01/2023 7:07:59 PM I have a transgender rellie. Just another person. Maybe we could have some other threads, .....
» 29/01/2023 6:25:32 PM Hi Foxy, And some things don't work. Sometimes doing nothing is an excellent option. Quee.....
» 29/01/2023 1:42:53 PM Hi Foxy, I am grateful for a separation of powers. I can remember an ANSTO engineer speak.....
» 29/01/2023 11:04:20 AM My apologies David. A shared value of science denial then? Dear Foxy, I am sure the CSIR.....
» 29/01/2023 10:38:57 AM Yes, the great oxidation event. https://asm.org/Articles/2022/February/The-Great-Oxidatio.....
» 29/01/2023 7:35:10 AM "The almond farmers on the Murray are not only using obscene amount of water they hav.....
» 28/01/2023 12:53:06 PM Hi David, I would like to see research into fertilising oceans for the potential purposes.....
» 27/01/2023 2:54:32 PM ttbn Pretend socialists in Australia fortunately. The same mindset, but they don't have t.....
» 27/01/2023 1:03:58 PM ttbn, I think we are more protected from extremes in a democracy. Silly ideas have their .....
» 27/01/2023 11:09:29 AM Hi ttbn, It isn't worth getting angry about, although I did find it all the more amusing .....
» 27/01/2023 7:50:00 AM I listened to a speaker discussing indigenous culture before 1788, suggesting an absence o.....
» 26/01/2023 7:37:50 AM What is an ethical investment? Coal is helping to keep the lights on and the economy funct.....
» 20/01/2023 9:52:47 AM Who do you tell? Certainly not crime stoppers. From my personal experience those scum are .....
» 18/01/2023 4:50:07 PM Going by what I see in the monkey cage it goes back a bit further than religion David. Thi.....
» 17/01/2023 7:13:33 PM Hi David, Yes, I think the privilege here is to be able to share opinions. The one truth .....
» 15/01/2023 4:28:13 PM "Fester indicates that Fester's ojections to scientific analysis stems from something.....
» 15/01/2023 11:31:18 AM Hi Foxy, Commodities are cyclical, and more tends to be published about profits than loss.....
» 14/01/2023 1:24:59 PM My take on the Exxon Mobil attack is that it reflects the desperation of the renewable ene.....
» 14/01/2023 12:16:55 PM "This is just another deflection." No, but it is another indication of your ina.....
» 14/01/2023 11:18:26 AM WTF Predictions are much easier when you go backwards. Clearly you have little experience.....
» 14/01/2023 10:29:00 AM WTF In the early 70s I remember a book in the school library saying that by 2000 the worl.....
» 14/01/2023 9:51:51 AM You need to consider the prediction in context. One prediction made fifty years ago is sel.....
» 13/01/2023 4:06:54 PM It didn't stop Harry being a prince, but it did make many think him incredibly stupid. I d.....
» 6/01/2023 10:08:30 PM Hi AC, "Putin only started with 190K" Yes, he sent in nearly all his BTGs and .....
» 6/01/2023 9:25:53 PM Exactly! What have the Romans ever done for us!.....
» 6/01/2023 12:58:53 PM The Russian army is still formidable and a great threat to Ukraine. The conflict is being .....
» 5/01/2023 5:56:28 PM Hi AC "Ukraine could've followed the path set out by the Minsk agreements" The.....
» 3/01/2023 10:23:09 PM Interesting. Thanks AC "the first casualty of war is the truth" Thank goodness.....
» 3/01/2023 6:57:53 PM "This whole damn war is awful" Well said, AC. I get the impression that the Rus.....
» 3/01/2023 2:58:22 PM The Ukrainian army kept its troops in barracks until it lost over 100 in a cruise missile .....
» 3/01/2023 10:17:07 AM Hi AC, As I said, we are just the peanut gallery and our speculation means little. Russia.....
» 2/01/2023 4:41:56 PM Hi AC, Amnesty International investigated and thought the Mariupol theatre bombing a Russ.....
» 2/01/2023 12:41:59 PM Hi AC, When the Russians invaded they had a huge material advantage over the Ukrainians. .....
» 1/01/2023 8:35:34 PM One more thing AC, You mention 540,000 troops. That is about 700 battalion tactical group.....
» 1/01/2023 5:45:21 PM Thanks AC, Historic events can be hotly debated for centuries afterwards, so I would thin.....
» 1/01/2023 10:37:16 AM Hi AC, Bakhmut has some strategic advantage for Russia if taken, but Kreminna is of far m.....
» 31/12/2022 10:14:29 AM Hi AC 500000 Iraqi kids killed by the US? Apparently the figures were compiled from data .....
» 30/12/2022 8:34:57 PM Hi AC "Fester said to me earlier he didn't understand why the Russians interviewed w.....
» 30/12/2022 8:08:02 PM Hi Aidan, Yes it might work as you say, although it still would not be as efficient as ba.....
» 30/12/2022 10:16:04 AM Hi Aiden, I hope you are right, but the hydrogen economy has fundamental problems, princi.....
» 30/12/2022 10:05:14 AM Hi AC, I read your posts and am always impressed by your interest and depth of knowledge,.....
» 29/12/2022 8:35:39 PM Hi AC, I think the munitions in the video were s600s. They weren't even developed at the .....
» 29/12/2022 2:51:39 PM Hi Foxy, I think AC a good guy who cares about the world and think him every bit as entit.....
» 29/12/2022 12:42:38 PM Scomo led the Libs down the tube because he respected no one, stood for nothing and adopte.....
» 28/12/2022 10:06:51 PM And as for your war comments AC, you remain the optimist for the Russian war effort. You h.....
» 28/12/2022 9:15:39 PM Hi AC, I agree with your sentiments. What I find annoying these days is the condemning of.....
» 28/12/2022 6:28:23 PM Hi AC, Yuyutsu covered the question well, but it is a bit like saying "Jesus was kil.....
» 28/12/2022 2:49:17 PM "If Jews did fund Trotsky and the murder of the Russian Royal family..." Hi AC,.....
» 28/12/2022 2:13:15 PM Yes, everyone wants peace, but on what terms? The idea of the war in Donbas starting beca.....
» 28/12/2022 1:32:00 PM I don't get the idea of a hydrogen economy. I have heard arguments presented claiming that.....
» 25/12/2022 12:25:49 PM Hi Max, As the table I linked shows, wind and solar produce cheap power in Europe too. T.....
» 25/12/2022 7:11:12 AM Hi Max, Your way of thinking about renewables replacing dispatchable power was commonplac.....
» 24/12/2022 7:32:52 PM Thanks Max. All pie in the sky stories of how great renewables will be. Reminds me of sna.....
» 24/12/2022 12:24:29 PM Six billion a year Max? Really? Fossil fuels generate hundreds of billions in export incom.....
» 22/12/2022 9:25:37 PM Luciferase, I think people participate here for all sorts of reasons. I am grateful that .....
» 22/12/2022 7:01:56 AM Gosh Max. Here we are bickering about our back of the envelope calculations of dispatchabl.....
» 21/12/2022 8:41:44 PM Hi Max, Renewables cheaper than coal you say? How is that when there is no working model,.....
» 20/12/2022 6:52:50 PM Hi Max "do you believe in free markets? Why should coal get the biggest subsidies of.....
» 20/12/2022 10:22:34 AM Hi Max, No worries. As many are trying to point out (I hope you read Luciferase's link to.....
» 18/12/2022 9:48:02 PM Two to three times overbuild? That makes it two to three times more expensive Max. In Euro.....
» 18/12/2022 7:29:14 PM Hi Max, As usual you fail to understand the cost of your renewable energy Nirvana. Note t.....
» 18/12/2022 11:23:38 AM Hi Max, You say you can have solar farms powering transport, yet the transport industry r.....
» 16/12/2022 3:50:42 PM Thanks for pointing out the error in my calculation Max, but you could have done so more e.....
» 11/12/2022 9:16:36 PM Maybe they will enjoy a cheap energy revolution with msrs and and reflect on their stupid .....
» 11/12/2022 2:54:15 PM Hi Max, What I understand of wind generation is that it becomes uneconomic after about 15.....
» 11/12/2022 1:18:05 PM Oh, and you could source the batteries more cheaply if you were happy to arrange shipping,.....
» 11/12/2022 1:03:54 PM Thanks Bazz, Whenever I start doing cost calculations for 24/7 renewables I quickly stop .....
» 11/12/2022 9:37:18 AM Hi Max, Every time I start doing calculations for renewable energy I stop after a short t.....
» 10/12/2022 5:43:41 PM Well said AC. It is the reason why I am skeptical of governments claiming to give people m.....
» 10/12/2022 3:22:36 PM Hi Bazz, $150 US per mwh is a battery storage cost I often see mentioned. The point of th.....
» 10/12/2022 2:04:47 PM Hi Max, Here is a link to an independent report on some wind turbines in Minnesota showin.....
» 10/12/2022 1:28:01 PM Battery storage costs $150 US per mwh. Given solar capacity is less than 25% and you need .....
» 10/12/2022 9:06:19 AM Hi Max, The Willmar turbines were built in 2009 and are now believed to be near the end o.....
» 10/12/2022 7:56:29 AM Hi Max, A long life for your generation components ultimately means cheap energy. 24/7 wi.....
» 10/12/2022 6:51:49 AM No, the reason for interest in nuclear is because it is proven low carbon generation with .....
» 8/12/2022 8:49:45 PM Hi Max, What you don't seem to understand is that real life is rarely as it is depicted i.....
» 6/12/2022 8:47:50 PM Hi Max, The table lists the lcoe from different sources by country. You might note that n.....
» 6/12/2022 7:26:10 PM Hi Max, This link will give you an idea of why nuclear is so cheap: http://www.oecd-nea......
» 6/12/2022 6:17:27 AM Hi Max, The cheap renewable energy that holds your enthusiasm is over twice the price of .....
» 5/12/2022 8:58:49 AM Thanks Paul. I think the advantage of nuclear is the long service life of the power plants.....
» 5/12/2022 7:05:54 AM Hi Paul. This article mentions it. I get put off by the glossy sales brochure approach of .....
» 5/12/2022 6:24:03 AM Hi Max. Here is another stat. Two trillion dollars spent on nuclear power produces twice .....
» 3/12/2022 6:12:13 PM Thanks Josephus. If transport were to go low carbon I would like to see it based on alumin.....
» 3/12/2022 7:39:22 AM Hi AC, First up I will state the bloody obvious: We are discussing the future are are pro.....
» 1/12/2022 9:13:10 AM Oh, and another thing about powering cars or anything else with renewables. The critical c.....
» 30/11/2022 8:09:03 PM Hi Max, Thanks for pointing out my error. What I was trying to calculate was the cost of .....
» 29/11/2022 10:03:32 PM Hi Max, The article you linked claimed 40 to 50 USD per mwh from wind and solar. It also .....
» 29/11/2022 10:44:29 AM Hi Max, I appreciate your efforts in answering my questions, but your answers don't make .....
» 29/11/2022 9:30:34 AM To reiterate Max, for any 24/7 power demand, be it transportation or more traditional uses.....
» 28/11/2022 8:43:44 PM Hi Max, I thought a little more about your idea of using the excess renewable generation .....
» 27/11/2022 5:53:28 PM Hi Max, I appreciate your efforts in taking time to explain things. Very complicated, usi.....
» 26/11/2022 11:08:21 PM Hi Max, Okay, you said that solar was a quarter the cost of nuclear, then you give a link.....
» 26/11/2022 9:05:00 PM Hi Max, I like your enthusiasm, but think about what you have said. You say that solar is.....
» 26/11/2022 5:44:19 PM Thanks Max. It looks a lot cheaper than battery storage, but trying to power Australia se.....
» 26/11/2022 1:30:23 PM <Stopping the damning of the Franklin averted a probable disaster as the damn wall site.....
» 24/11/2022 7:06:08 AM A question about pumped hydro. What is the environmental impact of such schemes? Environme.....
» 22/11/2022 6:28:46 PM "So you can take that off the $54 billion coal we sell overseas" Queensland has.....
» 21/11/2022 7:32:43 PM Hi AC, Agree, the carnage in Ukraine is horrible. Also agree with you re the need to have.....
» 20/11/2022 9:38:20 PM Hi Max, I think you might be taking the wrong approach. I find it more interesting to und.....
» 20/11/2022 7:54:59 PM Hi AC, I think we are both opposed to authoritarianism but perceive the world a little di.....
» 20/11/2022 4:42:09 PM Hi Aidan, You believe that renewable energy will deliver, but without a working model how.....
» 20/11/2022 2:47:30 PM Hi Max, I think you are not aware of why places like this are enjoyable and beneficial. .....
» 18/11/2022 12:59:42 PM Hi Max, I like to see things operating to see how the cost predictions stack up. I am all.....
» 14/11/2022 9:04:51 PM Thanks AC, I always enjoy reading your opinions as they show me that differing opinions c.....
» 13/11/2022 7:55:48 PM Hi Max, Experts also claimed "too cheap to meter" nuclear power. I hope that pu.....
» 13/11/2022 12:26:13 PM Thank you Maverick. Glad you could spare some time away from top gunning. Perhaps you coul.....
» 13/11/2022 10:30:40 AM Hi ttbn, Looking at the the Ukraine war, I think that Xi would realise that if China inva.....
» 13/11/2022 10:16:27 AM Hi Indyvidual, I think her an example of the consequences of believing that your opinion .....
» 13/11/2022 8:22:45 AM Here is one giving a well reasoned explanation of her conduct: https://www.youtube.com/wa.....
» 12/11/2022 8:41:44 PM Hi Max, Why am I so skeptical? You know, before Andrew Forrest became a champion of the p.....
» 12/11/2022 5:34:52 PM Hi Max, I am very skeptical of claims of how everything can be done when there is no proo.....
» 12/11/2022 6:55:22 AM Hi AC, When do you think the Russian forces will take Bahkmut? Prigozhin is looking more .....
» 30/10/2022 3:22:58 PM Nice idea for a discussion David. I find that speaking with people with different perspect.....
» 23/10/2022 8:36:45 AM For example, in 20 years of war in Afghanistan there were about 70,000 civilian casualties.....
» 23/10/2022 6:43:39 AM Hi David, Civilian deaths are the most compelling argument against war. Jules tends to ex.....
» 22/10/2022 11:52:46 AM Also, if transparency and public scrutiny were of no concern, then why would Chinese autho.....
» 22/10/2022 11:41:04 AM Hi David, From what I read it has, e.g.: https://www.dw.com/en/lessons-for-the-us-from-m.....
» 22/10/2022 7:03:16 AM Hi David, dpr = democratic people's republic One of the achievements of western civilisa.....
» 21/10/2022 11:57:27 AM Hi David, Post WWII I think it a little fanciful to imagine that the US would back a dpr .....
» 21/10/2022 8:09:03 AM I oppose the death penalty as it elevates the power of the state and diminishes the value .....
» 21/10/2022 7:54:00 AM Hi David, I thought that dubious provocations and terrible outcomes were the norm for war.....
» 20/10/2022 8:06:38 PM Hi David, You are suggesting an enormous conspiracy of independent sources to falsify the.....
» 18/10/2022 8:14:58 PM Hi AC, I am always very impressed with the thought that you put into things. I agree with.....
» 16/10/2022 8:53:16 AM Hi Paul, I think that net zero builds on the narrative that capitalism is inherently bad .....
» 16/10/2022 6:06:32 AM The DOE looked at the idea of converting old coal power stations to nuclear, noting consid.....
» 16/10/2022 5:56:28 AM Hi AC, I suspect that the explosives were under the bridge as it looks as if the two fail.....
» 15/10/2022 2:55:41 PM Hi AC, 100 a day for six months is Russian speak for six days. If Putin could keep up the.....
» 15/10/2022 11:02:27 AM Also, it is believed that Russia has used 1200 of its 1800 precision missiles, which is wh.....
» 14/10/2022 6:43:45 PM Shadowminister The Russian army is still wreaking havoc in Ukraine. I think it unfortunat.....
» 13/10/2022 7:58:12 PM Hi AC, Restraint? A quarter of a million troops, with about half that number killed or in.....
» 12/10/2022 8:23:06 PM Yep, it has ever been the corrupt west for all manner of extremists. Be you a Marxist, Naz.....
» 11/10/2022 7:26:06 PM The most horrible thing to me about the war is that Putin has predicated it on the idea th.....
» 9/10/2022 11:47:13 AM Don't forget rats have a place too, be it the dodo or trees on Easter Island. Mice have no.....
» 8/10/2022 5:34:18 PM The Ukrainians just blew up a fuel tanker train as it was crossing the Kerch Bridge to Cri.....
» 8/10/2022 7:01:11 AM "The thought makes me sick to think that the cowardly escapee’s from conscription wil.....
» 8/10/2022 6:54:16 AM And whilst little Vlad celebrates his seventieth birthday in style, his invincible soldier.....
» 8/10/2022 5:42:04 AM Well, here is one asylum seeker who wont be getting asylum in Australia or elsewhere. htt.....
» 4/10/2022 8:25:50 PM Hi Michi, It is a tragedy involving people. When Reagan and Thatcher met with Gorbachev t.....
» 3/10/2022 8:18:44 PM Michi, Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and Imperial Japan were ended militarily. There was so.....
» 3/10/2022 3:10:36 PM Hi AC, You can get to the article by disabling javascript (right click into inspect(Q) th.....
» 3/10/2022 10:47:35 AM Hi AC, I don't share your high opinion of the Russian army. They have the upper hand with.....
» 2/10/2022 8:57:29 AM "What exactly did they succeed in, heavy losses - for no territory taken? The morgues.....
» 2/10/2022 5:26:51 AM Hi AC "a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile.....
» 1/10/2022 9:02:30 PM Believing that Putin is a nice peace loving guy provoked into going to war by nations inte.....
» 1/10/2022 9:19:15 AM Hi David, I think it pointless slaughter and tragic. Like you, I am disgusted at the popu.....
» 1/10/2022 6:06:11 AM Hi David "Who is contending that Russia was provoked?" Putin. Yes, it is a tra.....
» 30/09/2022 7:54:41 PM David, I don't buy the idea of Russia being provoked into invading Ukraine any more than .....
» 30/09/2022 7:02:09 PM Hi AC, I see it as a war. Russia will probably lose more troops before year end than the .....
» 29/09/2022 6:52:10 PM Thank you Paul. Full week for me. What I find sad is that the USSR made a great sacrifice.....
» 25/09/2022 3:51:33 PM That is good to know that you speak from your heart Paul. I certainly don't comment here w.....
» 25/09/2022 12:41:58 PM Paul, I agree with you that the political extremes are both revolting with much in common.....
» 25/09/2022 9:22:31 AM Paul, Don't doubt that ideology is a strong motivator. You would still remind people of t.....
» 25/09/2022 7:05:01 AM Bazz, The argument isn't about climate. The argument is about how capitalism is evil and .....
» 21/09/2022 9:44:59 AM Hi rache "Why are you wasting your time here and not setting those amateurs at NASA .....
» 17/09/2022 3:48:14 AM Yes, Julian Assange and the left seem to be willfully ignorant of the crimes that Russia i.....
» 16/09/2022 5:49:25 PM I am amazed at how the left is so accepting of all the war crimes being committed by the R.....
» 14/09/2022 7:42:33 PM So sad for the Ukrainians, but the RF has suffered heavy losses and been shown up as incom.....
» 11/09/2022 12:33:01 PM Abilene Christian university is building a 1 MW molten salt research reactor. https://www.....
» 11/09/2022 7:46:12 AM Indyvidual, I agree with you re the smrs as being far more suitable for faster deployment.....
» 11/09/2022 4:45:23 AM rache, So are you claiming that living tissue is degraded because it grows more quickly? .....
» 10/09/2022 10:38:27 PM I think that nuclear power is a greater challenge than some believe. https://www.world-nu.....
» 10/09/2022 1:45:18 PM "But these droughts have me a little bit worried. Are human beings, through increased.....
» 10/09/2022 10:59:47 AM Indyvidual Australia need only invest in cheap and reliable power, but that cannot happen.....
» 10/09/2022 7:47:58 AM If you keep doubling the atmospheric CO2 you will get to Venus a bit after 18 iterations, .....
» 9/09/2022 7:55:13 AM Australia has zero capacity to develop nuclear power thanks to the neglect of the major pa.....
» 28/08/2022 8:58:27 AM Aidan, Okay, what should you call it then? How about on demand power, dispatchable energy.....
» 26/08/2022 7:43:17 AM "The base is then easy part to supply; we certainly don't need dedicated power statio.....
» 15/08/2022 7:12:54 PM "Though most people on this board cling on to the delusion that renewables are expens.....
» 14/08/2022 7:26:39 PM Alan, If Thorium is so simple and cheap then why have the Chinese only built a 30 megawat.....
» 13/08/2022 11:51:24 AM Alan, Labor has pulled up the drawbridge on the nuclear power dialogue. Too expensive, to.....
» 13/08/2022 6:59:19 AM From what I gather renewable energy proponents have little understanding of using intermit.....
» 12/08/2022 12:32:47 PM Paul, I remember the fervent anti-nuclear stance of the left in Australia. It prevails to.....
» 12/08/2022 8:48:18 AM "The people had got sick and tied of the Coalition and the rest of you naysayers supp.....
» 11/08/2022 6:31:54 PM Bazz, The CSIRO experts say nuclear is too costly as a way of avoiding the truth that Aus.....
» 11/08/2022 8:00:32 AM Might I suggest uber cheap energy from some of Alan B's Thorium MSRs to power a round the .....
» 10/08/2022 5:59:17 PM "You have not given a source. The Spectator? Andrew Bolt?" There are many examp.....
» 10/08/2022 3:37:37 PM "Why in the christ would we need new transmission lines?" Maybe you could put t.....
» 10/08/2022 1:36:56 PM "You are an idiot" Maybe, but at least I don't have the conceit to call myself .....
» 10/08/2022 12:24:54 PM "Every body that looks into nuclear concludes that it's too expensive." Really?.....
» 10/08/2022 11:48:05 AM Paul, The killer for erratic energy (aka wind/solar), aside from being erratic, is the ca.....
» 7/08/2022 3:05:48 PM Dear Steele, 7000 or 7%. Not 7. The facility was off line from February to July I think. .....
» 7/08/2022 11:51:47 AM No one would bother arguing about global warming if erratic energy was viable. Erratic ene.....
» 7/08/2022 8:17:25 AM Dear Steele, Batteries can be problematic: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypw5x/larges.....
» 6/08/2022 1:23:47 PM Here, you can read for yourselves the nonsense coming from Bob's gob: https://reneweconom.....
» 6/08/2022 9:44:24 AM Um, remember all the statements by the global warming catastrophists that fossil fuels wer.....
» 1/07/2022 3:28:13 PM 640 gwh battery storage would be about a quarter of what would be needed, and no mention o.....
» 1/07/2022 7:11:10 AM On battery cost you are looking at about $250 per kwh plus all the infrastructure to manag.....
» 30/06/2022 8:15:18 PM Agree Bazz. There are a wealth of wonderful ideas from growing algae to make oil, to bioga.....
» 30/06/2022 7:11:15 AM Bazz, The key word in understanding wind and solar is "erratic". The renewable .....
» 29/06/2022 3:19:03 PM AC Nice drawings of smrs wont keep the smelters running either. You might note that execu.....
» 29/06/2022 1:06:23 PM You know that renewable energy is rubbish when a big deal is made of South Australia getti.....
» 28/06/2022 6:25:18 AM AC All pollies are wonderful until they try to do something. The more they try to do, the.....
» 25/06/2022 6:57:52 PM According to Kenneth Clark, the Vikings weren't a civilisation either......
» 19/06/2022 9:25:21 PM Thank you Is Mise, No love between the Brits and the Irish, that is for sure. I have been.....
» 19/06/2022 8:22:01 PM Is Mise, I remember my father and grandmother talking of Lord Haw Haw, and they didn't se.....
» 19/06/2022 7:45:00 PM Thank you Aidan. I hope it does work, but when I look at the graph for power generation by.....
» 19/06/2022 7:25:08 PM Alan, I like the concept of the thorium msr, but I suspect it might have trouble getting .....
» 19/06/2022 5:17:59 PM "Nice to see that you think the execution of an innocent man is OK if his offending a.....
» 19/06/2022 4:19:42 PM Is Mise, Propaganda is a weapon of war. I don't think less of the Brits for hanging the b.....
» 19/06/2022 4:02:47 PM "can't wait till someone forms a company to actually build one" China was suppo.....
» 19/06/2022 3:49:27 PM ttbn, I do see people in real life with some extraordinary opinions and ideas. I think it.....
» 19/06/2022 2:42:01 PM AC, I am as guilty as anyone here of letting my emotions get the better of me. I agree wi.....
» 19/06/2022 1:13:10 PM Alan, Protactinium 233 is produced in msrs and decays to U233 with a half life of around .....
» 19/06/2022 12:35:55 PM Is Mise, "Joyce was innocent" To you perhaps. To me a fervent Nazi collaborato.....
» 19/06/2022 10:23:02 AM Thank you AC. Very sensible comments......
» 19/06/2022 9:48:41 AM ttbn, I think rubbishing people and ideas a bad idea. What matters to me is keeping an op.....
» 19/06/2022 9:05:30 AM Aidan, "ttbn, I don't know where you got your figures from, but according to http://.....
» 19/06/2022 7:48:44 AM Dear Yuyutsu, My question was "Would I have broken US laws for my action even though.....
» 18/06/2022 9:48:55 PM Is mise Indeed I would be charged under Australian law, but would I have broken US laws? .....
» 18/06/2022 9:21:15 PM «How does anyone break US law when they are not US citizens and are not in US jurisdiction.....
» 18/06/2022 9:07:20 PM Thanks for the link Aidan. Based on the link you provided, Australia generated about 830 G.....
» 18/06/2022 8:24:00 PM Aidan According to some info presented by ttbn, wind and solar provided less than 2% of A.....
» 18/06/2022 8:10:00 PM "How does anyone break US law when they are not US citizens and are not in US jurisdi.....
» 18/06/2022 4:56:47 PM I agree Foxy. It is not finished yet. I suspect that Jules will have a fair amount of supp.....
» 18/06/2022 3:48:28 PM Jules is going to appeal the decision, but good luck in finding where the money to pay the.....
» 18/06/2022 2:47:52 PM Alan, If thorium molten salt reactors became a reality, it would be easier to make nuclea.....
» 18/06/2022 11:07:31 AM Does that mean Australia's power supply could almost be 100% renewables if 40 times the cu.....
» 18/06/2022 9:55:28 AM Once the rolling blackouts start happening I think the idiocy will stop. WA does not share.....
» 18/06/2022 9:02:05 AM Wasn't that what communism was supposed to demonstrate? The problem communism and renewabl.....
» 18/06/2022 7:41:27 AM AC Don't you find it amusing that free energy is easy to find on the internet? Perhaps yo.....
» 17/06/2022 11:10:26 PM That is what the courts will determine, Bazz. Thankfully Jules is going to find out after .....
» 17/06/2022 10:25:50 PM That's a bit mean, thinkabit. I don't like phoneys either, especially this creep: https:/.....
» 17/06/2022 9:58:19 PM What a pity it isn't a baseball game. "too volatile"? Not words I'd use to descr.....
» 17/06/2022 3:23:50 PM It is good to see people here who realise what a catastrophic hoax renewable energy is. I .....
» 7/06/2022 9:37:36 PM The US is acting for the many people harmed, perhaps killed as a consequence of conduct by.....
» 4/06/2022 6:53:50 AM Cowardly Jules has been hiding from justice for many years. Never a bad word for his Russi.....
» 21/05/2022 8:21:23 AM Well, with Getup and this site, https://www.howtovote.org.au I get concerned about how i.....
» 17/05/2022 10:10:26 PM Hi AC, The propaganda war is interesting. So Ukraine has been tricked into fighting a pro.....
» 17/05/2022 8:54:21 PM I think that the lesson China will take from this is that countries subjected to unprovoke.....
» 15/05/2022 10:06:19 AM Oh, and here is an example of a fertilizer plant using green hydrogen. What a joke: https.....
» 15/05/2022 9:21:50 AM AC Do you think that the Russian army has a strategy in Ukraine beyond murdering civilian.....
» 15/05/2022 8:58:44 AM Aidan, Yes, urea can be produced from renewable energy, but for a higher price. If you ma.....
» 10/05/2022 8:15:40 PM Bazz, Renewable energy is already a failure in Europe, but the media in Australia don't g.....
» 8/05/2022 7:14:02 PM Bronwyn, I have not heard any threats made against Russia by Nato, Europe or the US. Russ.....
» 7/05/2022 8:52:51 PM That strategy makes sense AC, but does Russia have enough missiles to do the job? They are.....
» 6/05/2022 9:57:33 PM Surrendering to the Russian army would be less appealing than surrendering to Japan. The a.....
» 5/05/2022 6:15:50 PM AC I am not concerned by what people's view's are. I think that has nothing to do with wh.....
» 5/05/2022 8:51:38 AM Individual, Having observed them I agree that they support the Nazi ethos as examples of .....
» 5/05/2022 7:36:29 AM AC Is someone's ethnic origin formative in them being a criminal? If Hitler found out tha.....
» 4/05/2022 9:01:17 PM CO2 increases probably do influence temperature, but imagining that you can accurately mak.....
» 3/05/2022 9:00:08 PM AC, The Russian army's plan was to take Kiev within a week, perhaps a few days. Also, how.....
» 3/05/2022 11:56:18 AM ttbn Thank you for telling us we are a bunch of idiots. I can't vouch for others, but for.....
» 3/05/2022 8:07:29 AM AC Evidence of atrocities of the Russian army come from many independent sources, for exa.....
» 3/05/2022 7:48:09 AM One thing I found funny was an attempt by Lavrov to portray Zelensky as a Nazi by claiming.....
» 1/05/2022 3:40:45 PM Alan, We all have a foundation for our opinions. I find parallels between the rhetoric of.....
» 1/05/2022 7:48:36 AM Fair enough Individual. We are both appalled by the conflict. What I am trying to see at p.....
» 30/04/2022 8:48:21 PM "What I could believe is that if they capitulated for time being there'd be fewer cas.....
» 30/04/2022 7:14:02 PM Hi AC, I'm not blinded to the Soviet efforts in defeating Nazi Germany, but I do question.....
» 30/04/2022 8:26:39 AM AC The allies, mostly the United States, were instrumental in the defeat of Nazi Germany .....
» 29/04/2022 8:48:23 PM Individual, I think that "balance of power" has meaning when you want to curtai.....
» 29/04/2022 4:46:09 PM Individual "Russia has every right to expect political obedience from its border sta.....
» 29/04/2022 3:02:14 PM Forget the UN, it is a loose coalition of liberal democracies that is helping Ukraine. Is .....
» 26/04/2022 8:42:58 PM AC and Mox "We're not looking for arguments, we simply hold a different opinion.&quo.....
» 25/04/2022 8:48:13 PM Mox, I commented because I had just seen a program of children who survived the Holocaust.....
» 24/04/2022 8:30:37 AM AC, Putin is certainly waving the nuclear sabre, but I think this more a publicity exerci.....
» 23/04/2022 11:40:55 AM And here is an example of how the Russians are handling the local media: https://www.bbc......
» 23/04/2022 9:50:23 AM AC, I think that the Ukranians may well be able to clear the Russian forces in three or f.....
» 23/04/2022 9:28:22 AM Um, the ABC is giving more coverage to Katherine Deves' trans views than the Ukraine war, .....
» 21/04/2022 10:21:01 AM Foxy, Reminds me of listening to a composer talking of his latest work, then I hear some .....
» 21/04/2022 7:46:53 AM I think that if Timmy from Southpark had debated Morrison instead of Albanese, the "u.....
» 20/04/2022 2:40:50 PM And loads of sad stories on RFE. They don't strike me as fabricated stories, but nor did t.....
» 20/04/2022 2:19:33 PM AC Unnecessary death and destruction is always a certainty in war. I have doubts about th.....
» 20/04/2022 1:06:41 PM Alan, If you want thorium reactors you will have to wait for the prototypes to be tested .....
» 19/04/2022 4:18:43 PM I very much hope it is a tale people listen to. Unfortunately renewable energy is a horrib.....
» 19/04/2022 1:10:51 PM Foxy, I like your optimism. I have reservations about renewable energy. It might make sen.....
» 19/04/2022 12:37:21 PM An integrity commission is commendable Foxy. It would be a busy place with a lacklustre pm.....
» 16/04/2022 9:10:03 AM My understanding of Socialism is a system that tells people that they are free, in control.....
» 16/04/2022 5:10:57 AM Further, I think the idea of a conspiracy of media reporting of the conflict would present.....
» 15/04/2022 9:31:37 PM I am influenced by things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNblJ5sApro.....
» 15/04/2022 6:47:06 PM Well AC, I cannot fault you for arguing your opinion and taking the time to express it. I .....
» 15/04/2022 8:09:42 AM Goodness me AC, Shame to see your psychopathic killer mate Vlad's flagship at the bottom .....
» 13/04/2022 7:45:46 PM It is so sad Foxy. I had naively hoped that the horrors of the conflict would quickly prom.....
» 13/04/2022 6:39:35 PM I think the difference is that the US military, as a servant of US citizens, has to answer.....
» 13/04/2022 6:24:25 AM You might use the same reasoning to blame the USA for WWII, but that could be a hard sell......
» 11/04/2022 6:59:56 PM A seventy year lifespan for a nuclear power station Aidan? Try eighty years and longer. I .....
» 10/04/2022 9:56:34 PM Aidan, Exactly. When the comparisons get done it is for twenty years, and I would guess t.....
» 10/04/2022 6:35:42 PM AC Do Japan and Germany invade neighbouring countries for spurious reasons, like claiming.....
» 10/04/2022 6:06:42 PM Aidan Cost depends on the metric you choose, and the metrics seem to be chosen to fit an .....
» 10/04/2022 8:49:27 AM Paul, From what I have read of Putin, having such influence was standard practice. https.....
» 10/04/2022 7:51:26 AM Paul The Soviet Union was very actively trying to destabilise the west during the cold wa.....
» 8/04/2022 7:30:36 PM Good for you Yuyutsu. I must admit to having less curiosity about your cooking or Is mise'.....
» 5/04/2022 8:18:56 PM Mox, Can you imagine a world where imperial Japan and Nazi Germany had lived until now? I.....
» 3/04/2022 7:57:19 PM Bronwyn, You might also consider comparing paranoid cleptocratic autocracy Russia with po.....
» 3/04/2022 6:27:40 PM Bronwyn, My own view is that in Russia the Nazi terror of the second world is exploited b.....
» 2/04/2022 2:25:13 PM Bronwyn, Substitute a few names, e.g. Zionists for Nazis, and your comment sounds like th.....
» 2/04/2022 12:07:24 PM Dan, Why aren't Germany and Japan a threat to the world today? I think the only thing sto.....
» 2/04/2022 11:57:24 AM SM, The reality for Mox to consider is the differing fortune of Russia compared to Japan .....
» 2/04/2022 9:34:26 AM Go back ninety years and Japan and Germany were spouting the same aggression justified by .....
» 30/03/2022 10:20:14 PM mox It is a tragic mess and Russia needs to get out asap. I suspect in many instances the.....
» 30/03/2022 7:51:50 PM IJN I think you were right about the speed of defeat of the Russians. I hope that the Ukr.....
» 28/03/2022 6:05:29 PM Thank you Janina. One thing missing from the documentary was mention of the Holodomor. It.....
» 27/03/2022 9:46:18 PM Interesting IJN, I wouldn't know. The Russian force is a few hundred thousand strong so I.....
» 27/03/2022 7:26:45 PM Bar a sparse few, I think that most will view it as unprovoked Russian military aggression.....
» 27/03/2022 1:03:35 PM Mox, I just want to see Russians and Ukranians enjoy peaceful and prosperous lives. Putin.....
» 27/03/2022 4:40:36 AM Mox Seven generals out of twenty killed. RF acknowledges one. Why? No updates on troops k.....
» 26/03/2022 3:26:43 PM Interesting take Hasbeen, but the brutality of the Russian army is well established. No su.....
» 26/03/2022 5:41:05 AM "Seems Russian military casualties were rather high then because of their policy of t.....
» 25/03/2022 10:32:20 PM Mox I hope you wont have to be an apologist for war criminals for much longer. I hope the.....
» 25/03/2022 6:54:05 PM "The Russians are obviously winning the physical war" Gee Mox, another commie m.....
» 25/03/2022 10:19:53 AM Yes, armchair warriors and plenty of retired generals calling for more assistance. Seeing .....
» 25/03/2022 7:32:13 AM You parrot the Russian line. A mouthpiece for war criminals, Bronwyn. I think the sanction.....
» 24/03/2022 7:19:32 PM Well Foxy, I think that you and IJN both care about people. That is what distinguishes yo.....
» 24/03/2022 6:13:11 AM Imajuliannutter, Nobody thought that the Ukranians would fight like they have. That is why.....
» 23/03/2022 8:18:56 AM Fighting evil? Isn't that what Vlad is doing? I think the movie Tucker and Dale vs Evil de.....
» 22/03/2022 9:22:31 PM Some say that Putin invaded Ukraine because he believed that Nato would not engage with th.....
» 22/03/2022 4:44:48 PM Interesting as in being next to a volcano Foxy. Terrifying yes, but you don't want to turn.....
» 22/03/2022 1:24:18 PM Thank you mhaze. I appreciate your insight, but I also appreciate Bronwyn's motivation to .....
» 22/03/2022 1:07:16 PM Cooperating? They tried that three times and now they are being invaded. Marioupol's treat.....
» 22/03/2022 6:15:21 AM What did the Ukranians think? Been there. Done that. Never again thank you. Why do you thi.....
» 21/03/2022 8:46:41 PM The Russian army is suffering huge and unsustainable losses. Although Putin's autocracy is.....
» 20/03/2022 7:38:44 PM Itellectual rigour? It's amazing how despots feel the need to give their crazed pseudo-sci.....
» 20/03/2022 9:48:22 AM Dan, I think the ideological war between commies and the west has been one of being press.....
» 19/03/2022 7:03:51 AM Hi Dan. Could you be more specific please? The Russian army is suffering large casualties .....
» 19/03/2022 6:03:22 AM As for Russia being vulnerable, they have thousands of icbms targeting the west, which the.....
» 19/03/2022 4:57:58 AM Bronwyn, The worst crime in the Ukraine is the confinement and murdering of civilian popu.....
» 15/03/2022 8:23:11 PM Degraded West? The trinkets they are sending the Ukranians are causing the Russian Army so.....
» 13/03/2022 11:07:31 AM ttbn I ascribe more to the idea of about two thirds of people following the prevailing au.....
» 13/03/2022 8:22:03 AM Paul I think that the reason for Putin's popularity might relate to Milgram's research, w.....
» 12/03/2022 10:31:39 PM ttbn Good for you. The Germans were once different people. I occasionally listen to Vladi.....
» 12/03/2022 7:22:48 AM Paul, I think Putin's agenda is more about plunder and his vision of a Restored Russia, w.....
» 11/03/2022 6:30:17 PM I wouldn't have a clue ttbn. Why would I? I am just glad to see the Ukranians put up a fig.....
» 11/03/2022 9:07:38 AM It is a war of attrition that Russia will lose. Now that the Ukranians have shown their co.....
» 11/03/2022 8:13:24 AM More than ten days now and perhaps 20% of the Russian invading force has been destroyed or.....
» 3/03/2022 7:12:57 PM Hydrogen was first touted as a spin off from high temperature nuclear reactors. Renewable .....
» 28/02/2022 2:36:17 PM Gosh AC, that sounds much like the argument that offering women access to birth control in.....
» 28/02/2022 8:21:58 AM Putin has about ten days, then he starts running out of missiles. The lightweight anti-tan.....
» 26/02/2022 9:27:05 AM The Ukraine can thank Germany's wind/solar obsession for the timing of the invasion. With .....
» 25/02/2022 6:33:48 PM North Africa or the Middle East could provide the imbalance I think. Yes, it's an idiotic.....
» 25/02/2022 3:19:28 PM Bazz, I have no interest in fudging data. I just want to cut through all the smoke and mir.....
» 25/02/2022 1:07:58 PM "Nowhere did I suggest putting the electricity supply at the beck and call of a forei.....
» 25/02/2022 8:09:16 AM The other advantage of nuclear power, aside from it being cheaper, less polluting and more.....
» 25/02/2022 6:01:28 AM You think putting you power supply at the beck and call of a foreign power a good idea Aid.....
» 24/02/2022 8:50:51 PM " the Eurasian electricity supergrid already stretches from Ireland to Singapore (via.....
» 23/02/2022 4:49:54 AM Cheap renewables is a con and you have been sucked in by it Aiden. Don't feel bad about it.....
» 22/02/2022 7:59:22 PM Aidan, I am trying to make economic sense of renewable energy, but there is none to be mad.....
» 20/02/2022 6:25:57 PM This link exposes the lie of renewable energy in Europe. Solar and wind combined have over.....
» 20/02/2022 12:43:59 PM <keep in mind the figure is in addition to the renewable power already installed which .....
» 11/02/2022 1:15:18 PM If you want to see failed renewable energy you only need look at completed projects and co.....
» 6/02/2022 11:51:48 AM Dear Foxy, I think you show very good judgement by taking the advice of your doctors. I w.....
» 6/02/2022 9:58:26 AM My opinion on conventional vs alternative is coloured by over thirty years dealing with a .....
» 30/01/2022 6:53:24 AM I saw a brand new Tesla down the street from me getting put on a tow truck the other day, .....
» 23/01/2022 4:03:10 PM Even without dementia he didn't have the confidence of his old boss. “Don’t underestimate.....
» 23/01/2022 7:50:21 AM Given events like the Nanjing massacre I would think China grateful for the US blockade of.....
» 23/01/2022 7:13:28 AM The only times that Biden is coherent is when he is reading someone else's words from a te.....
» 22/01/2022 4:14:51 PM Foxy, I don't think Biden as cognitively impaired as is suggested by Fox News, but I woul.....
» 22/01/2022 9:44:27 AM Foxy, You can see Ronald Reagan in 1992, a few years before his Alzheimer's diagnosis and.....
» 21/01/2022 6:45:16 PM The latest stats from NSW show that half of covid deaths aged under 65 years and half of a.....
» 21/01/2022 7:14:05 AM One thing you are missing is that the data was for Omicron only. For all strains the unvac.....
» 19/01/2022 8:08:05 PM "Twenty-three of those who died had had two doses of a vaccine, one had one dose, eig.....
» 16/01/2022 9:09:00 AM It is certainly a mess Paul. I am annoyed that a visa was granted on the basis of declarat.....
» 16/01/2022 6:50:30 AM Yes, but how did he get the medical exemption? The medical exemption was a joke and Border.....
» 16/01/2022 4:58:01 AM Were there differences between the populations, such as age distribution and risk status? .....
» 15/01/2022 9:20:01 PM "The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would giv.....
» 15/01/2022 11:03:34 AM Novak's mistake was that he bribed a Serbian official to change a covid test result from n.....
» 15/01/2022 6:18:28 AM Hi Baygon, Yes, renewables are very expensive and unreliable as Europeans are starting to.....
» 14/01/2022 4:09:50 PM Hopefully it will get worse for him Alan. There he is, hailed as a champion for holding na.....
» 14/01/2022 10:08:10 AM Um, Jules released the names of hundreds of operatives and informants because he wanted to.....
» 14/01/2022 8:30:45 AM Hi JF Unless you want to change the entry rules and permit fraud and lying when making a .....
» 14/01/2022 6:38:23 AM Hi JF, I've heard about the natural immunity defence. I sent a recording of an exchange b.....
» 13/01/2022 5:26:03 PM Hi JF, The covid vaccines I have received have all been rigorously tested, and the evalua.....
» 13/01/2022 12:51:22 PM That is very kind of Hasbeen and his son. What I see is the harm people will subject thems.....
» 13/01/2022 10:30:42 AM Foxy, The trouble with renewables is that the sales pitch is a big lie, just like the &qu.....
» 13/01/2022 10:12:25 AM Malcolm Turnbull put me right off the idea of a republic. I felt his only motivation in th.....
» 13/01/2022 8:52:34 AM Well, faking a test result should be enough to get the guy kicked out. Every day this lyin.....
» 13/01/2022 8:10:23 AM Gas fired power had to be made green energy to try and hide the evolving mess of wind and .....
» 13/01/2022 7:57:51 AM Bureaurcatic stuff up perhaps, but also the doctrine of the separation of powers in action.....
» 6/01/2022 6:32:52 AM "I think it would be common behaviour for innocent people to kick and scream while be.....
» 5/01/2022 8:20:31 PM Bronwyn Jules wont be condemned by my opinion nor exonerated by yours. JF I look at wha.....
» 5/01/2022 1:18:05 PM JF, People were probably tortured and murdered as a result of Jules revealing their ident.....
» 5/01/2022 6:37:55 AM "Assange is innocent and his speaking the truth has killed nobody." Says who? J.....
» 4/01/2022 3:02:36 PM Foxy, Pell faced the legal process and was acquitted by it. No legal technicality. That p.....
» 4/01/2022 12:55:28 PM Foxy, Why not look at the High Court judgement? https://cdn.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publica.....
» 4/01/2022 9:52:23 AM France was investing in renewables as part of government policy. The fact that renewable e.....
» 4/01/2022 6:06:46 AM JF, were some here talking about George, they might say, "Whatever George is accordin.....
» 3/01/2022 7:22:07 PM Thanks Bronwyn. Even though I think Jules a pretty horrible person, I would would have gr.....
» 3/01/2022 6:35:39 AM Bronwyn, Different interpretations, that is all. I find the contrast between Pell and Ass.....
» 2/01/2022 9:27:17 AM Yes Bazz. Capacity factor is the killer for renewables if you want to replace conventional.....
» 2/01/2022 7:35:52 AM Bronwyn, We see things and make our own interpretations. The Swedish prosecutors had enou.....
» 1/01/2022 5:04:30 PM Foxy, The technicality in Pell's case was that there was reasonable doubt about his guilt.....
» 1/01/2022 1:03:56 PM Bazz, the problem is that it is commonplace to think that fossil fuels can be reliably and.....
» 1/01/2022 11:43:52 AM We all have our opinions of how things are, but how do you know it's true? Melzer may be a.....
» 1/01/2022 7:40:15 AM What fascinates me is the great variance of opinion of the fellow. This journalist writes .....
» 31/12/2021 4:11:42 PM I posted because AA wanted to make it clear that she wasn't hired by the CIA and wanted to.....
» 30/12/2021 10:59:40 PM And another conspiracy theorist succumbs :-( https://news.in-24.com/news/436620.html.....
» 30/12/2021 10:38:05 PM Well, if he'd bitten the hand that feeds him he'd have long ago succumbed to an umbrella g.....
» 29/12/2021 1:32:10 PM <A "cowardly abusive narcissist" is a good description of this evil person wh.....
» 29/12/2021 6:58:46 AM Hmmm, and vaccinated people died from smallpox too. Managing an infection, even with effec.....
» 28/12/2021 4:43:58 PM The assertion of Jules' fans is that he wont get a fair trial in the US. I am sure there a.....
» 28/12/2021 8:36:51 AM Well ttbn, I would be kidding myself to think that I could determine Assange's guilt or in.....
» 27/12/2021 7:41:39 PM Gosh, and when George got shoved in the clink some people were saying we should respect th.....
» 27/12/2021 3:16:28 PM If his case were so strong then why did he spend seven years hiding in an embassy and wast.....
» 27/12/2021 1:57:08 PM I think that the sympathy and concern for wrongful conviction held by some would turn on i.....
» 27/12/2021 1:38:55 PM Drink driving laws and seat belt mandates are different. Putting on a seat belt and not ha.....
» 26/12/2021 10:22:43 AM I can't see much sense in the anti-vax stance. My perspective is of antigenic challenge be.....
» 25/12/2021 5:58:01 PM JA is just a revolting narcissist. Frankly I couldn't give a rats if he is innocent or gui.....
» 7/12/2021 9:25:13 PM And there are Claytons renewables as well Bazz. A recent audit found that diesel generator.....
» 28/11/2021 7:40:51 PM It isn't the reluctance to get the vaccine that concerns me so much as the wilful disregar.....
» 28/11/2021 3:20:56 PM China is in the advanced stages of testing a gen 4 reactor, with connection to the grid ex.....
» 27/11/2021 8:05:41 AM I am more optimistic Bazz. Renewables have been sold on the basis of being cheap, reliable.....
» 26/11/2021 8:01:09 PM As Taswegian pointed out, Desertec was going to be the powerhouse of Europe, yet that turn.....
» 24/11/2021 9:50:33 PM I thought that people who believed things like that had names like Bobby Ray and made vide.....
» 21/11/2021 2:15:14 PM Okay Alan, so existing nuclear is too problematic and dangerous to fix, whereas on paper m.....
» 21/11/2021 10:54:33 AM The Chinese have the right idea. Build lots of coal an nuclear power stations, and develop.....
» 21/11/2021 9:23:26 AM I don't dispute that co2 causes warming. What I question is the validity of predictions of.....
» 20/11/2021 9:22:56 AM What I don't understand is why can't a decommissioned nuclear power station be recommissio.....
» 19/11/2021 1:15:33 PM There should at least be an honest discussion of cost. For example, a 2019 article compari.....
» 11/03/2020 9:59:05 PM Could a bit of selective ocean fertilisation alter the rainfall probability? I read of oce.....
» 7/03/2020 2:36:15 PM How then do you explain the logic of combustible carbon capture and storage on land you be.....
» 7/03/2020 7:43:17 AM What I cannot understand is why the catastrophists are so straitjacketed and dogmatic. Dog.....
» 4/03/2020 9:29:55 PM Yuyutsu, I once thought of argument and reason adversarially. I now think of them as valu.....
» 3/03/2020 8:06:48 PM I don't think it logical to persecute someone on the basis of what you think might happen .....
» 1/03/2020 7:29:37 PM Did the American surveillance capture footage of Julian wiping his poo on the walls? The g.....
» 17/02/2020 9:20:07 PM Alan, The reason we don't have thorium reactors is because they have no economic justific.....
» 15/02/2020 9:27:07 PM Hasbeen, Meteorology is an applied science of probability, not of certainty. I mentioned .....
» 15/02/2020 9:53:41 AM We can always benefit from better understanding the world, but how does "It's climate.....
» 14/02/2020 10:42:10 PM Weather predictions will fail if the system is too chaotic, if there is insufficient data,.....
» 13/02/2020 8:31:41 PM Hi Mr O, Maybe the fires happened as a result of hot dry weather and lots of combustible .....
» 11/02/2020 10:02:04 PM Smoke can fertilise oceans. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190729151853.ht.....
» 11/02/2020 9:56:19 PM For sure there has been the breakdown of the IOD and the southern migration of the monsoon.....
» 11/02/2020 8:42:16 PM My grandfather felt shame and embarrassment for his illegitimacy. My transgender niece liv.....
» 11/02/2020 7:06:07 PM I think there is far too much focus on computer models making long term forecasts way beyo.....
» 9/02/2020 11:07:07 PM With all the genders these days you would need a quantum computer to perform such a thing,.....
» 9/02/2020 7:45:14 PM A question, Mr O. You pointed out that the natural world absorbs about half of the carbon.....
» 9/02/2020 1:39:01 PM Thanks Mr O. Ultimately ocean carbon sequestration is at least 80% of the total. e.g. htt.....
» 9/02/2020 11:20:01 AM Hi Mr O, There is also the possibility that rain resulted from smoke fertilizing the ocea.....
» 9/02/2020 7:00:21 AM Aidan, I would not think a belief in Jewish banker conspiracies a condition of climate ca.....
» 8/02/2020 12:07:24 PM The commonality among skeptics is a belief that the world is not headed for a climate cata.....
» 4/02/2020 9:02:58 PM Hi Mr O, I am trying to think of points in common and points of difference. Would you agr.....
» 3/02/2020 8:05:34 PM And how many decades will it be before the "Action against climate change!" has .....
» 29/01/2020 9:29:46 PM From this article on the BBC site it seems that land temperatures aren't all that relevant.....
» 26/01/2020 8:42:48 PM Max, I agree that solutions should be tested. That was not done with tree planting and th.....
» 26/01/2020 8:52:21 AM Mr O, For one thing the oxygen in the atmosphere is a result of water molecules being spl.....
» 26/01/2020 7:17:43 AM If Antarctica is cooler as a result of the ozone hole, then it is a clear demonstration of.....
» 25/01/2020 8:15:49 PM Well Max, there is currently a replication crisis in science, so I don't see good reason t.....
» 25/01/2020 7:30:02 PM For example, here is the plot from Davis: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/stda.....
» 25/01/2020 7:23:01 PM You can go to the map here: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data_v4/ I had a .....
» 25/01/2020 10:29:46 AM Hi Max, I cannot see how the solutions to climate change would solve the problem that glo.....
» 23/01/2020 3:16:55 PM I think that Mr O is hinting that I don't know that water vapour is the main greenhouse ga.....
» 23/01/2020 2:00:33 PM Hi Mr O, Here is an explanation of latent heat: https://www.theweatherprediction.com/hab.....
» 22/01/2020 8:10:18 PM Thank you Alison Jane. The oceans are a huge energy store, so if you want to cool the plan.....
» 22/01/2020 8:02:51 AM Hi Mr O, I see from your comments that you have little understanding of weather. On the m.....
» 21/01/2020 10:30:58 PM So if I steal from US residents I should be immune from prosecution because I live in Aust.....
» 21/01/2020 10:01:25 PM MJO, Enso, SAM and the IOD were all contributors to the drought. They are natural weather .....
» 21/01/2020 1:55:04 PM Hi Aidan, If the ocean surface is heated the rate of evaporation increases, and because o.....
» 19/01/2020 8:51:20 AM Same thing is happening in Jakarta, Joe. i.e. Pumping ground water, not sea level rise......
» 18/01/2020 8:45:41 AM Over the past year Australia has experienced low rainfall generating conditions in the sur.....
» 16/01/2020 8:36:21 AM Mr O, It is good that you believe in polite and rational discussion. Perhaps you could ex.....
» 15/01/2020 8:29:17 PM Mr O, The Greens had a go at geoengineering. They thought they could gobble up masses of .....
» 15/01/2020 1:11:34 PM Weren't the Greens pushing for all the tree planting? You would wonder why they did this w.....
» 14/01/2020 7:35:25 AM I can understand Monckton's socialism analogy: "Comrades, we have a great problem th.....
» 13/01/2020 7:19:36 AM If you think that arguing about the science is hard Mr O, then try selling the solution. I.....
» 12/01/2020 7:02:48 PM What can Australia do about CO2 emissions that will have a practical effect on the world?&.....
» 7/01/2020 8:52:40 PM Have they trialed explosive charges to fight bush fires? https://www.usatoday.com/story/n.....
» 7/01/2020 7:34:37 AM The the reality is that when Labor got elected in 2007, mobile internet was not cost compe.....
» 7/01/2020 7:11:40 AM "the bottom line is you need to be extremely dumb or deceitful to think man can contr.....
» 6/01/2020 8:16:14 PM Max, By the reckoning of climate change advocates, nuclear, or any other low emission tec.....
» 6/01/2020 5:14:07 PM Increasing the absorption of CO2 by one percent would totally offset net human CO2 emissio.....
» 5/01/2020 1:31:54 PM In PNG you pay just over 185 AUD for 13GB/30days. That is data only, no calls. Not making .....
» 5/01/2020 11:35:58 AM Hi Mr O, In January 2008, Optus was offering a mobile broadband deal of 400mb per month f.....
» 5/01/2020 9:43:06 AM Hi Mr O, I just ran a speed test on my no frills mobile service: 25.7mbs/2.57mbs. This is.....
» 5/01/2020 8:31:48 AM Hi Mr O, You speak of the state of the art, bells and whistles, 100 year life internet. W.....
» 5/01/2020 7:11:57 AM Over the past few years the amount of mobile data on my service has increased ten fold and.....
» 4/01/2020 11:27:30 AM Hi Steele, I dumped the nbn because I could get a superior mobile service along with unch.....
» 4/01/2020 10:38:07 AM Hi Josephus, I cannot understand why AGW advocates don't want to discuss geoengineering. .....
» 4/01/2020 7:48:02 AM Hi Mr O, Would you agree, based on your acceptance of AGW and its predictions, that the a.....
» 3/01/2020 9:59:00 PM The NBN has already been superseded by mobile phones. Several months ago my broadband prov.....
» 1/01/2020 1:36:41 PM Agree Max. Nuclear is the only viable low carbon energy source currently. The next step is.....
» 1/01/2020 8:53:23 AM Hi Max, There has been a strong IOD event following a borderline El Nino, hence the dry, .....
» 17/12/2019 9:42:34 PM Hi Belly, Sounds like you have got Enstilar. Good that it is helping you. Re Global warm.....
» 16/12/2019 7:54:09 PM Hi Belly, The drought and fires are a terrible devastation. If the predictions that they .....
» 15/12/2019 4:22:16 PM Hi Mr O, The dry weather is certainly due to anomalously cool surface water as Josephus a.....
» 15/12/2019 1:46:42 PM What we are experiencing is weather. The low rainfall is due to the strongly positive IOD,.....
» 14/12/2019 3:05:44 PM Runner, Be thankful that Jerry the jew hater didn't fool the Brits. Good riddance to him......
» 5/12/2019 8:38:03 PM Have a look at why parts of Australia are hot. Madden Julian Oscillation reports are worth.....
» 3/12/2019 8:57:17 PM Thank you, Joe. I stand corrected. Cheers.....
» 2/12/2019 10:01:21 PM Hi Aidan, I think solar/batteries for home power is great in remote locations, and I hope.....
» 1/12/2019 7:45:33 PM Hi AC, It's what happens when the decision makers are driven by ideology and have no prac.....
» 30/11/2019 4:31:30 PM Hi Belly How constructive has such discussion ever been on OLO? Natural rainfall variabil.....
» 30/11/2019 12:18:48 PM Anyone wondering why the Australian continent is so dry current might have a look at sea s.....
» 30/11/2019 9:17:30 AM Non-racial apartheid. I don't think it morally acceptable for a country to engage a large .....
» 24/11/2019 7:56:00 PM Hi Belly, There is a forum I like, run by an expat Brit living in France (Psoriasis Club).....
» 24/11/2019 1:23:31 PM I agree with Paul. This forum is far tamer than many. I was recently called a (hypothetica.....
» 17/11/2019 5:38:16 PM Hi Belly, I find the greens far too constrained by ideology to do anything economically u.....
» 10/11/2019 6:36:58 PM <Unless you are prepared to decry socialised medicine ie Medicare and spruik for a syst.....
» 10/11/2019 7:37:20 AM Belly, I felt the CSIRO report pumping renewables and trashing coal and nuclear was ideol.....
» 9/11/2019 4:56:12 PM About 360 billion tonnes of shipping to raise sea level by 1mm, Joe. It's a big bath tub. .....
» 9/11/2019 7:56:45 AM Belly, If we had stuck with coal fired power and built a couple of nuclear power stations.....
» 8/11/2019 8:36:26 PM Belly, I remember a CSIRO report saying how solar was much cheaper than coal, and that nu.....
» 8/11/2019 5:02:55 PM Belly, The climate changes. Australia unfortunately has cooler than average sea surface t.....
» 8/11/2019 11:47:19 AM Belly, Where is the development of zero carbon nuclear being prioritised? Why is the UN p.....
» 25/10/2019 8:39:17 AM I think it a pillar of civilisation, as explained by Peter van Uhm in his Ted talk. Nation.....
» 8/10/2019 10:19:56 PM I think that the High Court of Yallingup should reconvene and try the fellow. I am sure th.....
» 1/10/2019 9:22:41 PM Thank you, Hasbeen. Did you think that there was a belief that primitive societies would b.....
» 30/09/2019 10:10:30 PM Mr O, Education and availability of contraception correlate with lower fertility. You can.....
» 30/09/2019 6:51:54 PM How is giving women autonomy of their fertility an act of control? Is freedom to choose an.....
» 29/09/2019 7:01:40 PM From my understanding, the research indicates that making family planning services availab.....
» 27/09/2019 7:05:24 PM Thank you, Foxy. From what I have read I get the impression that the issue is voluntary a.....
» 27/09/2019 2:07:46 PM Dear Foxy, You and Belly seem to have been sucked in by the "Poverty dictates big fa.....
» 27/09/2019 12:27:46 PM I am far more worried about the declining koala population. Australia would be in a far be.....
» 25/09/2019 7:10:10 PM Belly. I think that the real and present danger is from bad government, not climate chang.....
» 24/09/2019 6:54:23 PM One degree centigrade of warming over 170 years (puts Greta's melodramatic prattle in pers.....
» 19/09/2019 7:37:40 PM I think that Victoria has ceded from Australia and become the 24th state of Venezuela. Wit.....
» 4/09/2019 8:53:43 PM The legal process is far more respected by some when it puts away Catholic clergy......
» 26/08/2019 6:15:13 PM No, Mr Op. I just think it an interesting case with potentially significant implications, .....
» 25/08/2019 10:34:15 PM Dear Mr Op, I am currently reading through the judgement. It looks to me more like a grea.....
» 25/08/2019 8:31:48 PM Mr Op, I think that Victorians are very well served by skilled jurists like Justice Weinb.....
» 25/08/2019 5:27:28 PM Hi Belly, I think we are just nattering away in the peanut gallery trying to make sense o.....
» 25/08/2019 2:57:58 PM ttbn I have more faith in the courts, but there are strict rules to be followed. I hope t.....
» 25/08/2019 9:01:30 AM Well Paul, good luck with Anthony Albanobody......
» 25/08/2019 7:45:41 AM Exactly, ttbn. You cannot reliably profile a "witness of truth" just as you cann.....
» 24/08/2019 9:27:30 AM Keith Windschuttle gives a possible source of inspiration for the witness. http://thesest.....
» 22/08/2019 8:33:31 PM Paul, The question for me is "What is sufficient evidence for a conviction?". I.....
» 21/08/2019 7:11:41 PM Obviously the evidence of the witness is considered to be very credible, but we in the pea.....
» 17/08/2019 2:12:54 PM How many people would the legislation apply to? A few each year? I look at the death indus.....
» 4/08/2019 8:24:33 PM You asked the wrong question. You should have asked "Where would you place Julian Ass.....
» 8/06/2019 6:47:50 AM Nuclear waste? About a cubic meter per GWH generating capacity per year for the current re.....
» 7/06/2019 1:29:34 PM Never noted much sympathy for those put through the wringer with 18c. Funny how the same e.....
» 2/06/2019 8:28:07 PM Jesus disapproves? Refugees are people. Unlike Jesus, people cannot walk on water. This h.....
» 2/06/2019 6:34:46 PM I enjoyed your comment, Alan. Cheers.....
» 2/06/2019 9:05:28 AM If there is anyone out to get us they are among Julian's supporters. Labor was all set to .....
» 21/05/2019 6:37:58 PM The reality is that unchecked control by the left is inevitably catastrophic. 18c and the .....
» 19/05/2019 11:50:18 AM The biggest joke of the campaign for me was the idea that the hundred voters judging the l.....
» 18/05/2019 10:03:29 PM Yep, well short of Hawke in vision and ability. Thankfully he wont get the chance to demon.....
» 26/04/2019 5:48:30 PM Would it be possible to export the Cobby killers to Iran for a public stoning? It might gi.....
» 15/04/2019 7:22:07 PM "Note as you have me in the leftist basket how do you find my agreement with your vie.....
» 14/04/2019 8:47:32 PM Belly, You might be interested in this interview with a soldier on the scene shortly afte.....
» 14/04/2019 6:55:00 PM No worries, Belly. I have no affinity for extremists, left or right. Felt sympathetic to t.....
» 14/04/2019 2:20:49 PM It was not an anonymous source that claimed Assange smeared his faeces on the embassy wall.....
» 12/04/2019 4:39:55 PM A flawed character who abused the power he wielded, Belly. I have no sympathy for him. &q.....
» 12/04/2019 1:48:25 PM He looked like Rip Van Winkle coming out of the embassy; probably has a trim as often as h.....
» 12/04/2019 10:15:26 AM Isn't it wonderful to see a scumbag brought to account? Rape and espionage are no small ma.....
» 31/03/2019 5:49:33 PM The strange thing for me is to see people believing that what you think about a pic of a w.....
» 30/03/2019 7:33:16 PM In places where the MOFs call the shots, women cannot go to school or play sport. Do you t.....
» 30/03/2019 4:48:58 PM I'm sure Islamic countries have their fair share of dirty old men. Be grateful that Austra.....
» 30/03/2019 10:43:17 AM Boy, I could be reading a discussion by the Taliban. Australia is a much better place for .....
» 29/03/2019 7:51:34 AM Clearly a case of ideology trumping science. Nothing new......
» 27/03/2019 7:02:54 PM Belly, I take a secular view of seeing religion as a means of establishing law and order.....
» 26/03/2019 7:06:32 PM For anyone interested the murder estimate in Mali is currently about 130. All murdered by .....
» 25/03/2019 10:28:14 PM Is racism an element of the "identity politics" set? That would be the set that .....
» 25/03/2019 7:39:26 PM Indi, I think it a case of a death being viewed from the perspective of its political val.....
» 25/03/2019 6:43:39 PM One hundred murdered in Mali a day or so ago. It doesn't seem to be a big deal in the medi.....
» 24/03/2019 8:26:10 AM I agree, Belly. The motivation isn't relevant, but using the tragedy for the purpose of vi.....
» 23/03/2019 11:07:47 PM Having looked through the manifesto I note that the creep was a communist at one point. He.....
» 19/03/2019 7:12:43 PM We all get things wrong. Scientists, working with facts and logic, will expect that nearly.....
» 18/03/2019 6:49:38 PM In my own family there is a spectrum of political opinion. All are good people with good i.....
» 15/03/2019 3:17:14 PM Belly, I look at all the chest beating on both sides as more a matter of ego and self-int.....
» 12/03/2019 6:54:23 PM Fukushima failed because the backup diesel generators and pumps were not properly designed.....
» 7/03/2019 9:12:28 PM The key to controlling atmospheric CO2 lies in understanding its relation to the biosphere.....
» 3/03/2019 6:06:34 PM What is the cost of 2 gigawatts of round the clock renewable energy? With some generous as.....
» 2/03/2019 1:03:04 PM Yes, I stand corrected Paul. Thoroughly decent fellows both. One would have to search as f.....
» 2/03/2019 11:04:44 AM Given Eddie Obeid's conduct, I'd have thought not having a competitive tender process prob.....
» 1/03/2019 6:43:03 PM Paul, You inferred that anyone questioning the verdict was an apologist for paedophiles, .....
» 1/03/2019 3:15:48 PM Give it a rest, Paul. If the appeal is dismissed you can indulge your self-righteousness t.....
» 1/03/2019 3:07:23 PM What would be sad would be a judicial process where people could be convicted because they.....
» 28/02/2019 9:15:53 PM Identity politics gone mad. From what I heard George Pell was made out to have the moral d.....
» 24/02/2019 8:56:54 PM Why must any act of welfare or social justice be attributed to Socialism? How about attrib.....
» 24/02/2019 7:42:00 PM Yes there is harm and waste as a result of pseudoscience. The research linking vaccination.....
» 24/02/2019 5:55:01 PM Derisal. I have used that. Don't forget kerosene baths for scabies: Just a tablespoon or s.....
» 24/02/2019 11:30:28 AM I enjoy watching Vladimir Jaffe, a refugee from the USSR who made good in the USA, intervi.....
» 24/02/2019 8:04:38 AM I've sourced treatment from bunnings and pine tar from a horse supply shop, so I know the .....
» 23/02/2019 10:30:56 AM Thanks, Belly. Psoriasis is a bugger of an illness. Unfortunately I also have psoriatic a.....
» 22/02/2019 6:10:36 PM Belly, Just to clarify, my comments about complementary and alternative medicine were in .....
» 21/02/2019 6:55:26 PM Steele, Were I a type 1 diabetic I would also source some BCG vaccine and give myself a f.....
» 21/02/2019 6:29:49 PM Steele, There are plenty more dying in Venezuela for want of insulin, and in the days of .....
» 21/02/2019 6:02:18 PM Belly, Politicising vaccination will only do harm in my view. ACs I think you are outli.....
» 20/02/2019 9:14:01 PM The supply of pharmaceuticals in the States suffers from a number of anti free market forc.....
» 20/02/2019 6:56:37 PM There is also the far left ideology which sees the pharmaceutical industry as an evil capi.....
» 18/02/2019 7:06:32 PM Yet another neo-Marxist telling the story of greedy capitalism destroying the world. A tot.....
» 17/02/2019 12:32:15 PM What about "Do unto others....". People refusing to vaccinate their children ben.....
» 15/02/2019 2:34:41 PM I've read that the conditions in Venezuelan goldmines are horrific. Nineteenth century saf.....
» 15/02/2019 11:23:56 AM <Last year, 16 Ukrainians died of the extremely contagious viral disease, which is easi.....
» 15/02/2019 10:20:58 AM Very sad to read of the unnecessary measles deaths in Europe. Also read of one young fello.....
» 15/02/2019 7:46:31 AM Aidan, I agree that there is variation in demand, but there is also a certain amount of p.....
» 14/02/2019 10:30:13 PM Bazz, The Chinese and South Koreans are building nuclear for 3 to 5 USD a watt. The figur.....
» 14/02/2019 9:42:23 PM From the link: <Two studies in Germany projected that 48,000 MW of wind power will all.....
» 14/02/2019 8:23:30 PM Hi Bazz, I was trying to calculate a really low figure and still got a result over twice .....
» 14/02/2019 6:21:53 PM Okay Aidan, how would you cost 2 gigawatts of 24/7 solar? I would think you would need at .....
» 14/02/2019 5:00:53 AM <why limit yourself to one baker? If one fast baker is a hundred times as productive as.....
» 13/02/2019 7:18:19 PM Since when has the left let facts cloud their ideology? That is what I find very frighteni.....
» 12/02/2019 7:20:30 PM Aidan, A fast reaction means you combine your products more quickly. Think of two bakers:.....
» 11/02/2019 6:32:30 PM Aidan, The research I read on ammonia would suggest more interest in modifying the Haber .....
» 10/02/2019 8:29:18 PM And here is an article discussing the problem of connecting infrastructure: https://www.s.....
» 10/02/2019 8:05:23 PM Aiden, From this article I found cost comparisons for new supply: https://www.smh.com.au.....
» 10/02/2019 3:10:31 PM Thanks, Aidan. Bazz, I did look into wind turbines and noted an industry figure of 40% t.....
» 9/02/2019 6:36:09 PM Aidan, You are right about Western socialism, but I suspect it was only so because they c.....
» 9/02/2019 2:09:53 PM Foxy, I have been following climate science long before it was hijacked by the left. I th.....
» 9/02/2019 10:51:29 AM If you think climate change bad, try living in Venezuela. Wealthiest nation in South Ameri.....
» 8/02/2019 6:34:05 PM Take one example of an ammonia plant, the one that works efficiently and economically usin.....
» 6/02/2019 10:17:54 PM Bazz, It's just another reincarnation of socialism, and like every other reincarnation of.....
» 6/02/2019 6:02:47 PM Aidan, The prediction from the renewable energy advocates was that solar and wind would m.....
» 5/02/2019 7:13:45 PM Aidan, The cost and complexity of tying solar and wind to the grid and making it a reliab.....
» 4/02/2019 7:27:45 PM Even di Natale admitted that coal was more reliable with his war comments. I speculate tha.....
» 3/02/2019 8:08:00 AM Good luck getting approval, Toni. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/miss-summ.....
» 2/02/2019 11:16:40 AM Well Toni, look for a suitable property and you can stage your own "Lady of the Lake&.....
» 2/02/2019 10:03:30 AM Toni, I think your chances of finding a sword chucking water woman are about the same as .....
» 2/02/2019 9:39:15 AM How is it there is one definition of the "right", presumably an abusive Neo-Nazi.....
» 2/02/2019 8:22:58 AM Toni, What is there to stop you finding like minded people and implementing your nirvana .....
» 2/02/2019 7:23:02 AM Toni, What is to stop you from starting your own nirvana in Australia? All you need do is.....
» 1/02/2019 9:10:02 AM Sadly Toni, all those high ideals of socialism have created enslavement by corrupt and inc.....
» 1/02/2019 8:29:58 AM You know what, Toni? All those Vietnam Vets came back to Australia in the knowledge that t.....
» 30/01/2019 8:59:30 PM Add to that the fact that the reaction to produce ammonia from a fuel cell proceeds at a s.....
» 28/01/2019 8:51:35 PM I think this link sums up the lack of multi-national support for hydrogen as a vehicle fue.....
» 28/01/2019 8:07:08 PM Zeppelins might fly. Ammonia as commodity may be viable if it can be made cheaply enough u.....
» 27/01/2019 4:41:41 PM Thanks for the link, Bazz. From what I saw they downplayed the role of efficient coal gene.....
» 26/01/2019 5:55:02 PM Yes, it is terrible, Bazz. Without cheap and reliable power the economy suffers. The only .....
» 26/01/2019 12:02:56 PM Lpg (197psi at 43C) has 2.5 times the energy density of hydrogen gas compressed to 10000 p.....
» 23/01/2019 11:00:34 PM Not_Now.Soon You come across as good and well-meaning, but the well worn cliche about pav.....
» 23/01/2019 10:24:54 PM I guess the Jews that survive the pogroms might chance it. Seriously Individual, what has .....
» 23/01/2019 2:24:16 PM Israel has four times the proportion of Muslims as Europe. Do they constitute an invasion .....
» 23/01/2019 12:52:06 PM So all those migrants going to Europe are part of an invasion force? Didn't they migrate b.....
» 23/01/2019 12:34:26 PM Not_Now.Soon, How is what you are proposing different from a theocracy? It has been tried.....
» 22/01/2019 7:39:19 PM You mean if you vote in a Richard you are at risk of turning into a Richard? That is an in.....
» 22/01/2019 4:59:05 PM DD What type of civilisation do you think would give the individual the greatest opportun.....
» 22/01/2019 7:47:44 AM Not_Now_Soon The Bible has had and continues to have an influence in society today, but d.....
» 21/01/2019 10:13:02 PM If it is all worked out in a book, isn't that what Isis tried to do? Same with the Taliban.....
» 20/01/2019 9:04:17 PM Whatever you might think of religions, they embodied many secular concepts that found our .....
» 19/01/2019 11:36:59 AM <Why is it I ask that the Jews have been 'on the nose' for centuries? I think a hint wa.....
» 17/01/2019 12:44:35 PM Belly, I share your concern for plastic waste, but go back fifty years and where were all.....
» 17/01/2019 12:16:36 PM Don't forget all the giant waves that the altimeter is surveying. That is why measurement .....
» 17/01/2019 6:52:48 AM Phil, Measuring sea level on a global scale is complicated. Were continents fixed in plac.....
» 16/01/2019 8:54:30 PM The strongest evidence for global warming is the rising sea level. What I have trouble com.....
» 15/01/2019 8:01:47 PM From my very limited understanding, automation is something that Australia should embrace .....
» 15/01/2019 11:43:47 AM My area of contention about defining socialism is that it is claimed as the motivator for .....
» 13/01/2019 6:53:30 PM Religions are many and varied, yet I have not seen this fact advanced as reason to think r.....
» 13/01/2019 9:09:14 AM Weren't Labor party members great fans of the Swedish model in the 1980s? What a disaster .....
» 12/01/2019 7:24:05 PM "The ABC article Foxy linked rightly points out that there are myriad definitions of .....
» 5/01/2019 11:58:23 AM Think about the base you are using. 0.11111... in base 9 is 0.1......
» 24/11/2018 1:29:58 PM <After declining by more than 20 percent from the October peak, oil prices are showing .....
» 11/11/2018 6:10:13 PM Is Mise I agree with you that the officer would have been safer by firing more than once,.....
» 11/11/2018 9:54:10 AM Is Mise Have a look at the footage. I hate to use the analogy of bullfighting, but the co.....
» 10/11/2018 12:05:03 PM A few points about the police conduct. -It makes perfect sense to engage the offender by .....
» 26/08/2018 3:52:14 PM Dear Logicade, It has come to the attention of the State Logicariat that you have been th.....
» 14/09/2017 6:06:30 PM Another commentator gets it totally wrong. The current debacle is due to the energy tradin.....
» 12/09/2017 8:43:56 PM The reason for high prices is the way wholesale energy is traded. Were the smallest supply.....
» 10/06/2014 6:23:18 PM < It's cheap for them to keep the person under surveillance and if they re-offend, the .....
» 9/06/2014 8:47:47 PM <A cheaper and fairer way is to provide the option of exile, sending dangerous offender.....
» 9/06/2014 3:53:55 PM Hi Nhoj, Yes, I agree that the correlation of size and violence is unknown, but I am cons.....
» 9/06/2014 3:00:01 PM I guess we differ a bit about how people who violate the rights and freedoms of others sho.....
» 8/06/2014 10:30:34 PM Hi Yuyutsu, So calorie restriction on the inside is a serious human rights violation, whi.....
» 8/06/2014 9:15:07 PM The logistics would not be so hard. For one thing separation of prisoners already happens......
» 8/06/2014 6:13:43 PM Hi Susie, I am not advocating starvation, merely a restriction of food intake to prevent .....
» 8/06/2014 12:59:30 PM Why do people get so worked up about capital punishment? It makes no sense to give it such.....
» 4/06/2014 8:03:34 PM Likening someone to a monkey or cannibal because of their race is undeniably racist. Quest.....
» 28/09/2013 5:45:46 PM Hi Pericles. <Your card - and the account behind it - was valid when you signed up wit.....
» 28/09/2013 1:44:50 PM Hi Pericles. <What is so difficult about that?> So then, why cant I use an expired.....
» 28/09/2013 10:08:02 AM Hi Pericles, <You (presumably) were sent a replacement card, with the same account num.....
» 28/09/2013 7:17:24 AM Hi Pericles, <Wrong assumption.> Indeed it was, but why should someone be able to .....
» 27/09/2013 6:32:59 PM Hi Pericles, Just to clarify, the recurring payment authority I signed included card deta.....
» 27/09/2013 5:50:51 PM Hi Phil, Yes, it does seem surprising that an entity can make withdrawals from an account.....
» 27/09/2013 12:32:14 PM I recently received a letter from an organisation with whom I had set up a recurring payme.....
» 3/09/2013 7:20:54 PM Hi Ralph Population growth might be an issue, especially with Australia's high growth rat.....
» 3/09/2013 5:34:47 PM Just another doomsayer. Fertility should be a matter of choice, not of coercion. The idea .....
» 2/09/2013 5:46:12 PM Hi Ivan, <Have you looked at the pending mortality rates of the Boomers from 2030-2050.....
» 1/09/2013 6:47:15 AM Hi David, You would not swap a stand of oaks for a handfull of acorns, or a building for .....
» 31/08/2013 3:18:49 PM Hi David, If you are using "humans" as an abbreviation of "human cells&quo.....
» 31/08/2013 10:09:34 AM Hi David. I agree that life is a continuum, but I cannot see how a single human cell is a.....
» 31/08/2013 6:24:27 AM <I wrote: ", and the knowledge of the union of sperm and ovum to form a new indivi.....
» 28/08/2013 6:19:28 PM csteele Thank you for pointing out biblical sources of God's views on young humans, but I.....
» 27/08/2013 8:36:53 PM Hi Divergence, landrights4all, by claiming very low consumption of the World's poor, enfo.....
» 27/08/2013 6:31:26 PM Hi Platypus, By equating abortion with murder, you would equate a person with the plans f.....
» 27/08/2013 6:11:57 PM Hi landrights4all, The current philosophy of family planning in the developing world is o.....
» 25/08/2013 6:03:08 PM Hi Livio, The debate cannot advance until an accepted estimate of per capita infrastructu.....
» 25/08/2013 7:27:41 AM Hi Andras, My concern is that women have access and education. There is much evidence to .....
» 24/08/2013 6:19:57 AM Sometimes you need to hear a message a few times for it to get through, Shockadelic. I was.....
» 22/08/2013 10:30:04 PM Denial of contraception is as abusive as enforced contraception. The suggestion that famil.....
» 20/08/2013 9:58:19 PM Hi Divergence, < The infrastructure costs of adding the equivalent of a new Adelaide e.....
» 20/08/2013 8:35:17 PM Hi Platypus. I still have trouble with equating a fertilized egg with a person. Isn't it .....
» 19/08/2013 11:36:52 PM Hi Platypus, Human gametes are living and capable of fusing and forming a human life. But.....
» 19/08/2013 10:39:00 PM Hi Platypus, I agree with you that government has no business in what is a personal moral.....
» 19/08/2013 7:28:04 PM Hi Platypus. What is the significance of 1.8? Do you think there a number above which it .....
» 18/08/2013 5:55:59 PM Interesting, Divergence. It would be nice to know the actual value. But if Malcolm's figur.....
» 18/08/2013 2:56:13 PM Thanks Malcolm, From your info, and assuming a 50 year life for infrastructure, Australia.....
» 18/08/2013 9:15:04 AM <Population reduction will only occur through the intervention of natural disasters.>.....
» 17/08/2013 5:14:21 PM Hi D. Yes, Costello commissioned the PC Report, but lost interest when it didn't give the.....
» 16/08/2013 11:17:21 PM Thanks, D. I understand that immigration policy should consider the whole cost, and shoul.....
» 15/08/2013 5:39:43 PM Hi Livio, Might I suggest that Malcolm posts as he does because he sees no argument, let .....
» 14/08/2013 5:47:20 PM Hi S, While the potato famine was a complex event, its victims were poor and uneducated, .....
» 13/08/2013 10:11:31 PM Hi Andras. Serbia and Bulgaria have their own sets of problems. Your claim that they are .....
» 12/08/2013 10:42:36 PM Russia a basket case, Andras? It just passed Italy as the world's ninth largest economy. A.....
» 12/08/2013 5:33:06 PM Yes I did thanks, S. Thanks for a very detailed reply. I guess that living in the present .....
» 11/08/2013 10:11:48 AM I read that the coalition claimed a $1.3 billion budgetary saving from a 6000 reduction in.....
» 10/08/2013 7:39:55 AM Thank you, S. So your approach is one of optimising the system for the current conditions.....
» 8/08/2013 9:38:56 PM Thank you, S. Yes, it is helpful. It sounds a bit like computers generating simulations w.....
» 7/08/2013 8:34:56 PM Hi S The idea of infrastructure and education supporting living standards is simple. It d.....
» 7/08/2013 6:00:29 PM Hi Spindoc, The concept is pretty basic, I agree. But the idea that people need infrastru.....
» 6/08/2013 8:01:30 PM Well, I'm sure that the Nazi party had a few good ideas, but when I listen to Wagner, I li.....
» 5/08/2013 8:01:36 PM If you wish to address concerns regarding population growth from immigration, the last thi.....
» 4/08/2013 6:35:57 AM Good post, Lego. If everyone was happy to live a very basic existence then Yuyutsu's idea.....
» 30/07/2013 10:24:08 PM Yet another example of the futility of trying to develop without family planning. With hig.....
» 28/07/2013 7:26:45 AM <This is a high price to pay so that the property developers can get richer.> High .....
» 21/07/2013 11:59:12 AM You can generate coal fired power for less than 8 cents per kwh, and you can provide power.....
» 21/07/2013 7:42:00 AM <High carbon price will hasten the installation of clean energy.> Quite the opposit.....
» 20/07/2013 1:56:55 PM Hi Individual, I see government as being of great potential for solving problems. Where i.....
» 20/07/2013 10:22:57 AM Where is the evidence that political action will fix a technical problem? National solar s.....
» 19/07/2013 6:21:40 PM My understanding of family planning is that it is effective when offered. Critics tend to .....
» 17/07/2013 6:30:21 PM Hi Grim. The article is about high population growth as a result of high fertility, not h.....
» 15/07/2013 9:37:58 PM <People make wealth.> But they need education and infrastructure to do so. In place.....
» 14/07/2013 9:48:02 AM <When mothers lose babies -and anticipate losing more- they have more babies. Duh.> .....
» 14/07/2013 7:27:19 AM The religion thing is a bit of a scapegoat, isn't it? I thought it was about the economics.....
» 2/07/2013 4:51:35 PM < maybe the ones we really need for the future of this country are those who are prepar.....
» 11/01/2013 5:02:20 PM Maybe the heat is due to all that asphalt they keep laying in the red centre? But shouldn'.....
» 20/12/2012 7:18:03 PM I thought "to" implied convergence and "from" implied divergence, as i.....
» 2/12/2012 9:20:02 PM What real examples, Phil? You mention Houston and Detroit as examples. Houston's populati.....
» 2/12/2012 4:21:56 PM Phil My comment was not related to development, so I will be a little clearer. You make m.....
» 2/12/2012 6:15:33 AM <Urban land prices being high relative to incomes and GDP, is an economic disadvantage,.....
» 30/10/2012 8:47:54 PM There is some interesting research into pyrolysis. http://biofuels.che.wisc.edu/ But wha.....
» 29/10/2012 10:42:50 PM Belly What you think of race is none of my business, but would you agree that critics of .....
» 28/10/2012 3:24:03 PM Belly You should take a holiday in some of these stagnant places. The notion that things .....
» 26/10/2012 9:41:20 PM Belly, Take a trip to Europe and spend a few days in Prague. You might then begin to real.....
» 3/09/2012 8:17:13 PM < It's extremely disruptive. But so is an ageing population.> Really? Really truly?.....
» 8/08/2012 5:48:21 PM Another point not mentioned is that public infrastructure provided by the private sector u.....
» 7/08/2012 6:58:32 PM It is all mismanagement by government is it? How much has Labor in Qld wasted then? $10 bi.....
» 26/07/2012 6:07:33 PM Belly It is a silly question to pose as it implies that the human population can only be .....
» 9/06/2012 9:51:48 PM Anyhow, their gun pictures were boring. They should have posed with something like this. .....
» 9/06/2012 9:32:15 PM The AOC needs to shed its hypocritical morality and adopt a reasoned view. It should start.....
» 25/05/2012 9:09:10 PM Rhian < One can argue the direction of causation> Exactly, which is why you wouldn.....
» 24/05/2012 9:20:35 PM Rhian All I do is question the sense of government pursuing high population growth polici.....
» 23/05/2012 9:03:42 PM Why do the Pop-growthers keep harping on about food production as "The" measure .....
» 9/05/2012 5:42:36 PM Yet another consequence of the government's high population growth policies......
» 7/05/2012 10:59:40 PM No I. What Colinsett is saying is that the Bradfield Scheme is a bit like free energy mach.....
» 27/04/2012 10:36:40 PM Okay C, you think a declining population has nothing to do with Russia's progress. So why .....
» 26/04/2012 6:56:38 PM < Their idiotic and grade three understanding of economics would destroy the economy wi.....
» 25/04/2012 9:56:02 PM A more accurate analogy would be to argue that the NSW farmers should not be using so much.....
» 25/04/2012 9:13:34 PM All this consumption guilt reminds me of Blazing Saddles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.....
» 25/04/2012 8:38:40 PM <There are major problems in Africa with population.> That means that you are not a.....
» 25/04/2012 10:41:16 AM Cheryl I dont advocate population growth as either panacea or curse. I consider myself a .....
» 24/04/2012 7:59:53 PM <The anti-pops and their various fifth columns are enemies of the state. Come the next .....
» 24/04/2012 5:42:05 PM <.all of the reports and news stories point to systemic age discrimination in the priva.....
» 23/04/2012 10:47:42 PM An ageing Australia is the subject of a great deal of scaremongering. Hopefully government.....
» 23/04/2012 10:07:22 PM <Do you understand demographic momentum?> Even Nostradamus wasn't so coy. What you .....
» 22/04/2012 10:06:31 PM <So the US is only 330 million and it consumes 15%. That means that if the world consum.....
» 21/04/2012 10:48:38 PM <After all, Japan's population is shrinking. So is Germany's. Europe as a whole is stil.....
» 20/04/2012 8:38:05 PM Cheryl Your belief in the ZPG apocalypse would suggest that you are the one with a single.....
» 20/04/2012 7:12:26 PM Cheryl People are a wonderful asset, but what allows the human asset to realise his full .....
» 20/04/2012 6:47:00 PM To be tested and not be given the results? How much regard for people would that suggest? .....
» 18/04/2012 8:54:01 PM I'm only looking for the most likely cause. Notice that the photo in Poirot's link shows a.....
» 18/04/2012 7:44:51 PM Interesting Poirot. My guess is a toxin of fungal origin. They might be better placed cons.....
» 17/04/2012 8:13:50 PM <They both involve government decisions, surely?> Since when does the decision to h.....
» 17/04/2012 5:52:53 PM <"how far are you prepared to let your government rule your life, and make laws ab.....
» 16/04/2012 8:34:46 PM Arjay Try to be realistic about the risk. By moving to Tokyo I would be more at risk from.....
» 16/04/2012 8:06:14 PM Real examples give credibility to an idea. Going into the 1990s, Queensland had no debt, l.....
» 15/04/2012 10:17:57 AM What would I tell them? Always check information, especially when it comes from panic merc.....
» 14/04/2012 7:10:03 PM Holy radioactivity, Batman! That is truly terrifying. But how does this compare with the n.....
» 13/04/2012 7:05:31 PM Not at all, Arjay. What I am trying to show you is the importance of having strong evidenc.....
» 13/04/2012 9:51:54 AM <Back to the drawing board> Not at all, Arjay. The rise in birth defects in Falluja.....
» 13/04/2012 9:34:39 AM Kerala is a case in point of seeing things differently, Cheryl. Far from rejecting family .....
» 12/04/2012 11:09:32 PM Hey Arjay I think you just might have answered the mystery of Saddam's weapons of mass de.....
» 12/04/2012 11:05:41 PM Here I am in India, looking upon Dharavi. I see a mass of enslaved humanity, living in abj.....
» 12/04/2012 9:43:58 PM But that is exactly what you find with high population growth. Funds are so short that Gov.....
» 12/04/2012 8:24:02 PM <It is the new elements like caesium etc that our bodies assimilate into our metabolism.....
» 12/04/2012 7:05:09 PM <Nobody knows> That is a good starting point, Pest. But with any scientific questio.....
» 12/04/2012 2:07:46 PM Rezoning and development approvals by Local Government becomes very lucrative and corrupt .....
» 11/04/2012 7:37:06 PM < Left behind is a free radical, which is a highly dangerous and highly reactive molecu.....
» 10/04/2012 11:30:41 PM Ham I had a look at EC's mud map. Each of the channels would be moving the water about 20.....
» 10/04/2012 7:56:51 PM Well said, TT. Much is made of the risk posed by radiation, but when it comes down to the .....
» 10/04/2012 6:07:50 PM <1. Recognition of the need for cost-benefit analysis;> And that is where it stops,.....
» 10/04/2012 5:45:34 PM Gough. What a character, and what a legacy. At the time it all seemed like total chaos and.....
» 9/04/2012 10:28:51 PM After Chernobyl, the anti-nukes were predicting all manner of catastrophe, none of which e.....
» 9/04/2012 1:51:25 PM <Anyone who compares these elements with smoking dangers is a fool.> Yes indeed, th.....
» 8/04/2012 11:05:08 PM Q:How many radiation related deaths from the Fukushima disaster? A:Zero. Q:How many smok.....
» 8/04/2012 10:16:23 AM Belly If your example were the standard, Labor would not have a problem. My beef is that .....
» 7/04/2012 10:10:12 AM <time, not much of it,will confirm our climate change actions the best, an achievement .....
» 7/04/2012 9:24:14 AM Too right, Belly. JWH's education and training record was very shoddy, and his pilfering o.....
» 6/04/2012 10:46:48 AM Belly The decline about Labor is also about performance. In Qld, Paul Lucas was Health Mi.....
» 5/04/2012 1:38:00 PM Belly From your post you would seem to be lamenting the very death of integrity and princ.....
» 4/04/2012 11:28:31 PM It's all a bit too Jack and the Beanstalky for me, Kaep. Maybe the SA gov should conduct a.....
» 4/04/2012 10:15:03 AM No mention of the appalling administration and huge debt either. Newman will likely be a f.....
» 3/04/2012 10:44:48 AM How is it that by being cautious of a the Bradfield Scheme makes me a “negative Nellie”? T.....
» 27/03/2012 12:02:37 AM Light on the Hill stuff is very powerful, but it must be sincere. Maybe Qld Labor's rout i.....
» 24/03/2012 3:43:44 PM I'm surprised to see so little credit given to Campbell Newman in this thread. He has unit.....
» 23/03/2012 9:11:30 PM "Don't expect much response from the labor die hards though." Labor's own polli.....
» 17/03/2012 6:17:15 PM The problem faced by government is the provision of infrastructure for a rapidly growing p.....
» 3/03/2012 9:13:04 AM You wouldn't use such a marketing line without a receptive market. In some places a simila.....
» 2/03/2012 9:25:09 PM So what about electronic cigarettes then? No evidence of harm yet governments seem keen to.....
» 26/02/2012 7:45:08 AM <See: Loose cable to blame> Maybe, but no source of error has been found as yet. Wh.....
» 9/02/2012 7:42:20 PM oug Deaths from cancer may be the same, but smokers have a lower life expectancy: How can.....
» 8/02/2012 10:03:44 PM Attributable deaths come from comparing groups of smokers and non-smokers, so the harm fro.....
» 3/02/2012 10:29:49 PM Blame them and you empower them, i. More than 5 million deaths a year? Is that net or gros.....
» 3/02/2012 7:42:15 PM What idiotic policies? What moron non-smoking bureaucrats? What deaths? Smoking kills abou.....
» 1/02/2012 10:15:13 PM Hasbeen,what I can speculate on is that were people smoking e-cigarettes instead, your ass.....
» 1/02/2012 8:29:11 PM <a damn sight more people have suffered because of a car or an implement, controlled by.....
» 31/01/2012 8:18:58 PM Electronic cigarettes pose no passive risk to others, and contain similar ingredients to n.....
» 10/01/2012 8:53:47 AM Yabby I asked you the number of Swiss nationals provided assisted suicide annually. The f.....
» 10/01/2012 12:13:38 AM <Applying the same safeguards as Exit Switzerland apply to their patients.They are list.....
» 9/01/2012 10:49:00 PM <Given the Exit 2007 figures also quoted, of 245 patients, multiply that by 3 to give y.....
» 9/01/2012 9:48:36 PM But Yabby, the example you gave to justify having assisted suicide laws was of locked in s.....
» 8/01/2012 11:43:01 PM Dried Fig The issue of suicide is worth considering. Suicidal urges can present sporadica.....
» 8/01/2012 6:23:47 PM <what does Cool Sideburns Man's accidental death have to do with a discussion of suicid.....
» 8/01/2012 9:17:09 AM I'm not being a smartarse Yabby. I am merely trying to make sense of what you are saying. .....
» 7/01/2012 7:47:19 PM Nonsense, Yabby. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide#Switzerland <The perso.....
» 7/01/2012 5:11:35 PM <Err, not when one is bed ridden and cannot move. If somebody else provides suitable he.....
» 7/01/2012 1:38:29 PM Yabby The means to enable a peaceful death are readily obtainable and inexpensive, but wh.....
» 7/01/2012 9:08:16 AM <That alone makes no sense, because neither you, nor I, nor anyone else, and certainly .....
» 6/01/2012 11:27:38 AM Sorry Yabby, I'll amend the question: Do you think it valid for a present self to be dict.....
» 6/01/2012 10:54:20 AM Yabby You are describing assisted suicide, which involves a person of sound mind making a.....
» 6/01/2012 10:24:18 AM Yabby My objection to euthanasia uses the same reasoning as my support of abortion. Both .....
» 5/01/2012 7:12:37 PM <No I am basing it purely on demographics, sociology. No economics included.> Um, y.....
» 4/01/2012 4:51:27 PM <Bottom line is that it certainly is not the time to be trying to cut our current below.....
» 3/01/2012 10:17:45 PM Oh, and if you are in a bit of doubt you can throw in a third question: Q3 Is immigration.....
» 3/01/2012 5:48:37 PM <The main issue I see is that as our nation ages, anti-immigration will take hold and t.....
» 3/01/2012 8:06:51 AM Perhaps you prefer the professionalism of bawling at your aids for not bringing your haird.....
» 2/01/2012 2:34:28 PM Here we go again: Yet another porkie about how it is well nigh impossible to reduce fertil.....
» 2/01/2012 12:24:08 PM <a major part of the solution to this is to reduce world population expansion (through .....
» 2/01/2012 6:17:40 AM <There simply is no humane way to control population. Because, as the author herself po.....
» 1/01/2012 10:16:10 AM <These days we have to have standards to guide us> I agree that there is great bene.....
» 1/01/2012 8:49:40 AM <If you are referring to building regulations> No, I am not, but your comment illus.....
» 31/12/2011 10:38:16 AM Great article. Housing would be very affordable but for the ridiculous amount of regulatio.....
» 27/12/2011 8:06:55 AM Where is the compassion and high moral standing in saying to desperate people,"Engage.....
» 23/12/2011 5:33:43 PM Individual The agenda is profit. Over a million for the last boatload and it sank. No ref.....
» 23/12/2011 1:36:39 PM What sort of person would support a convention which treats people unequally, encourages t.....
» 18/12/2011 9:22:46 AM Why do people keep getting sucked in by this junk? Try these scenarios: A bus driver pack.....
» 6/12/2011 8:07:22 PM The article presents me with a paradox. I thought that racism, by definition, was the asso.....
» 3/12/2011 11:06:46 AM If you want to determine whether housing is expensive in Australia, you might consider a &.....
» 3/12/2011 7:43:04 AM Yabby Without all of the costs of the Ponzi economy there would be more funds available t.....
» 2/12/2011 10:18:08 PM Yabby I'm pointing out the fact that when you try to solve a skills shortage with immigra.....
» 2/12/2011 8:10:30 PM <where are these more Australians going to come from.>? Why, from the Ponzi economy.....
» 2/12/2011 5:31:20 PM <If only Australians would bye more Australian content, it would benefit us greatly.>.....
» 27/11/2011 10:41:00 AM A disgracefully inaccurate article. All the government is showing is contempt for the Aust.....
» 25/11/2011 8:57:11 PM <I am with you on this one, people have the right to built a house, whatever the size a.....
» 25/11/2011 7:29:50 PM <I doubt anyone could view them objectively as being originally motivated by a desire t.....
» 24/11/2011 11:15:50 PM <My only concern is the consequences of government interference in the choices made by .....
» 22/11/2011 9:46:09 PM <It has nothing to do with "doom", Fester. That is the province of the popula.....
» 21/11/2011 10:26:30 PM <Any discussion on the effects of the ageing population on our economic future - especi.....
» 16/11/2011 6:46:10 PM A good decision. A quantum leap ahead of allowing a "rip off Indian students" in.....
» 14/11/2011 6:06:31 PM The savings to be made from public service cuts are minuscule compared to the infrastructu.....
» 1/11/2011 8:18:11 PM AlisonGraham If you put a group of of white people in a tropical latitude for a few mille.....
» 31/10/2011 10:31:36 PM <I just returned for Japan and the government is faced with both an ageing population p.....
» 30/10/2011 11:02:28 PM <These staff are on huge wages, compared to thier global counterparts yet they just won.....
» 3/10/2011 6:52:13 PM Poker machines are a scam, simply because they deceive people into believing that they wil.....
» 2/10/2011 10:00:46 PM Well, from what I know of pokies they are nothing more than a legalised scam. So whatever .....
» 1/10/2011 10:58:16 PM You might find this link relating gambling addiction to brain chemistry interesting: http.....
» 1/10/2011 12:03:38 AM <Your question; why are addicts exploited legally at pokies can be answered; they are n.....
» 29/09/2011 1:16:08 PM I rate pokies above dog and cock fighting, but way below midget throwing on the civilisati.....
» 18/09/2011 7:39:53 PM I think Senator Xenophon did the right thing. Sometimes things like this bring out other a.....
» 14/09/2011 6:36:42 PM Banjo I dont see the motivation of the boat people to be of much relevance. What annoys m.....
» 13/09/2011 8:45:38 PM What is needed is a bipartisan acceptance that people risk their lives on boats because go.....
» 12/09/2011 7:50:04 PM I thought that Banjo was making the point that although the behaviour of asylum seekers is.....
» 10/09/2011 8:46:53 AM What Julia needs to rethink is why Australia is a signatory to a convention which encourag.....
» 4/09/2011 2:04:32 PM The most sensible thing for the government to do would be to give 12 months notice and opt.....
» 30/08/2011 6:00:07 PM Belly How does one fraud justify another? "Well, so-and-so did much worse." is .....
» 27/08/2011 7:02:58 PM Odd, because plain packing is not what threatens the tobacco economy. The electronic cigar.....
» 6/08/2011 9:43:55 AM The major logical error with this reasoning is that it assumes that what is not physically.....
» 2/08/2011 8:43:54 PM Who could say it better than this guy? http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2011/s322580.....
» 10/07/2011 9:54:17 AM Antiseptic The difference between housing and cars is that the car market is a free marke.....
» 9/07/2011 8:43:59 PM By your logic, "affordable" applies to all things, so becomes a meaningless epit.....
» 9/07/2011 1:11:39 PM I understand "affordability" as the ease with which something is bought. Hence s.....
» 3/07/2011 11:42:38 PM <Once Junes factored in, given that the Northern Hemisphere summer hasn't been excessiv.....
» 3/07/2011 1:40:47 PM Bonmot <If the Earth is cooling (it isn’t) you would not observe sea level fall for a .....
» 3/07/2011 7:21:31 AM Sea level is measured, not modeled, and is rising at a rate 20 times greater than the aver.....
» 1/07/2011 8:18:02 PM <Nowhere in your latest post do you confront the issue of the largest deposits of snows.....
» 1/07/2011 6:31:56 PM <Population growth has increased the size of our economy. It has also made Australian r.....
» 1/07/2011 3:52:39 PM <We know it’s getting warmer because we can measure very well the energy coming in, goi.....
» 1/07/2011 7:47:56 AM The heat content of the oceans is over a thousand times that of the atmosphere. http://ww.....
» 29/06/2011 5:44:40 PM <Retreat is not part of the Australian ethos. We changed the course of the war in the P.....
» 27/06/2011 6:51:16 PM Funny how the population growth advocates vape whenever the subjects of house prices and i.....
» 24/06/2011 6:26:28 PM <Whatever "profit" occurs has nothing to do with it.> Not so, Col. Consid.....
» 23/06/2011 7:42:32 PM <I would suggest your median income should be based on a couple, not a single person.&g.....
» 22/06/2011 7:37:03 PM <A measured approach to population is needed to ensure that we can all maintain a decen.....
» 20/06/2011 10:16:55 PM <So who agrees that the global over population and political instability problem may ge.....
» 19/06/2011 9:22:24 AM Col Leaving aside the question of whether alleviating a huge amount of human suffering is.....
» 18/06/2011 10:35:16 PM Col I completely disagree that modern medicine is responsible. Let's not forget that the .....
» 18/06/2011 7:49:27 PM TRTL I dont doubt that China is good at building infrastructure, but I again point out th.....
» 18/06/2011 1:18:15 PM <You presume that the women in poor countries with high fertility do not have access to.....
» 18/06/2011 11:08:12 AM Japan is a shining example of the benefits of not having a rapidly growing population, yet.....
» 18/06/2011 10:16:10 AM "One problem China does not have is denial of infrastructure." The supply of in.....
» 17/06/2011 12:22:08 AM <By 2042, there will only be 2.5 people of working age supporting each person aged over.....
» 15/06/2011 10:20:47 PM The actions of lib and labor governments against e-cigarettes would get a big thumbs up fr.....
» 15/06/2011 9:25:23 PM Thanks, Joe. I take a democratic view of the question: Give people choices and let them ma.....
» 15/06/2011 1:06:49 PM Loudmouth You raise the subject of the aging catastrophe, albeit in euphemistic tones. I .....
» 14/06/2011 10:22:01 PM "Whenever men start talking about cutting the population, what they really mean is cu.....
» 14/06/2011 4:45:49 PM I cannot understand all this talk about population control only being possible with a fasc.....
» 13/06/2011 11:53:54 PM I think the Fort Knox CT more plausible than the "Climate Scientists falsifying data .....
» 10/06/2011 9:21:19 PM <the "technological advancement, improved efficiencies" that are prerequisite.....
» 6/06/2011 1:37:08 PM What I cannot understand is the harsh reaction of Australian State Governments to electron.....
» 5/06/2011 9:47:34 AM <many older homes have lost value due to councils placing restrictions on what can be d.....
» 4/06/2011 9:58:45 AM Rhian points out errors of calculation, but as Divergence points out, the argument has und.....
» 4/06/2011 9:17:19 AM Dont forget the huge impact of the development restrictions on landowners, mainly by local.....
» 1/06/2011 6:18:03 PM The big paradox for the pop growth spruikers is to explain the huge government debt, infra.....
» 27/05/2011 10:34:15 PM Well said, Yabby. I would like to see the growth advocates provide real examples of the su.....
» 17/05/2011 5:52:57 PM You too, Pericles. And thank you. Dare I say it has been an amusing discussion in a perver.....
» 17/05/2011 12:25:36 AM Pericles, Not bizarre at all. A slave may be well rewarded, but it is the fact that he is.....
» 16/05/2011 7:22:24 PM <In my opinion, using animals for a clear working purpose, one for which they are rewar.....
» 14/05/2011 12:10:33 AM Pericles, my objection to slavery is that, by definition, it entails human beings owning o.....
» 12/05/2011 8:44:13 PM <But if we had continued to view the use of slaves for their utility>(as acceptable).....
» 11/05/2011 7:15:43 PM <There's no point in trying to change the topic> Not at all, Pericles. I was intere.....
» 10/05/2011 8:11:56 PM <Abso-bloody-lutely I do.> Very interesting, Pericles. I take it that means that yo.....
» 9/05/2011 8:37:12 PM <It will be precisely the same reasoning that civilization eventually employed to reali.....
» 8/05/2011 8:37:52 PM Fine, Pericles. I cannot find evidence that pet owners are more violent, and I was of the .....
» 7/05/2011 8:39:26 PM <Barbaric has primitive as a meaning so it probably wont be understood until future hum.....
» 6/05/2011 10:14:01 PM <All those euthanized dogs & cats should be recycled into pet food or minced for people.....
» 2/05/2011 10:31:38 PM Belly There wouldn't be a population "problem" were people able to access contr.....
» 2/05/2011 4:25:30 PM But dont take my word for it, Belly. http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55231 <Former.....
» 2/05/2011 4:09:27 PM <Tell me I am racist but why are they over populated.> What choice do the poor of I.....
» 30/04/2011 4:26:29 PM Belly I dont support the concept of rapid population growth, if that helps. The high gove.....
» 30/04/2011 2:11:54 PM oug I question Belly's suggestion that overpopulation dehumanises people. I think that ma.....
» 30/04/2011 7:50:10 AM <Politics is driven by growth,in power any party will pander to business wishes for mor.....
» 28/04/2011 7:12:21 PM Belly, I dont see how you can divorce a population discussion from politics. There is ev.....
» 25/04/2011 6:00:34 PM Pericles wrote: "We have after all, as individuals, done absolutely nothing to deser.....
» 21/04/2011 8:11:53 PM <Queensland has just been deemed the worst performing economy in Australia precisely be.....
» 2/04/2011 7:02:01 PM "As Houllie points out, what has changed is expectations. The average house is now tw.....
» 31/03/2011 9:53:07 PM "Why is Dick Smith attacking the size of our families instead of the size of immigrat.....
» 31/03/2011 9:41:27 PM On the demand side we have government bent on high immigration. On the supply side there i.....
» 13/03/2011 10:21:32 PM weareunique Common sense would suggest that the point is moot. Note that with smoking, if.....
» 13/03/2011 6:18:03 PM How many deaths were directly attributable to Chernobyl, with about 300 times the radioact.....
» 9/03/2011 9:05:03 PM "Big bucks draw good businessmen (and women). If I was valued at seven figures in New.....
» 8/03/2011 8:33:30 PM How easy is it for land owners to sub-divide? Very difficult. There are vast amounts of su.....
» 7/03/2011 9:32:22 PM But Squeers, you dont get a top without a bottom. The inequality in India is orders of mag.....
» 7/03/2011 6:35:42 PM What wonderful foresight. ABC2 is running a repeat of the BBC documentary "Blood, swe.....
» 27/02/2011 10:24:11 PM oug This might be an instance where science can be an ally instead of a persecutor. While.....
» 26/02/2011 5:19:31 PM I think this a more pertinent topic than banning tobacco, as it is possible that other Aus.....
» 24/02/2011 9:08:00 PM They should use shipping containers as building units. Very rapid construction times, many.....
» 23/02/2011 8:52:02 PM And then there are critiques of the Phillip Morris research. To quote one: "the corr.....
» 23/02/2011 8:19:21 PM Shadow You are quoting research by a tobacco company that suggests a benefit (reduced lif.....
» 22/02/2011 11:24:40 PM uog I'm curious about your views on morality and substance use. You seem to feel yourself.....
» 21/02/2011 11:04:05 PM <The smoker who dies 30 years earlier, will actually save Govts money.> Yabby, a Wo.....
» 21/02/2011 8:49:59 PM Most studies of addiction find that about 5% of the population is susceptible. About 70% o.....
» 15/02/2011 7:02:45 PM Diver Dan My thoughts were along the lines of allowing numerous suburbs with poor quality.....
» 15/02/2011 6:20:33 PM Where is the working demonstration model? From what I have seen Tasmania is nothing to ski.....
» 14/02/2011 11:17:58 PM Keith They use a scientific method and race calling is not a part of their qualification......
» 14/02/2011 8:15:44 PM <then tried to use that as proof that "massive building of substandard homes, mean.....
» 13/02/2011 11:07:30 PM <massive building of substandard houses, meaning standards below the industry standards.....
» 13/02/2011 3:55:18 PM The huge restriction of the right of people to develop their land for reasons of protectin.....
» 13/02/2011 3:54:24 PM courageous In the 1950s Australia had a similar or worse housing shortage on a per capita.....
» 12/02/2011 9:46:25 PM That is spurious and alarmist, courageous. What would happen is that you would very quickl.....
» 12/02/2011 3:53:55 PM Keith I think you are being a bit unfair in your criticism of the scientists accuracy in .....
» 12/02/2011 8:01:31 AM It is a bit of a stretch to claim that the Australian housing market is a free market. Gov.....
» 12/02/2011 12:09:20 AM You can find a graph of Wivenhoe Dam levels here: http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/dam-l.....
» 10/02/2011 9:45:45 PM <The Brisbane floods were a lot less extensive than in 1974 and other years... and not .....
» 8/02/2011 8:05:47 PM <Flood height at the City was one metre less than the 1974, 5.6 metres . > Yes, but.....
» 6/02/2011 11:44:39 PM I think it would help by trying to separate the science from the politics. As Bugsy points.....
» 6/02/2011 1:33:55 PM Astrology? No, just objective observation. Extreme weather events are increasing. This is .....
» 5/02/2011 7:27:21 PM What the climate scientists were predicting was a greater frequency of extreme weather eve.....
» 3/02/2011 7:10:18 PM <utterly false and highly destructive economic dogma> How about the idea that high .....
» 30/01/2011 5:02:46 PM <but we won't. profit is more important.> Yes, but the profit you are referring to .....
» 29/01/2011 8:38:54 AM Exactly Merv. The problem with all the flood mitigation stuff is that it gets totally abus.....
» 25/01/2011 7:57:27 AM Pericles I thought that the method to try to measure the effect of population growth made.....
» 22/01/2011 10:58:53 PM <the idea that people are the problem is an artefact of bureaucratic rule.> Why the.....
» 21/01/2011 6:19:31 PM I think that human history would have been immeasurably better had all the self righteous .....
» 21/01/2011 2:33:05 PM <Any thoughts?> Well, aside from there being no apparent correlation between popula.....
» 20/01/2011 3:48:06 PM And while I'm at it I may as well talk a bit more about health and the relevance of cost a.....
» 20/01/2011 2:36:56 PM Pericles I thought that as an advocate of growth you would have some idea of the cost of .....
» 20/01/2011 12:21:30 PM <I'd like to see some evidence of that, if you have some.> I would have thought it .....
» 19/01/2011 9:34:42 PM Pericles I agree with you that there are implications for an ageing Australia, but is inc.....
» 18/01/2011 10:11:34 PM Pericles There is nothing to stop you presenting arguments in support of strong populatio.....
» 18/01/2011 8:26:51 PM But people do think critically, and that is why they question the growth mantra. They see .....
» 18/01/2011 6:45:21 PM <"would you like more people in Australia, or suffer a slow but steady decline in .....
» 18/01/2011 4:59:57 PM <The only conclusion that may be drawn from the data presented is that "neither po.....
» 18/01/2011 6:44:07 AM <"would you like more people in Australia", the majority would indeed answer .....
» 16/01/2011 10:38:11 PM <Apparently, anyone who dares to question your dedication to controlling every aspect o.....
» 16/01/2011 11:17:50 AM Forget Norway, Finland, Sweden etc. Pericles and Cheryl, those fervent pop growth cargo cu.....
» 15/01/2011 6:45:55 PM No Yabby. According to the population cargo cultists the Chinese should have allowed thei.....
» 12/01/2011 8:06:41 AM Funny. When the subject is immigration the population cargo cult criticise the Japanese as.....
» 3/01/2011 12:15:37 AM <"I suggest target practice"> If that is the way Gramps feels Blue he sho.....
» 31/12/2010 10:05:15 PM Personal safety is a valid issue, but it should not be confused with a policy which encour.....
» 30/12/2010 8:54:49 AM <They obviously have money that water-borne refugees don't have, as well as documents g.....
» 27/12/2010 5:46:32 PM SM Do you know what percentage of boat people die in the attempt? And how much revenue do.....
» 24/12/2010 12:47:47 PM It must be pretty tough, thinking that you are treating people humanely and decently, when.....
» 24/12/2010 8:51:06 AM Very unfair to blame journalists for this. The latest developments in science are of inter.....
» 22/12/2010 7:54:54 PM Where is the money in a story like that? Much more profit for some in having a nation of s.....
» 19/12/2010 3:48:16 PM Yabby Since when is an agreement legally binding if it causes harm to people? Would a rep.....
» 19/12/2010 1:41:18 PM How do you stop the boats? By treating all refugees equally. Now if I were a refugee seek.....
» 17/12/2010 8:28:22 PM Well said, Runner. How brutal can Australians be if they treat all refugees equally? What .....
» 17/12/2010 6:01:14 PM <Considering the fact that boat arrivals are a minute percentage of refugees, whereas t.....
» 15/12/2010 6:01:38 PM The author might have considered poverty in other countries like India or the Philippines......
» 13/12/2010 6:10:45 PM Ludwig is correct. What you need to know is the per capita cost of infrastructure to provi.....
» 10/12/2010 6:40:47 PM Well said PNP. Ludwig asks "What can be done?". As you point out, The provision .....
» 9/12/2010 5:30:32 PM Curmudgeon illustrates the implications of high population growth well. In India you have .....
» 6/12/2010 11:02:36 PM Yabby If the RCC didn't care about argument, then why do they spend so much time engaged .....
» 6/12/2010 8:30:25 PM "Condoms don't make much difference." So why does the Catholic Church make such.....
» 6/12/2010 6:34:55 PM Yabby Tobacco companies lobby governments for decisions that would bring them financial g.....
» 6/12/2010 5:54:50 PM Vanna "Unfortunately condoms are not often used consistently and correctly, and when.....
» 5/12/2010 5:15:30 PM Yabby The Catholic Church lobbies for policies which its hierarchy believe to be moral an.....
» 5/12/2010 11:17:19 AM Vanna is correct in noting issues like contraception are used by some to attack the Cathol.....
» 4/12/2010 8:17:28 AM <I don't believe it has ever been proven that condoms reduce AIDS. It is a myth that th.....
» 3/12/2010 10:33:28 PM Vanna As I understand things, the unavailability of contraception to the poor in the Phil.....
» 3/12/2010 8:53:34 PM Made up? My sister lived in the north of Thailand in the mid 1970s. One of her friends to.....
» 2/12/2010 5:59:39 PM Vanna I think the Catholic Church a wonderful institution and think that the world is a b.....
» 1/12/2010 9:18:35 PM Vanna Catholicism is concerned for the welfare of all humanity, not just Catholics. India.....
» 1/12/2010 7:30:16 PM The denial of contraception to the world's poor is a social oppression far greater than Ap.....
» 20/11/2010 8:21:41 AM <I think we are seeing the effect of Peak Oil now and I think we are lining up for the .....
» 19/11/2010 6:19:15 PM Ludwig So you want population growth advocates to acknowledge that providing infrastructu.....
» 17/11/2010 9:48:12 PM "Wood and tallow, Fester, are renewable resources," So are fossil fuels, though.....
» 15/11/2010 6:47:59 PM Never seem to hear much about peak wood or peak tallow these days. Electric motorcycles ar.....
» 15/11/2010 6:21:14 PM Prosecutors and Judges are distinct entities. In Australia some years ago a man was convic.....
» 12/11/2010 6:18:40 PM ucg-gtl is a stupid solution, and is unlikely to be adopted. Burning coal seams undergroun.....
» 12/11/2010 5:43:07 PM So where were all the bleeding hearts when the Federal Police tipped off the Indonesians a.....
» 10/11/2010 11:25:02 PM Does homelessness relate to housing affordability? In the 1950s you were allowed to live i.....
» 8/11/2010 10:11:54 PM You might want to consider the particulars of the case, e.g. http://www.cairns.com.au/art.....
» 8/11/2010 6:10:17 PM <To argue that a law should be repealed simply because it is old or allegedly draconian.....
» 7/11/2010 4:29:02 PM <I think you'll find the speedy not-guilty verdict was because there was no evidence an.....
» 6/11/2010 7:44:20 PM The main justification for a law is public opinion. It overrides other considerations. Suc.....
» 4/11/2010 8:29:37 PM I think that powerful people in the third world would feel greatly threatened were poverty.....
» 4/11/2010 8:05:21 PM The most interesting development in electric vehicles at present is with motorcycles. e.g......
» 16/10/2010 12:47:20 PM What an utter disgrace to subject a young couple and their families to the torment and sub.....
» 10/10/2010 8:02:21 AM Would there have been 85% support were the question asked in the following way? Do you su.....
» 29/09/2010 12:30:19 PM A third of food purchased gets chucked out? For whom? It might be true for an active footy.....
» 28/09/2010 8:12:52 PM "the answer in my view lies with finding efficient ways to reuse water, rather than t.....
» 26/09/2010 11:11:43 AM There are similarities with arguments for food supply and water supply. In Australia, th.....
» 18/09/2010 2:02:51 PM Yet another consequence of pursuing a policy of high population growth. The cost of buildi.....
» 10/09/2010 7:45:52 PM Where are all the population growth advocates? Whenever concerns are raised about the infr.....
» 7/09/2010 11:27:24 PM "It all hinges on hooking the children early on salt, sugar and fat." Chicken a.....
» 7/09/2010 7:39:47 PM Cereal manufacturers do no more than market food which appeals to the public taste. Health.....
» 31/08/2010 10:47:54 PM The funny thing about growth advocates' mockery of Malthus is the claim that Australia's e.....
» 31/08/2010 5:33:35 PM "it's not prison acting as a deterrent that prevents us from killing someone else for.....
» 29/08/2010 9:38:21 PM Philo "Your view that our troops are merely sent overseas to kill is misinformation......
» 28/08/2010 10:35:53 AM "most people are okay with sending troops overseas to kill people for oil, but we shy.....
» 26/08/2010 8:00:27 PM Runner Singapore's death penalty is an example of the last ritualised human sacrifice rem.....
» 26/08/2010 5:49:15 PM But Australia does at least have the death penalty by proxy: You tell the police that you .....
» 21/08/2010 9:58:02 PM What would happen if you swapped the populations of Finland and Kenya, put a big fence aro.....
» 18/08/2010 11:40:25 PM "My thoughts on this are pretty much aligned with those of Malcolm Turnbull" No.....
» 17/08/2010 9:11:04 PM Pericles Intervention has been more of a problem than a solution. For Australia, the high.....
» 16/08/2010 10:03:30 PM Well, it looks as if Tony has done his dash. Made out he was going to substantially reduce.....
» 16/08/2010 6:35:07 PM The trouble with reports and criticisms of reports is that they are commenting on a sector.....
» 14/08/2010 10:44:12 AM Agree Yabby. If people were given voluntary access to affordable birth control (meaning f.....
» 10/08/2010 6:42:23 PM What is desperately needed in the population debate is some objective measures. Of most i.....
» 8/08/2010 7:28:54 PM No, Steven. The population debate has been a case of some population growth advocates usin.....
» 7/08/2010 9:27:24 AM The growth cultists love ozzie. To the growth cultist, anyone not totally enraptured with .....
» 4/08/2010 10:09:06 PM The problem with claiming that Australia could feed 70 to 100 million people is that it ig.....
» 2/08/2010 6:00:20 PM Sonofgoblin and weareunique. With a rapidly growing population, expensive infrastructure .....
» 1/08/2010 11:43:43 AM King Hazza I also think it a given that there is a strong profit motive behind the privat.....
» 31/07/2010 11:47:06 PM The problem with private infrastructure is that the public pays through the nose. In the c.....
» 29/07/2010 6:02:32 PM When I was a kid the water supply was unmetered. You could leave the tap running all day a.....
» 26/07/2010 10:39:00 PM "We should be opening our borders to many more people and voting for parties that thi.....
» 25/07/2010 1:34:11 PM Why would zero net immigration be a calamity? There wouldn't be the huge infrastructure co.....
» 24/07/2010 3:16:43 PM Joe There is nothing hypothetical about the myriad of problems associated with high popul.....
» 23/07/2010 8:29:55 PM Why the assumption that high immigration is a carefully planned policy to benefit the Aust.....
» 13/07/2010 6:51:00 PM "So why should we believe this set of forecasts of disaster? " Very true. Six d.....
» 11/07/2010 4:04:27 PM Interesting, Steven. You reminded me of a story-no idea of its veracity- about an Eastern .....
» 8/07/2010 10:51:19 PM What about the cost of housing? Have rents been increasing? Is the cost of housing affecti.....
» 8/07/2010 2:47:03 PM Peter What about a woman near the end of her childbearing years having a Downs Syndrome c.....
» 7/07/2010 7:06:31 PM I'll believe any change in population policy when I see it, Ludwig, but the change in refu.....
» 7/07/2010 5:42:30 PM Very true, Joe. The missions gave heaps to those people. It's a shame that the good doesn'.....
» 6/07/2010 7:07:59 PM Loudmouth I was thinking along diet and lifestyle lines also. Fresh food in remote Austra.....
» 4/07/2010 10:21:43 AM King Hazza If you had a bag of potatoes and told everyone that it was a bag of vegetables.....
» 3/07/2010 11:52:38 AM King Hazza Perhaps you should read the climate change threads? No shortage of tail chasin.....
» 3/07/2010 9:49:25 AM King Hazza Perhaps the most illogical thing is your hostility? Surely it is a basic court.....
» 1/07/2010 11:27:08 PM Steven "The difficulty arises when one does not have that capability either because .....
» 1/07/2010 6:29:17 PM Very well said, Leigh, and I wonder how often the law would be applied? I suspect it would.....
» 28/06/2010 11:48:55 PM "We have already explained in simple terms that the way the whole thing ACTUALLY work.....
» 27/06/2010 11:15:57 PM Celivia Both organ donation and euthanasia involve a decision being made by a person to a.....
» 27/06/2010 11:07:00 AM I agree with CJ that Australian troops should not be in Afghanistan. Arguing for a militar.....
» 27/06/2010 10:01:51 AM Celivia If euthanasia legislation could solve the problems that you and others elucidate,.....
» 27/06/2010 9:42:43 AM Westralis I would again draw your attention to the principle of equal treatment of asylum.....
» 26/06/2010 8:31:14 PM Westralis I dont think I am doing anything other than stating the obvious, and I cannot s.....
» 26/06/2010 7:52:19 PM Severin There was a time when suicide was a crime: Would you agree that it is better that.....
» 26/06/2010 2:59:43 PM There are two jurisdictions here: One of the state, the other of the self. I would argue t.....
» 26/06/2010 6:33:41 AM Westralis Do you think it valid to discriminate between asylum seekers based upon where t.....
» 20/06/2010 7:58:14 PM But the sad thing is that the vessels are unseaworthy. The crime bosses aren't at risk, bu.....
» 18/06/2010 5:48:27 PM Why is it that a refugee can increase his chance of asylum by engaging the services of cri.....
» 15/06/2010 9:40:49 PM The big problem is that whilst there is no end of speculation about the benefits of popula.....
» 14/06/2010 11:12:00 PM Exactly, Suzie. Look at Japan. Despicable mono-cultural and almost mono-racial country. W.....
» 13/06/2010 12:10:38 PM The concern is that a refugee can greatly increase his chances of becoming an Australian c.....
» 10/06/2010 10:38:47 PM Well said, Leigh. I was upset when I read Abbott's comments on having Australia's populat.....
» 6/06/2010 6:26:29 PM " I hope you have met some of the people who come on boats and really understand just.....
» 6/06/2010 10:48:49 AM mellom Where should the enclaves be? Nearer the source, and I would suggest that this doe.....
» 6/06/2010 9:37:50 AM It would be unfortunate if engaging with people smugglers and risking life on unseaworthy .....
» 3/06/2010 6:50:08 PM The situation resembles that of the drug trade. The public focus seems to be on how to dea.....
» 30/05/2010 11:21:20 PM Dear Proxy, All participants in national improvement programs are issued with post partic.....
» 30/05/2010 9:16:04 PM Dear serf, An assessment by the Productivity Office has determined that your treatment is.....
» 29/05/2010 11:08:28 AM Agree Horus. There is all this talk about how the infirm should have a right to choose a .....
» 28/05/2010 7:02:43 PM I found the article a bit confused. The fact the we live in a society wealthy enough to lo.....
» 24/05/2010 6:30:34 PM "it is hypocritical to deny others the opportunities that our forefathers have been g.....
» 21/05/2010 10:31:48 PM Good points, Divergence. Notice how the growth cultists never want to comment on such mat.....
» 13/05/2010 10:20:58 PM "Revisit the article once more and write an asinine comment." I think it high t.....
» 10/05/2010 7:18:43 PM How so, Leith? Billions of dollars put into the housing market will inevitably lead to mor.....
» 9/05/2010 7:18:41 PM DLC You claim immigration to carry a benefit, but how much and for whom? Is the benefit f.....
» 8/05/2010 11:40:52 AM There are such contradictions in this subject. It is claimed that immigration brings a we.....
» 6/05/2010 7:11:34 PM "It seems the main problem is the excess consumption of resources, rather than the nu.....
» 5/05/2010 6:40:34 PM Negative gearing causing the housing affordability crisis? I totally disagree. What is cau.....
» 5/05/2010 6:25:59 PM "The onus of proof should be on those who wish to see our population burgeon to make .....
» 3/05/2010 8:41:46 PM "On balance, the problems associated with a growing population are more manageable th.....
» 3/05/2010 7:54:25 PM "If the global hystericists want to get my attention, please give me some SCIENCE to .....
» 2/05/2010 4:37:21 PM I'm more struck by the similarities, Jay. "Things will always be the same." is p.....
» 2/05/2010 12:02:58 AM "We can't predict the future but we can sees the past" Too right, Jay. So what .....
» 1/05/2010 12:16:57 AM "Perry and Hsu’s work also indicates that the present intergalacial, which has proved.....
» 19/04/2010 5:49:37 PM Pol Pot was right all along with his idea of an agrarian revolution. Yes, it all makes gre.....
» 17/04/2010 9:40:36 AM It is wonderful that people can grow enough food to eat, but is it valid to see population.....
» 14/04/2010 10:03:55 PM "If all power plants operated on the basis that they had to factor in the costs of th.....
» 14/04/2010 6:44:45 PM There is this 20 kw storage battery, predicted to cost $2000 and last for 10 years of dail.....
» 11/04/2010 10:41:16 PM The presentation of the nuclear waste hazard gives more cause to pursue the development of.....
» 11/04/2010 1:17:56 PM Shadow Minister "This might work for a small island resort of a few hundred people, .....
» 10/04/2010 9:05:39 AM For small island states, renewables with diesel generator backup probably makes good sense.....
» 8/04/2010 10:36:00 PM "Now where can we find some? Nowhere I know" How about the same place as you wi.....
» 8/04/2010 7:50:27 PM "This problem, along with the nuclear weapons prolifere seems to have remained unsolv.....
» 7/04/2010 12:04:06 PM Such a long article, yet no mention of why things are as they are. No mention of the sever.....
» 7/04/2010 12:15:49 AM "You're arguing with the census statistics? You know better?" Yes, I do know be.....
» 5/04/2010 11:24:19 PM "ABS statistics show that over 800.000 houses were empty on census night" This .....
» 5/04/2010 7:54:49 PM Sir Vivor The article you quoted suggested that wind farms could at best deliver a capaci.....
» 5/04/2010 10:21:28 AM Severin Despite your criticism of nuclear power, the fact is that nuclear is currently th.....
» 3/04/2010 10:29:01 AM The discussion of nuclear waste and mining dangers are off the mark. With nuclear power, t.....
» 2/04/2010 12:08:25 PM Foreign investment is not the problem, and would allow the housing crisis to be resolved m.....
» 28/03/2010 2:21:34 PM A good article, with the author pointing out the stupidity of building a nonviable energy .....
» 22/03/2010 11:13:35 PM Manorina would be comforted to know that there are like minds in India. Perhaps I could wr.....
» 22/03/2010 6:26:03 PM I thought it was a very good article. The desire to improve things and accord people equal.....
» 21/03/2010 9:32:57 AM Yabby Hasbeen is correct in pointing out that cng is currently the best option, both in t.....
» 20/03/2010 6:21:42 PM Sounds like a fun project, Hasbeen. It reminded me of this site giving instructions for co.....
» 20/03/2010 12:54:43 PM Out of date, Hasbeen? Here is a link to another article showing a comparison of CO2 emissi.....
» 18/03/2010 6:52:54 PM My understanding is that evs would have lower ghg emissions than petrol even if they were .....
» 17/03/2010 6:31:15 PM Consider the parallels between AGW sceptics and population growth advocates: Both use a su.....
» 13/03/2010 10:54:07 AM All this discussion about how much it costs to support the average Australian, but would w.....
» 11/03/2010 10:36:54 PM There is much research in progress, from the catalysed pyrolytic conversion of solid organ.....
» 9/03/2010 8:03:26 PM One point not raised is the hugely inflated infrastructure cost in times of high populatio.....
» 9/03/2010 7:25:14 PM I thought the anger was due to a perception that Australia has the developed World's equiv.....
» 8/03/2010 6:50:26 PM Racism is a subset of hatred. It is commendable to want to reduce hatred, but if such a ca.....
» 8/03/2010 6:37:26 PM A Ponzi scheme collapses when people stop playing the game. According to population growth.....
» 7/03/2010 12:09:33 AM Very true, Foxy. Morality is so polarised in politics. The best outcome for the electorate.....
» 6/03/2010 2:56:08 PM "In one corner we've got one tough, experienced pollie - Belinda Neal. In the other .....
» 6/03/2010 12:34:27 PM It comes down to how appropriate bullying and intimidation are as part of the culture, and.....
» 2/03/2010 5:46:42 PM What is scary is the conclusions drawn about my morality because of my concern of the impa.....
» 1/03/2010 9:26:30 AM I dont think it right to judge one's fitness as a human being by a few opinions expressed .....
» 26/02/2010 5:46:34 PM The argument that Australia requires high immigration for its prosperity is no more than a.....
» 26/02/2010 7:36:29 AM <Weipa was quite an eye-opener, for example. They managed to find a sustainable 64 GL p.....
» 24/02/2010 11:23:29 PM Pericles There you go again, making lazy arsed assumptions about people. It does you no c.....
» 24/02/2010 7:29:56 PM "I bet we'll find it when we need to. It's what people do." Sometimes they find.....
» 23/02/2010 6:56:44 PM Pericles "“At the time of the study, all jurisdictions had a no-dams policy, and the.....
» 23/02/2010 12:18:13 AM "Why not use the latest research and information from Europe" How about somethi.....
» 22/02/2010 11:35:46 PM Pericles "As far as water is concerned, we are constrained substantially by governme.....
» 21/02/2010 6:52:30 PM Banjo My own view of Hanson's political odyssey is one of alienating anyone who wasn't wh.....
» 21/02/2010 12:32:01 AM Runner There are real world examples of the infrastructure burden of high population grow.....
» 20/02/2010 5:33:44 PM Ludwig Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It would be nice to have a stable popula.....
» 20/02/2010 3:30:39 PM rstuart Thanks for the links. The discussion strengthens my belief that the pause in nucl.....
» 19/02/2010 5:29:16 PM Jayb For starters, I think that the massive amount of immigration of the past decade is i.....
» 19/02/2010 9:09:59 AM Then there is the vitriolic resentment that Pauline might get a few bucks for her senate v.....
» 18/02/2010 9:48:24 AM How do you grow vegetables? Do you throw a few seeds in some scraggy patch of dirt and ins.....
» 16/02/2010 6:47:07 PM I wish our pollies were as insightful. Whenever the aging population gets a mention, it is.....
» 4/02/2010 7:11:38 PM PT Barnum looked after his freaks: It seems that some of the clowns running the show might.....
» 17/01/2010 10:48:28 AM Dear grputland, Thanks for the reply and clarification. I'd have replied sooner but I hav.....
» 15/01/2010 9:59:14 PM "Removing zoning restrictions won't stop developers from hoarding land while waiting .....
» 7/01/2010 11:21:35 PM A very good article. The author rightly points out that Indian students feel let down with.....
» 5/01/2010 8:12:36 PM Q&A I think you get plenty of leniency on this site. I would suggest that if you and othe.....
» 4/01/2010 9:54:44 AM There is always Venus as a real example of the warming capability of CO2, Col. Not a compu.....
» 3/01/2010 2:10:02 PM "The proposition that doubling CO2 levels will lead to substantial (ie 3-5 Deg C) war.....
» 26/12/2009 11:02:09 AM "I would agree with Taswegian that Aus is too small to be able to afford to build or .....
» 27/11/2009 7:36:44 PM "I struggle to understand why so many claims are made about 'rental costs' being so h.....
» 21/11/2009 9:05:53 AM "Sometimes, the honesty displayed here is breathtaking." How true, Pericles, an.....
» 17/11/2009 6:45:06 PM Some posters seem to think that houses are affordable because people are buying and sellin.....
» 17/11/2009 4:26:51 PM Same old argument again. Immigration is fantastic because it delivers a plethora of cultur.....
» 16/11/2009 7:44:47 PM "Immigrants have added so much since. They have helped our economic life, not just in.....
» 1/11/2009 9:35:57 AM Surely the best solution is to announce to the reluctant disembarkers that the Oceanic Vik.....
» 27/09/2009 10:29:59 AM The big question is, "What has changed?". Are battlers more feckless than they w.....
» 22/09/2009 8:53:09 PM By the tenor of some replies I think Australia needs a miserable gits association. How is .....
» 17/09/2009 9:26:36 PM "Unfortunately it won’t, because developers and construction industry, aided and abet.....
» 15/09/2009 8:15:04 PM Unbelievable pettiness. What a fantastic opportunity for Australians and New Zealanders al.....
» 28/08/2009 6:28:44 PM As long as "water right" means "the right to buy water from the water autho.....
» 14/08/2009 6:51:52 PM Call for the compulsory sterilization of domestic moggies and you are caring, responsible .....
» 18/07/2009 9:48:52 PM Interesting, Ludwig. I would be very surprised if there were a trial, but if it happens it.....
» 18/07/2009 9:13:54 PM "Why exactly the onus of guilt is entirely on Nuttall and not on them to any extent, .....
» 18/07/2009 10:02:24 AM Thanks, Peter. I have trouble accepting your line of argument. My points of difference are.....
» 17/07/2009 9:46:03 PM Peter, If you are looking for a culprit, then ask yourself who is profiting from the curr.....
» 11/06/2009 7:14:10 PM Thanks for answering my question, Ralph. I didn't expect anything more than a Freislerian .....
» 10/06/2009 7:18:28 PM Cheryl The reason it is useful to know the per capita infrastructure and education costs .....
» 9/06/2009 7:36:47 PM "Modern economics is dead to them. They don't subscribe to capitalism." So what.....
» 9/06/2009 6:04:57 PM Milob "“...the massive immigration over the past decade or so seems to have left gov.....
» 8/06/2009 8:59:45 PM Humans and pets go back a long way. I consider the keeping of pets a part of humanity, and.....
» 8/06/2009 6:29:50 PM Okay Milob. You have made your point that people concerned with population are moral degen.....
» 8/06/2009 9:56:35 AM Great work, Milob. You and Cheryl seem to have proved conclusively that anyone arguing for.....
» 5/06/2009 6:30:44 PM Shadow Minister Wealthy nations might have lower birth rates, but it is impractical where.....
» 4/06/2009 10:55:16 PM As Yabby pointed out, it is not wealth per se, but the availability of contraception that .....
» 2/06/2009 8:50:34 PM What is the infrastructure cost per Australian? Australia has just ridden a commodities bo.....
» 22/05/2009 7:14:11 PM mo The idea that you can use a person's stance on population as a measure of their morali.....
» 22/05/2009 6:38:11 PM The reality is that public infrastructure projects cost the public a fraction of their pri.....
» 16/05/2009 2:08:26 PM The question of why some countries enjoy higher living standards than others is pertinent......
» 14/05/2009 1:55:12 PM Just because charges were not laid does not mean that an offence was not committed. A comp.....
» 12/05/2009 6:29:36 PM <No matter what the other factors that are involved in setting prices, the fact is twic.....
» 11/05/2009 10:50:28 PM And a little more about corruption vs conspiracy as a cause of Africa's lack of developmen.....
» 11/05/2009 8:35:32 PM <Economics 101. What happens when the amount of money in a particular market is double.....
» 11/05/2009 7:00:31 PM UOG "<<whereas a per capita debt perhaps hundreds of times greater in Australi.....
» 8/05/2009 9:10:16 PM There is no death penalty in Australia. I think it totally objectionable that a public off.....
» 8/05/2009 6:37:28 PM If it is genocide to give women in developing countries control of their fertility, then i.....
» 7/05/2009 9:41:44 PM "You might find Australia's debt is actually much larger than that when considering i.....
» 5/05/2009 6:28:03 PM "Properly developed and freed from ruthless exploitation, Africa's population should .....
» 30/04/2009 8:28:19 PM Looking at this situation from a financial perspective, it makes little sense to have a fe.....
» 28/04/2009 11:50:12 PM As Yabby rightly points out, give women in developing world control over their fertility, .....
» 25/04/2009 7:55:16 AM How about that deceptively simple relation, applicable when you reach the limit of your re.....
» 19/04/2009 6:41:50 PM <In 1989, a prediction was made that within ten years, the sea would be two metres high.....
» 18/04/2009 4:09:34 PM <the Wilkins Ice Shelf comment as it has reminded me about this particular piece of non.....
» 17/04/2009 6:04:18 PM How about arguing for population growth/reduction/stsbilisation on the basis of benefit? A.....
» 15/04/2009 6:38:47 PM "Fester, I'm not getting into a discussion on whether your layman's understanding of .....
» 14/04/2009 7:23:09 PM Good post, TomW. Has anyone else noticed that computers are getting smaller and more mobi.....
» 14/04/2009 7:13:15 PM Pericles Two observations of the articles you mention: 1. There is no mention of cooling.....
» 13/04/2009 4:42:08 PM Pericles That is 10,000 years, not 10,000 km. The area calculation is from satellite imag.....
» 13/04/2009 4:23:39 PM I'm reminded of the $1000 laptop argument argument of Perseus. The advance of technology c.....
» 13/04/2009 10:34:01 AM I support transparency, not obfuscation, Pericles. My claim was based on a comment by a sc.....
» 11/04/2009 1:49:08 PM "And interested to witness for myself the same sort of naysaying that apparently went.....
» 9/04/2009 5:51:12 PM "You will be able to see the Wilkins Ice Shelf, for centuries to come." The Wil.....
» 9/04/2009 4:05:24 PM qanda <the oceans are a huge heat sink and their warming is different to that of the “.....
» 9/04/2009 3:50:48 PM "I'm curious, do you fully understand published papers on, say, nuclear physics or en.....
» 9/04/2009 3:16:09 PM Too right, Fractelle. While it is unfortunate to see people sucked in by the often repeate.....
» 8/04/2009 10:44:27 PM Thanks for the cdiac link spindoc. The page on this site that has interested me in the pas.....
» 8/04/2009 6:06:14 PM <If we left it entirely up to scientists, they'd go right ahead and build an atomic bom.....
» 5/04/2009 5:04:55 PM RobP How can Darwin or Lincoln improve themselves now that they are dead? In the case of .....
» 4/04/2009 9:21:24 PM Surely no one believes that they were born that clichéd paragon of virtue, do they? Does a.....
» 3/04/2009 10:40:57 PM <One day, when we decide that there really is a problem, someone will do some serious t.....
» 2/04/2009 11:58:23 PM <I am interested to hear evidence from both sides, free of personal slagging> Morne.....
» 2/04/2009 8:28:46 PM <Simply protesting against the manner in which his ideas were trashed, does not indicat.....
» 1/04/2009 7:28:54 PM It isn't black and white, Pericles. In Morner's case, an awareness of some of his other be.....
» 30/03/2009 8:00:06 PM Not controlling the spread of HIV could have other consequences. One that seems to be emer.....
» 27/03/2009 8:48:59 PM Greenies? Greenies? Less than 10% of the vote, and somehow they are responsible for all th.....
» 24/03/2009 6:36:25 PM The problem I have with this article is that the author condemns government for problems t.....
» 23/03/2009 9:14:59 PM Andrew <I am not sure how you can accuse me of being "selective" when I prov.....
» 22/03/2009 8:06:40 PM <Selectively quoting figures that "those wanting fewer immigrants outnumbered thos.....
» 20/03/2009 9:04:33 PM "Dramatically reducing migration into Australia does absolutely nothing about the pro.....
» 17/03/2009 8:53:37 PM davidf You might scout around Land and Water Australia: http://lwa.gov.au/ I'd like to .....
» 17/03/2009 7:41:45 PM Thanks to Andrew Bartlett for providing a link. It provides the questions and responses. H.....
» 15/03/2009 4:37:45 PM Rob The point of my "pilfering" comment was not to suggest that Australia not t.....
» 15/03/2009 4:04:56 PM If you want to consider the economic benefits of high immigration, then look at the massiv.....
» 14/03/2009 5:11:06 PM <Care to explain why the Australian people are obliged to share not only their wealth b.....
» 14/03/2009 10:40:12 AM <Why not make your response one that is decided by voluntary action, not by violence or.....
» 9/03/2009 6:31:09 PM The irony is that you can build a dwelling that meets health and safety standards for abou.....
» 8/03/2009 8:28:25 AM <Why not make your response one that is decided by voluntary action, not by violence or.....
» 7/03/2009 3:35:37 PM Excellent point, Yabby. Some posters have suggested that curbing population growth entails.....
» 6/03/2009 10:12:35 PM Before going too far down the "People concerned by population are really Nazis" .....
» 3/03/2009 10:13:09 PM A Ponzi Scheme implies that no wealth is created. Clearly this is not the case for capital.....
» 2/03/2009 6:19:43 PM <Fester again and again in this thread I have said we must retain reward for effort.>.....
» 1/03/2009 4:03:27 PM I have a few ideas about capitalism also. Like seeing people rewarded for their efforts. L.....
» 28/02/2009 10:14:42 AM Antonios Are you talking about capitalism or parasitism? There is the hard work, innovati.....
» 27/02/2009 3:07:36 PM Are you sure you are talking about capitalism Belly? I am more concerned with the struggle.....
» 25/02/2009 8:41:18 PM "2. The globe is not warming" I'd assume that by warming you mean gaining heat?.....
» 22/02/2009 8:59:57 AM And then there is the massive debt blowout of the States. All the extra people have incurr.....
» 20/02/2009 6:05:21 PM Dont discount the effect of severely restricting the rights of landowners to develop their.....
» 7/02/2009 10:24:05 AM Yes. People questioning the value of population growth are all morons and should just go a.....
» 3/02/2009 5:47:41 PM "Why is it 'not acceptable' to talk about 'population management' as the solution to .....
» 31/01/2009 5:05:24 PM My concern is that a growing population may adversely affect living standards. Surely a be.....
» 17/12/2008 7:04:25 PM tRAKKA "there is no such thing as addiction" Does this mean that you are again.....
» 16/12/2008 6:40:40 PM Col "That might be what you understand." From your own comments you seem to gi.....
» 11/12/2008 7:25:32 PM Col My understanding is that even with legalised and unregulated drugs, it is unlikely th.....
» 10/12/2008 10:48:12 PM Exterminate them JayB? How refined. UOG asks whether it would be more cost effective to su.....
» 9/12/2008 6:39:08 PM The truth is that with a bit of skill and knowledge you can construct a safe and livable d.....
» 6/12/2008 5:37:09 AM So why is it that an increased availability of pornography in Japan is coincident with a r.....
» 24/10/2008 8:22:02 PM Fluoride and crime again. www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/fluoridation_facts.pdf.....
» 21/10/2008 9:12:36 PM To finish, here is a link claiming that the price of a basic house and land package has tr.....
» 20/10/2008 6:09:05 PM Where are all the McMansions you speak of? I see plenty of apartments and housing being co.....
» 18/10/2008 8:38:04 AM "Wendell Cox says that if there were no land restrictions then house prices would be .....
» 17/10/2008 10:50:20 PM The fact that an unelected bureaucrat can lawfully pass on information to a foreign countr.....
» 17/10/2008 6:34:33 PM “So if anyone can show me how housing is less ‘affordable’ these days, compared to say, 3 .....
» 15/10/2008 8:27:19 PM The question is how long can "highly restrictive land use policies" (for most, a.....
» 3/10/2008 8:49:34 AM rpg If you see your scepticism as common sense, then say why. What is frustrating is to s.....
» 2/10/2008 10:52:56 AM "Tim Flannery on Monday night in a piece of breath taking hypocrisy..." Tim als.....
» 30/09/2008 11:56:55 PM Graham The problem is that Congress was voting to give a third party absolute control ove.....
» 23/09/2008 6:04:36 PM True Belly, but it happens here also. Look at the machinations of the property market. Bas.....
» 14/09/2008 5:30:53 PM "You wanna dog, you are 100% absolutely responsible for the conduct of the dog.".....
» 12/09/2008 5:36:47 PM Scaremonger. http://cern.ch/lsag/LSAG-Report.pdf "The safety of collisions at the L.....
» 11/09/2008 9:07:44 PM Maybe we should recycle dead people into biscuits. What intrigues me is why this guy gives.....
» 4/09/2008 9:02:14 PM Col Your assumption is that it is the substance which causes the addiction. My assumption.....
» 4/09/2008 6:11:01 PM Fractelle I'm grateful to Col for taking the time to participate, as I am to other partic.....
» 27/08/2008 9:35:58 PM Col "Maybe Dr Newman is a egoistic aberration, common evidence is he is only right i.....
» 26/08/2008 11:55:56 PM Col A genetic predisposition puts drug addicts in a similar category to diabetics. Perhap.....
» 25/08/2008 9:52:35 PM Col You might find this interesting: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2008/.....
» 24/08/2008 9:33:10 AM Col Dr Newman is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. http://www.royalhistoricalsoc.....
» 23/08/2008 4:13:03 PM Col Didn't you say that you believed in playing the ball and not the man? Your response t.....
» 23/08/2008 3:54:16 PM Col "I do not see the collapse of civilization as we know it." But you later s.....
» 23/08/2008 2:39:40 PM Col's view of legalisation is that it will bring about the collapse of modern civilisation.....
» 22/08/2008 11:45:56 PM "How about you elaborate more on these “parallels” Fester?" Col, presumably the.....
» 21/08/2008 5:58:42 PM Such grace and wit, Col. Sticking with your strong points, I guess. "I have not “twi.....
» 20/08/2008 6:14:48 PM "When opium was legal, a one in four addiction rate in China." Twisting the fac.....
» 17/08/2008 3:53:19 PM And here is a link to further expert support of the harm minimisation approach: http://ww.....
» 17/08/2008 3:09:24 PM Col "You admit you “have no idea … managing illegal drugs” Try putting the whole in.....
» 17/08/2008 12:43:43 AM Col "So you have come back here to throw ad homenines(sic) around, as usual," .....
» 15/08/2008 6:36:29 PM Col You might realise that your error is in believing that invalid statements like ".....
» 14/08/2008 7:22:37 PM It is nice to see the sceptics with something. Hopefully the latest idea will leave the pe.....
» 14/08/2008 7:09:31 PM "Fester your patronizing comments are noted and discarded beyond" A pity, Col. .....
» 13/08/2008 4:18:58 PM "Col Why do you make the huge assumption that drug abuse would increase dramatically.....
» 10/08/2008 9:58:29 PM Robert The reality is that taking a drug carries some risk, and in the case of recreation.....
» 10/08/2008 1:50:00 PM "people could consult their GP for a health assessment and register as users with the.....
» 10/08/2008 8:59:55 AM "We don't need another tobacco or alcohol problem - once you legalise something it be.....
» 7/08/2008 6:23:32 PM "I don't know who fester is but I am assuming that that wise crack was aimed at me.&q.....
» 6/08/2008 10:42:44 PM Hey Ludwig Dont you love the identical reasoning skills of population growth advocates an.....
» 5/08/2008 5:30:51 PM Chris Shaw makes a good point about the latent heat of fusion, by which ice absorbs 334 jo.....
» 23/07/2008 10:09:40 PM Runner shows that population growth advocates leave AGW zealots for dead on the scaremonge.....
» 17/07/2008 10:32:21 PM "So are you suggesting we go back to pre "division of Labour" days, you gri.....
» 17/07/2008 5:48:02 PM "Not according to history, fester. It was all "authority of the King and Church.....
» 16/07/2008 6:21:07 PM Col If you have discovered Utopia then I am all ears. Until then, I'll settle for the emp.....
» 14/07/2008 9:31:20 PM Arjay If the ocean is cooling, then why are sea levels rising? A research team has found .....
» 13/07/2008 2:06:02 PM I would like to see the population issue treated in the same fashion as climate change by .....
» 12/07/2008 2:30:50 PM Col Private, public and judicial are all limbs of the same beast. For me it is more a cas.....
» 11/07/2008 10:49:48 PM Agree, Ludwig. What makes a great and prosperous country is an educated population more s.....
» 6/07/2008 12:48:19 AM grputland Thank you for answering my question. The differential treatment of commercial a.....
» 5/07/2008 12:31:43 AM daggett Thank you for your considered opinion. Yes, I agree that a growing population inc.....
» 2/07/2008 8:20:37 AM daggett While I agree with you about the use of population growth to drive demand, I beli.....
» 29/06/2008 9:23:59 PM "I now tend to think of wide scale abortion as being a form of racial genocide, wheth.....
» 29/06/2008 12:00:57 PM I'm more concerned by acts of animal cruelty. These are acts against conscious beings. In .....
» 18/06/2008 6:20:21 PM David When a commodity market is suspected by the regulators to be manipulated, they have.....
» 17/06/2008 6:42:55 PM Part of the problem may lie with the refineries. There is currently an abundance of heavy .....
» 15/06/2008 12:05:47 PM State governments have a huge job trying to provide the infrastructure to cope with a grow.....
» 4/05/2008 4:48:05 PM "A major problem is that all the renewable pollution free alternatives are no where n.....
» 4/05/2008 10:03:12 AM Perhaps the biggest advantages to capitalise on are the abundant sunshine and open spaces,.....
» 24/04/2008 11:43:31 PM Ludwig I thought that the purpose of the summit was to find ideas to maintain continuous .....
» 23/04/2008 11:05:12 PM The summit was a non-event, and it is naive to think that it could have been otherwise. Im.....
» 23/04/2008 6:50:31 PM Bronco Your solution seems to involve restricting peoples rights. Do you think this a goo.....
» 23/04/2008 5:47:52 PM David You suggest a solution. It is a good solution, but why should there be a "best.....
» 20/04/2008 2:23:56 PM Forrest You might like this link showcasing some of the architectural possibilities of sh.....
» 18/04/2008 9:16:10 PM Here is yet more evidence of a warming Earth, with measurements showing that the Southern .....
» 14/04/2008 6:31:56 PM Forrest Thank you for making such an effort. The accusations of posters like Mr Right des.....
» 13/04/2008 2:29:51 PM What I find hard to discount is the fact that sea levels for 2000 years prior to 1900 were.....
» 10/04/2008 8:41:21 PM What about the evidence of rising sea levels? Almost stable for three millenia prior to 19.....
» 7/04/2008 11:34:49 PM "The current generation is just going through what previous generations did." U.....
» 7/04/2008 6:16:49 PM "Governments - i.e. taxpayers. - should not be doing anything to assist people own th.....
» 6/04/2008 10:04:02 PM Arjay There is no invective I assure you. I am merely trying to find out what objective b.....
» 6/04/2008 7:01:53 PM "Too much faith in the cause and not enough examination of the evidence." Yes, .....
» 6/04/2008 3:00:15 PM Look at all the empty front yards in Australia! The owners could put in a few shipping con.....
» 6/04/2008 2:47:45 PM Arjay My question was whether evidence of a warming ocean would change your opinion on ag.....
» 6/04/2008 9:52:46 AM Arjay Wrong link. Left out "www", http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php.....
» 5/04/2008 9:00:43 PM Lev I think it good to see the debate focussed on the validity of physical observations a.....
» 5/04/2008 12:29:31 AM " There is no hard scientific evidence to back all the claims made by the alarmists&q.....
» 4/04/2008 11:21:50 PM The idea of immigration solving the grey catastrophe has problems other than the exponenti.....
» 1/04/2008 10:53:40 PM PaulL "No mention at all about immigration," Simply untrue. Immigration is dis.....
» 31/03/2008 8:18:00 PM "This is long on hackneyed and juvenile abuse and short on logic. Can we leave the s.....
» 29/03/2008 8:41:44 PM Q&A I think you are on the wrong tack. Perhaps instead of asking for an apology, you shou.....
» 28/03/2008 9:43:28 PM Graham Y Unlike Q&A, I couldn't care less if you apologise about anything. But I would li.....
» 26/03/2008 7:15:23 PM Dickie Thanks for the info on halocarbons. I enjoyed this story on how increasing halocar.....
» 24/03/2008 11:08:00 PM “I see you're correcting your error on halocarbons.” Try this analogy, Graham. A man in c.....
» 24/03/2008 11:22:03 AM “Fester, those links don't prove anything.” They do, Graham. You need to set the variable.....
» 23/03/2008 7:06:18 PM GrahamY “How do you demonstrate that there has been a change in South Australia's climate.....
» 23/03/2008 8:37:50 AM "Fester, you are putting the cart before the horse." Not at all, Graham. The ch.....
» 22/03/2008 5:18:43 PM One logical problem with Spencer's hypothesis is that it leaves the observed warming of th.....
» 21/03/2008 9:48:23 PM GrahamY My guess is that Q&A is alluding to the fact that evidence for agw has come indep.....
» 21/03/2008 10:15:29 AM Col There are the observations, like earlier springs, melting glaciers, rising sea level .....
» 20/03/2008 9:40:08 PM "Therefore total arable land in Australia is 467,000 square kilometers. In Indonesia .....
» 20/03/2008 9:36:45 PM PaulL "I am not denying that immigration and council intransigence are contributing .....
» 19/03/2008 6:04:18 PM PaulL "Firstly, High real estate prices are the result of middle class families purc.....
» 16/03/2008 10:03:32 AM There are alternatives to liquid fuels. Cleaner and quieter electric vehicles, for example.....
» 16/03/2008 12:28:10 AM How about technology coming to the rescue? It always seems to be just around the corner to.....
» 13/03/2008 8:19:43 PM Spain is a better place to look to see the consequences of an economy based on population .....
» 11/03/2008 7:49:59 PM JohnJ Thanks for the reply. (1)The cause of the housing crisis is simple enough (a lack .....
» 9/03/2008 8:42:05 AM JohnJ "If the "supply of housing is now at crisis point", why are housing .....
» 8/03/2008 8:49:01 AM JohnJ "In case you hadn't noticed, local government has precisely the same public ac.....
» 6/03/2008 7:44:00 PM An excellent article which defines the problem very well. Yes, Local Government severely r.....
» 6/03/2008 5:39:33 PM "We should not fall for the idea just a leader is needed" I agree, Belly. &quo.....
» 5/03/2008 5:52:14 PM Will a new King solve the problem? The main question is whether the system in place is in.....
» 2/03/2008 10:27:52 AM CJ "Mind you, plenty of them seem to have headed north to Godzone without creating t.....
» 2/03/2008 7:20:23 AM Excellent points, Belly. If the conditions for corruption remain the same there is no reas.....
» 1/03/2008 8:10:59 AM Maybe it is of more benefit to understand how the financial crisis developed. The high imm.....
» 29/02/2008 7:06:34 PM Col Bureaucrats are human, and I would guess that they could also be measured by human qu.....
» 26/02/2008 6:43:56 PM Col "Governments cannot be humane or compassionate." Many would disagree with .....
» 24/02/2008 10:11:03 PM Col It is always possible to cite examples of how people might have made things better fo.....
» 6/02/2008 5:39:46 PM What I couldn't make sense of was the comment by one of the women that she would defend Is.....
» 31/12/2007 9:34:16 PM I'm more interested in the physical laws which govern what is said by politicians and the .....
» 27/12/2007 8:37:14 AM Dickie "The term "insufficient evidence" or "no evidence" does n.....
» 22/12/2007 7:39:35 AM Dickie You still seem convinced that water fluoridation is harmful, but your claims re le.....
» 17/12/2007 6:41:20 PM "You are clearly unable to submit any report verifying your claim that scientists fro.....
» 15/12/2007 9:53:38 AM Certainly Dickie. Here, for example, is a review of the Masters and Coplan study. http://.....
» 14/12/2007 9:28:47 PM ctd http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/safety/osteosarcoma.htm :CDC continues to strongly s.....
» 14/12/2007 9:25:28 PM ctd http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/safety/osteosarcoma.htm "A number of studies re.....
» 14/12/2007 9:22:49 PM Dickie "Now that I have offered you threads to confirm that the overwhelming majorit.....
» 12/12/2007 8:32:24 PM "a cursory perusal indicates to me that you are off track with the link in my previou.....
» 11/12/2007 8:05:53 PM "the following technical paper, where the research has been performed by far more emi.....
» 10/12/2007 6:21:13 PM ""Worldwide?" That's a slight embellishment of the facts, Fester. Many West.....
» 9/12/2007 7:41:58 AM "Yes Fester, many professionals would agree with you and many would not." Not s.....
» 8/12/2007 8:13:47 AM Dickie "Get one thing straight Fester. Unlike you, I don't make claims which I am un.....
» 7/12/2007 6:31:03 PM Dickie "The "mass of scientific evidence" also assured us of the "ben.....
» 5/12/2007 6:51:56 PM If the mass of scientific evidence is correct and no human catastrophe ensues, will the an.....
» 1/12/2007 11:14:50 AM Speculators schmeculators. Yes, it is good to see this scrawny scapegoat dragged out of th.....
» 26/11/2007 6:09:05 PM Compulsory voting gets a big thumbs up from me, and I was immensely pleased to see the pif.....
» 26/11/2007 5:51:44 PM Yabby Commercial production of ethanol from cellulose may be less than two years away. h.....
» 25/11/2007 12:16:37 PM Flashgordon You seem to be judging biofuels on the current status of the technology. I th.....
» 22/11/2007 6:15:40 PM A very disappointing article. Yes, current biofuel production does not have good implicati.....
» 21/11/2007 10:57:46 PM Hi Shann By "free market" I mean more freedom for landholders to develop their .....
» 21/11/2007 6:11:54 PM Dresdener The housing affordability crisis would end rapidly with a bit of free market ph.....
» 20/11/2007 6:43:30 PM Bazz If only it were that simple, your misogynistic idea might have some validity. The co.....
» 19/11/2007 11:53:33 PM Bazz "There is no point in building two houses to sell to them." .......um, ev.....
» 19/11/2007 6:10:05 PM Bazz You incorrigible funster, you. Do you think that there might be other factors determ.....
» 15/11/2007 10:24:56 PM David Solar hot water is the most cost effective short term goal for developed technologi.....
» 14/11/2007 5:55:23 PM Demos If I lived in California I should be screaming for renewables also. With nearly 40 .....
» 13/11/2007 10:18:16 PM $5 million over three years for renewable fuel research? Far more gets spent maintaining A.....
» 12/11/2007 9:18:35 PM What do you do if there are too many people? Shoot them? As pointed out earlier in the thr.....
» 5/11/2007 10:40:55 PM Doesn't sound right. A couple of Australian scientists had little trouble attracting fundi.....
» 5/11/2007 5:36:51 PM "As you'd expect, a member of the CIS understands a complex problem in purely economi.....
» 29/10/2007 9:48:59 PM Boaz How does your call for individual spiritual change differ from demos' call for secul.....
» 29/10/2007 8:59:24 PM Pericles So you have never argued for skilled immigration to Australia on the basis that .....
» 27/10/2007 1:58:21 PM I would like to see a one post per article per day limit, but have no problem with four a .....
» 26/10/2007 10:05:57 PM Divergence It might further your insight if you understand the difference between a selfi.....
» 25/10/2007 10:19:05 PM "So which is it? Do I believe "it improves per capita prosperity", or that .....
» 24/10/2007 5:59:42 PM Pericles has argued for immigration because he believes it improves per capita prosperity......
» 20/10/2007 2:17:05 PM There is the possibility of allowing landholders greater freedom to subdivide and build. T.....
» 18/10/2007 8:54:09 PM Rainier The irony is that both Redneck and Wizofaus believe that a specific racial and cu.....
» 15/10/2007 6:32:29 PM "OTOH, it wouldn't be unreasonable to suppose that if Australia had not opened its bo.....
» 13/10/2007 10:44:20 PM "Even in the 20th century I’ll think you’ll find far more violence and genocide has b.....
» 13/10/2007 10:21:18 AM Redneck What makes this country great is the contribution and sacrifice of countless fore.....
» 12/10/2007 5:55:35 PM "I also think sheer economics will give a reasonably good indication when we're simpl.....
» 10/10/2007 8:21:32 PM So then Gibo, what do you suggest before Jesus comes? It might be hard to get enough migra.....
» 9/10/2007 10:34:24 PM Surely the big question is "What action provides the greatest benefit?". And her.....
» 8/10/2007 5:53:58 PM The main problem for Australia is about numbers, not ethnic background. But accepting migr.....
» 4/10/2007 6:44:34 PM Arjay The health debacle is due to the decision by government that Australia would cut ba.....
» 1/10/2007 3:11:52 PM "Wind, solar and other technologies have made great progress, but are still decades f.....
» 29/09/2007 10:06:37 AM Belly It is you who needs a reality check. Your "skilled worker shortage can only be.....
» 28/09/2007 2:49:38 PM "Fester, I heard an interesting suggestion from a WA company who are moving some of t.....
» 25/09/2007 7:29:41 PM "Fester your last post infers I hold your views against you?" No Belly, it infe.....
» 25/09/2007 7:30:10 AM Belly “Can I except that you believe an earlier post that almost inferred immigrants are .....
» 24/09/2007 7:21:45 PM “And just maybe xenophobia will still be a problem we must over come, well for some it wil.....
» 23/09/2007 10:06:11 PM Yabby You raise the excellent point that Australia needs to follow a strategy that will m.....
» 22/09/2007 3:39:30 PM "Fester, the problem is that you see the issue as black and white," You raise g.....
» 22/09/2007 9:42:17 AM Palief If immigration carried an economic advantage for Australians I would be all for it.....
» 22/09/2007 7:26:56 AM Immigration does not improve per capit gdp, so is parasitic in that any profit derived can.....
» 22/09/2007 7:12:57 AM Yes, it is sad to see Medieval reasoning applied to problems with enormous social conseque.....
» 20/09/2007 10:23:30 PM "Everybody wins!" Umm.....Not these guys, Yabby. http://www.smh.com.au/article.....
» 20/09/2007 5:40:55 PM Belly The Colombo Plan was devised to educate the citizens of developing nations, thus pr.....
» 19/09/2007 10:58:15 PM "I am hardly a candidate for lower income, hardly asking for that, a trade union offi.....
» 19/09/2007 5:30:38 PM Paleif When you keep bowing down to the call for slaves to save the economy, what exactly.....
» 18/09/2007 10:43:32 PM I find it interesting that organisations with a history of banning contraception/abortion .....
» 18/09/2007 10:27:04 PM Col So now its the drug Armageddon is it? What evidence do you have for this? You seem to.....
» 18/09/2007 10:14:06 PM Very funny, Belly. Very funny. What this is about is what it has always been about. Underc.....
» 17/09/2007 10:19:17 PM Mirko might consider how hospitals are funded. More specifically, he might ask whether tre.....
» 17/09/2007 5:43:22 PM “what you are talking about is more drugs to try to stop the use of other drugs.” If this.....
» 15/09/2007 9:40:13 PM “I have seen reasonable people turn into useless, self-centered and selfish tossers who th.....
» 15/09/2007 1:48:31 PM "Fester your attempt to adjoin the use of crack cocaine etc. with smoking or gambling.....
» 13/09/2007 9:02:13 PM I'll make the question simpler. How long would it take to buy a median priced house on an .....
» 13/09/2007 8:43:49 PM The greater hypocrisy is the inconsistent treatment of addiction. Tobacco, alcohol, addict.....
» 11/09/2007 10:37:33 PM Col You see oblivious to the concept that the criminal persecution and criminal behaviour.....
» 10/09/2007 11:32:23 PM Col You are using chicken and egg logic. You call for the execution of drug traffickers, .....
» 10/09/2007 11:06:09 PM "we are more likely than any past generation to stay at school beyond 15 or go to uni.....
» 10/09/2007 6:07:27 PM Thanks for reminding me Dresdner. I've been waiting a while for all the pro-immigrationist.....
» 9/09/2007 10:33:22 AM Isn't it nice to see all the calls for privatising utilities on the basis that the competi.....
» 8/09/2007 7:40:37 PM Dresdener "In Australia, by comparison, the big business elite and their Lib/Lab syc.....
» 8/09/2007 8:39:15 AM Dont expect much sympathy, haygirl. To the intelligent "big picture" people here.....
» 7/09/2007 5:23:47 PM The funny thing is that the technological change required to counter climate change will a.....
» 5/09/2007 10:06:29 PM >anything we do will have an impact, so are you suggesting that we throw in the towel a.....
» 4/09/2007 9:50:33 PM Daggett Shame on you for trying to spoil this blind men and the elephant pantomime. I ca.....
» 2/09/2007 12:38:33 PM Paul L. The new designs might be good, but that will depend on how the construction mater.....
» 2/09/2007 9:49:43 AM Happy to share the info, Cuphandle. You might also be interested in Vinod Khosla's views i.....
» 1/09/2007 11:01:00 PM Ultimately it is a technical question. So as much as politicians might like to think they .....
» 29/08/2007 7:44:27 PM eftfnc Your attribution of your tooth loss goes against the evidence, which suggests a su.....
» 28/08/2007 11:15:15 PM The sad thing cj is that eftfnc is the chief adviser on water fluoridation in Queensland w.....
» 26/08/2007 11:40:20 PM Yabby I dont like the idea of a publicly funded organisation, at its discretion, undertak.....
» 26/08/2007 9:27:39 PM So if Dickie and his mates stand outside a rug store waving placards claiming that some of.....
» 24/08/2007 11:33:57 PM So a researcher linking morbidity to the consumption of a fast food chain's product could .....
» 21/08/2007 9:47:26 PM Agrichar seems to offer the dual benefit of improving soil fertility and sequestering carb.....
» 19/08/2007 9:48:14 PM "Compatability and social cohesion is another aspect." I cannot see how banning.....
» 19/08/2007 12:22:16 PM If SEQ runs out of water within 12 months, is the ethnic makeup of the population of any s.....
» 18/08/2007 9:28:08 AM "Fester, do you think a Rudd-Labor Government would be any better?" I doubt the.....
» 17/08/2007 9:45:23 PM "Too bad nobody in Canberra is listening." And Pauline is their best asset. Wit.....
» 1/08/2007 7:55:00 PM Pericles Yes, Bangladesh does have dollar a day labourers and some of the world's highest.....
» 1/08/2007 7:17:16 PM $50 billion on climate change research? Do you have a breakdown of that Admiral? Is it USD.....
» 31/07/2007 6:22:15 PM Pericles, The wage/land equivalence example provides a great insight into the huge inequa.....
» 30/07/2007 9:46:41 PM >you can buy an acre of land within 30km of the CBD for US$15,000< Thanks for remin.....
» 30/07/2007 9:12:37 PM "If people cannot afford to buy houses, the price will fall. Agreed?" Let me el.....
» 30/07/2007 7:05:55 PM "Now, what was your point again?" You might have also noted from the same docum.....
» 29/07/2007 12:18:40 AM They certainly dont have such grand allusions in Bangladesh. Yes Pericles, I saw it in a d.....
» 27/07/2007 10:09:34 PM "If people cannot afford to buy houses, the price will fall. Agreed?" Certainly.....
» 25/07/2007 5:52:01 PM Brilliant idea, Runner. But how about putting the harshest penalties on the drugs that kil.....
» 23/07/2007 6:25:31 PM Yes, infrastructure would cost more. Up to 6 1/2 time more for some projects. This is a bi.....
» 20/07/2007 9:21:21 PM Thanks for continuing the discussion, Pericles. By privatisation I presume you mean publi.....
» 18/07/2007 7:23:06 PM Thanks for that, Pericles. Whether there is any plus or minus from population growth is a .....
» 17/07/2007 10:38:20 PM "I guess that pretty much describes the climate zealots, despotic control freaks who .....
» 17/07/2007 6:41:00 PM Pericles Had you looked at the PC Report a little more closely, you may have noted that p.....
» 15/07/2007 10:07:25 PM Excellent point, Arjay. While population increase remains the agenda, cutting out bureaucr.....
» 15/07/2007 10:15:51 AM Another blind man joins the pantomime. Pericles,perhaps you could set aside the theoretic.....
» 14/07/2007 7:55:47 AM Arjay You miss the point: It is the cost of providing infrastructure for an increasing po.....
» 13/07/2007 9:04:21 PM What has happened to all the comedians? The one about two incomes is pretty funny. But sad.....
» 12/07/2007 8:20:22 PM That's a great motto for die hard pot stirrers and other flak-o-philes......
» 11/07/2007 5:21:48 PM Very true, Kalin1. Housing could be built very cheaply. Shipping containers are an excelle.....
» 7/07/2007 7:40:41 AM Very amusing, Foleo. That's a great number of vacant properties to pay rates on and mainta.....
» 6/07/2007 11:05:19 PM Does anyone deny that house prices are market driven, reflecting a balance of supply and d.....
» 25/06/2007 5:52:16 PM Troublemaker "Windmills, solar panels and vegetable fuels are simply very bad jokes......
» 22/06/2007 6:52:57 PM Troublemaker "Too cheap to meter electricity" was postulated over fifty years a.....
» 18/06/2007 11:23:48 PM I couldn't agree more Admiral, but it's the fate of taxes I pay that concern me. You can p.....
» 18/06/2007 8:08:35 PM I often hear it said that Australia produces 1% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. T.....
» 13/06/2007 7:40:29 PM Celivia I cannot understand why the prolifers claim moral superiority for their prescienc.....
» 12/06/2007 10:14:16 PM What about all the dogs that get euthanased each year? A dog has the intellectual capacity.....
» 12/06/2007 10:00:31 PM Belly So the Hunter River floods about once in how many years? So you build all the pumpi.....
» 5/06/2007 5:34:17 PM "Life begins after the first cell successfully divides and replicates itself." .....
» 4/06/2007 5:45:57 PM Climate change. 300,000 immigrants per annum. How could things end up otherwise? Yes, pay .....
» 3/06/2007 5:25:04 PM Daniel06 "Seperate human DNA in the form of unfertilised sperm and eggs are not huma.....
» 28/05/2007 10:58:35 PM Goodthief "If we could agree about the status of the foetus, I have no doubt we coul.....
» 28/05/2007 8:24:01 PM Ronnie The law is to protect the rights of current human beings, not potential human bein.....
» 27/05/2007 8:02:25 AM Peter D Yes, the destruction of a human life with the capacity for consciousness is murde.....
» 26/05/2007 3:37:22 PM "100,000+ abortions a year X 95% on perfectly healthy mother and child X 95% for econ.....
» 24/05/2007 5:05:15 PM More to the point sharkfin, is an acorn any more an oak tree than the sporangia that forme.....
» 23/05/2007 10:46:38 PM Well said Yabby. I would like the prolifers to at least consider human existence as a cycl.....
» 21/05/2007 10:50:57 PM "Imagine the amazing people we might have on this earth today if it weren't for them .....
» 21/05/2007 8:25:13 PM Fossil fuel consumption could be easily met with renewable sources. The challenges are sub.....
» 21/05/2007 7:21:06 PM "When we decide to have more than two children per family,then immigration won't be n.....
» 19/05/2007 11:54:47 PM I have difficulty understanding the apparently vast difference between two gametes about t.....
» 15/05/2007 6:15:08 PM Oligarch From my perusal of the Productivity Commissions report, http://www.pc.gov.au/st.....
» 14/05/2007 5:21:11 PM Has anyone considered the huge skilled workforce available in Australia should immigration.....
» 10/05/2007 9:59:49 PM Solar thermal power offers the prospect of continuous electricity at a competitive cost wi.....
» 9/05/2007 7:34:00 PM Dickie On a point of logic: You state that Perseus' vocabulary is limited, but then contr.....
» 6/05/2007 2:00:07 PM This discussion might progress if each participant were to state the information which is .....
» 22/04/2007 10:15:23 AM I dont think we'll starve either, but what help will Australia be to the rest of the world.....
» 21/04/2007 9:45:46 AM Rojo Australia exports food for foreign income. How much food would there be if Australia.....
» 21/04/2007 9:24:57 AM Steve Coping with a growing population has brought about the infrastructure crisis in the.....
» 21/04/2007 7:58:18 AM Steve I get worried by the logistical calculations of population growth advocates. ".....
» 19/04/2007 6:35:20 PM http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=262081 Would you care to reconsider your v.....
» 17/04/2007 10:29:15 PM Perhaps the solutions might come more easily if you looked for them? No mention of solar t.....
» 17/04/2007 5:43:12 PM Rojo I'm glad you share my hope for solar thermal, and with its proponents claiming to be.....
» 16/04/2007 8:16:11 AM Rojo, you still have electricity and gas to supply the ten million(877 GL), and what about.....
» 15/04/2007 8:57:45 AM alanpoi As you probably know, there is lobbying for solar thermal power systems with the .....
» 14/04/2007 9:20:26 PM Ybgrip I am very concerned by population growth and sustainability issues in Australia. W.....
» 14/04/2007 8:04:50 AM Rojo "I'm not suggesting we will have 10 million people in Kununurra but it could be.....
» 12/04/2007 5:08:12 PM Rojo You are only considering the domestic water usage. What about the water required to .....
» 12/04/2007 12:36:01 AM Rojo In a world of over 6 billion I would guess that many would want to live in Japan. Bu.....
» 10/04/2007 7:15:35 AM I think rojo's 8% relates to domestic water usage. The other 92% provides our living stand.....
» 10/04/2007 12:08:08 AM rojo You repeat the line that unless Australia accepts large numbers of immigrants it wil.....
» 3/04/2007 5:26:26 PM The thought of David Hicks making millions in Australia from reminiscing about his crimina.....
» 27/03/2007 9:50:48 PM Why dont you people give the illegal drug industry the same brakes as our fine government......
» 26/03/2007 9:23:15 PM Pericles For goods and services free trade can work well. Australia would benefit greatly.....
» 25/03/2007 9:50:32 PM Pericles wrote: "Horus, I can only speak for the IT industry, where there is an acute.....
» 24/03/2007 8:48:58 AM Oligarch makes an excellent point in calling for real examples to support claims. Zimbabwe.....
» 15/03/2007 9:26:06 PM Rhian – I look at things from the viewpoint of minimising suffering, both animal and human.....
» 14/03/2007 8:56:22 PM Rhian Did you know that animal and human cruelty are linked? http://www.vet.upenn.edu/sc.....
» 14/03/2007 8:47:10 PM Yes, from what I saw I thought there to be a great difference. Cutting a sheep's throat or.....
» 14/03/2007 5:57:35 PM If the Middle East can claim a lack of development - specifically a lack of fridges - as r.....
» 13/03/2007 9:53:16 PM Then again, there is at least something that comes from this state sanctioned murder. In l.....
» 12/03/2007 6:43:14 PM It works out quite well in China. So many are executed that it is possible to coordinate t.....
» 11/03/2007 3:32:55 PM Out of interest Kaep, could ocean seeding have a role in influencing rainfall? http://www.....
» 10/03/2007 10:16:23 AM Kaep Once a theory is substantially supported by evidence, it rises above politics. Pleas.....
» 7/03/2007 5:36:10 PM Thanks Kaep. Personally I see governments more as ignorant crisis managers than malignant .....
» 6/03/2007 8:01:16 PM Kaep Good on you for going out on a limb. Out of curiosity, how is the predictiveness of .....
» 5/03/2007 5:15:46 PM Australia is a great country and gives oppurtunity to her diverse population. But what if .....
» 4/03/2007 8:46:18 AM All- Great conspiracy theories. I reckon you have the ticker to set up your own virtual s.....
» 1/03/2007 7:48:59 PM Perseus, you kindly wrote “Which(sic) makes you either a deluded green dropkick or a sleaz.....
» 28/02/2007 6:29:18 PM Yes Perseus, my model is silly, but so is yours. Yet you seem convinced of your model with.....
» 27/02/2007 6:10:12 PM Perseus Where did I get the glacial melt rate from? From this: "The paper by Rignot.....
» 26/02/2007 6:58:15 PM Perseus The 11% I was referring to is the increase in the glacial melt rate (And you comp.....
» 25/02/2007 2:57:51 PM Ludwig Have you considered how enticing SEQ will be to potential migrants under level 8 w.....
» 25/02/2007 10:14:58 AM To add to my last post, the rate of glacial melt described by Perseus for Greenland betwee.....
» 24/02/2007 4:51:05 PM Maybe Malcolm T should be more concerned with where the power comes from? Pollies are fun.....
» 24/02/2007 3:42:56 PM Perseus For someone who often warns of the inaccuracy of computer models, it is astonishi.....
» 22/02/2007 5:46:42 PM Maybe the nerdy image is more a result of a bread and circuses culture, led by politicians.....
» 21/02/2007 7:24:24 PM The issue of immigration is totally confused. Some advocate it because it will degrade our.....
» 19/02/2007 9:48:28 PM There is no "us and them" saintfletcher? There certainly is so. If you wish to b.....
» 19/02/2007 5:54:11 PM Well then, what about the Northern Rivers residents right to use the water to support thei.....
» 17/02/2007 10:52:59 PM vk3 It is yourself and col who seem to be missing the point re population. If there is an.....
» 17/02/2007 6:01:26 PM Bigmal I think that col rouge and others pointing out the association with population gro.....
» 17/02/2007 10:26:26 AM Yes bigmal, those crafty Tuvaluans have the gullible completely sucked in, though I would .....
» 13/02/2007 8:24:17 PM "Where do they find these nutters?" According to a Lowy Institute poll: http:/.....
» 11/02/2007 9:27:45 AM Johnj wrote "(but I can't access the full report unless I pay US$20)" Well Joh.....
» 10/02/2007 10:53:53 PM The most important point is that alcohol and tobacco use will always far exceed that of st.....
» 10/02/2007 10:23:45 PM That is what averages are for Faustino. Weather forecasting involves probability, so any f.....
» 10/02/2007 6:47:06 AM I would be very impressed if the sceptics could point to evidence for the Medieval Warm Pe.....
» 9/02/2007 8:58:07 PM A good case for nuclear engineering perhaps, Perseus?.....
» 3/02/2007 11:11:50 PM Shonga might have been referring to the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity"......
» 2/02/2007 5:14:01 PM Col, if you can prove the null hypothesis for climate change, then do so. You might note t.....
» 2/02/2007 1:17:06 PM No surprise to see another article critical of AGW on OLO. But I have noted a change in th.....
» 1/02/2007 8:40:14 PM Rhian. Thanks for claryifying that. I also have a soft spot for Ned Ludd; quite a good bl.....
» 1/02/2007 7:30:44 PM Rhian You shouldn't be so critical of Malthus. Some of his ideas are part of modern econo.....
» 31/01/2007 9:57:57 PM Kaep I agree with the idea that some are profiting greatly from immigration at the expens.....
» 30/01/2007 9:41:40 PM Good comment Perseus. I agree that the consumer stands to benefit from their own efforts, .....
» 29/01/2007 6:13:19 PM Wow! Another article on how outrageous it is that we consumers are paying so little for o.....
» 27/01/2007 5:29:54 PM There is vast research into alternative fuels taking place world wide, and yes, it is a sh.....
» 26/01/2007 3:17:26 PM I think it unfair to refer to Benny Peiser or any other climate change sceptic as a fraud......
» 23/01/2007 10:37:03 PM Thanks Perseus. $500 million on investigating CO2 geosequestration seems terrible wastage.....
» 22/01/2007 10:07:59 PM Perseus Instead of suggesting that ChrisC be tested for schizophrenia or drug residues fo.....
» 22/01/2007 7:10:57 PM I would point out that one of the main fears of people living on low lying Pacific islands.....
» 21/01/2007 8:40:16 AM Okay Perseus, I take that back about you elevating ice sheet melting models above climate .....
» 20/01/2007 8:25:29 PM ChrisC You said this about the Greenland Ice Sheet: “Based on current estimates, this wou.....
» 19/01/2007 10:38:35 PM Perseus, you said "It is also much thinner (average depth of Greenland ice is circa 1.....
» 18/01/2007 10:02:20 PM Look at the huge amount of research and development into biofuels, wind, and solar, taking.....
» 16/01/2007 7:35:53 AM It may be of interest to see how Islamic media and schoolbooks portray non-Muslims. I hope.....
» 15/01/2007 8:34:14 PM I have no problem with water rights as long as it is a true user pays system. Whoever has .....
» 15/01/2007 8:43:20 AM Characters like the Mufti are not unique to the Muslim community. Neither is the contrast .....
» 12/01/2007 11:23:09 PM saintfletcher You might be interested in this article on concentrated solar power in Mail.....
» 10/01/2007 11:24:23 PM Might I suggest that Australia's current level of prosperity has almost everything to do w.....
» 8/01/2007 11:18:18 PM Dickie I would like to understand what point you are trying to make. That is why I asked .....
» 8/01/2007 4:51:05 PM Dickie Could you give a specific link to back up your claims please? It might also help i.....
» 8/01/2007 12:47:37 PM Dickie My guess is that your nuclear GHG emission estimate comes from flawed research.(Un.....
» 7/01/2007 6:34:39 AM Dickie The early nuclear reactors only used about 0.7% of the fuel, so developing breeder.....
» 6/01/2007 10:20:22 PM The reason that gas comes second to coal is because gas is more readily converted to liqui.....
» 5/01/2007 10:29:35 PM Without a population growth fixation, governments would obviate the need to spend tens of .....
» 4/01/2007 2:14:23 PM Daggett Thanks. Yes, I am quite aware that the 4p a week study probably ignored a number .....
» 3/01/2007 10:06:04 PM Kaep You might enjoy this Migration Watch UK press release announcing an estimated per ca.....
» 2/01/2007 9:54:36 PM PK You didn't say anything of substance in relation to immigration and sustainability. Wh.....
» 2/01/2007 4:32:32 PM PK It is fine for you to use this forum to abuse people who have a different opinion to y.....
» 31/12/2006 11:06:15 PM spendocrat and PK might consider an encore. A flash appearance describing immigration crit.....
» 30/12/2006 12:09:16 AM PK writes “Without its history of immigration, where would Australia be?” Well, for start.....
» 28/12/2006 2:06:39 PM Leigh No net per capita benefit from immigration has the disturbing implication that any .....
» 24/12/2006 9:27:12 AM Leigh an Ludwig shouldn't feel despondent. At least OLO provides a public forum to air con.....
» 16/12/2006 10:30:11 AM Ludwig I would suggest that the democratic process is being subverted. Politicians have p.....
» 15/12/2006 8:02:35 PM Why should mass immigration be the status quo? The benefits are far from proven, yet many .....
» 14/12/2006 6:19:48 PM GrahamY On a per capita basis it is a zero sum game or close to it, so I believe my conce.....
» 13/12/2006 10:05:55 PM Sadly, I think that the political agenda is being set by those interests benefiting from i.....
» 12/12/2006 7:06:50 PM sharkfin Might I simplify your comment by stating that people support or oppose things ac.....
» 12/12/2006 5:18:33 PM Thanks Kaep. I will be watching with interest. What measures might reduce pollution plumes.....
» 11/12/2006 7:11:03 PM Kaep I suspect that if the entropy/drought theory was proven there would be a rash of wet.....
» 8/12/2006 7:59:12 PM Thanks pragma. Another thing to consider is the number of children brought into existence.....
» 7/12/2006 9:09:06 PM Don't forget that there are valid options other than spending more on treatment. Queenslan.....
» 5/12/2006 6:47:52 PM Chris I only mention trampling chickens and eggs to emphasise the distinction people make.....
» 4/12/2006 10:00:16 PM I'm curious. Where does it say in the Bible at what point a human being exists? I've alway.....
» 2/12/2006 9:59:35 AM Well said Kaep. Governments and the media continually champion the great benefits and hug.....
» 30/11/2006 7:52:23 PM HH Thanks. The example you give describes repairing a wing: It was broken, you helped rep.....
» 27/11/2006 10:19:59 PM Chris The hypothetical I gave differs from the forms of gamete segregation you mention as.....
» 25/11/2006 9:10:25 PM Chris Let me clarify. Your concern seems to be about destroying potential persons. Now im.....
» 24/11/2006 7:58:28 PM HH I suggest that you look at the definition of innate(instead of capacity), which by my .....
» 23/11/2006 10:04:13 PM HH “I don’t believe there is any warrant in common sense parlance or in scientific discou.....
» 22/11/2006 10:06:24 PM HH You argue that all humans have an innate capacity to be abstract rational beings(perso.....
» 22/11/2006 7:36:34 PM “your genetic makeup, including your appearance were destined from conception (fertilizati.....
» 21/11/2006 6:32:04 PM HH Can I now understand your argument to be that while humans might have defects, perhaps.....
» 20/11/2006 5:34:51 PM HH How can an anencephalic baby have an inate rationality without a cerebral cortex, and .....
» 19/11/2006 10:28:29 PM HH Your comments raise some questions. You consider Bonobos not to qualify as persons on .....
» 18/11/2006 8:27:03 AM HH As well as looking forward to an answer to my last question, I would also be grateful .....
» 17/11/2006 7:07:14 PM Thanks for the clarification HH. I had thought that your concern for the zygote related to.....
» 16/11/2006 7:10:33 PM Thank you for that HH. I would also be interested to know what you think of this hypotheti.....
» 15/11/2006 9:51:14 PM HH I understand that you consider any human embryo capable of growing into a human being .....
» 15/11/2006 6:28:08 PM "We are already a mere shadow of our ancestors." Do you have evidence to back t.....
» 14/11/2006 5:52:18 PM That is really good to know Chris, and I hope that adult stem cell research makes great ad.....
» 13/11/2006 8:16:27 PM Wayne Just what is it you are suggesting? Massive overpopulation followed by survival of .....
» 13/11/2006 8:01:13 PM "It doesn’t happen to other bunch of cells." But it did happen this way for Dol.....
» 12/11/2006 8:36:33 AM “If we could isolate the genes that determine our future appearance and extrapolate that d.....
» 11/11/2006 10:10:37 AM In reality, there is no slippery slope of moral decay arising from scientific research. .....
» 10/11/2006 6:54:51 PM col The interest rate hikes are having varying effects across Australia. The reduction in.....
» 10/11/2006 6:46:16 PM Steve Madden I agree that it sucks. And if your claim that the patent was granted for all.....
» 9/11/2006 9:43:39 PM Kaep Who else is doing research similar to your own?.....
» 9/11/2006 9:37:39 PM Did anyone miss that the recent 10% fall in Sydney house prices was coincident with a drop.....
» 9/11/2006 8:42:18 PM Wayne I am glad that you understand fallacious reasoning. But it only makes me more curio.....
» 9/11/2006 6:47:05 PM The idea that low dose Naltrexone therapy for a wide range of conditions is not investigat.....
» 8/11/2006 6:38:11 PM "The reason the greatest sportsmen come from Africa and other countries with a recent.....
» 7/11/2006 6:05:09 PM If you want an example of a socialist style government subsidy of industry, what better ex.....
» 3/11/2006 10:16:47 PM Perhaps governments could make housing far more affordable through encouraging the adoptio.....
» 27/10/2006 11:50:16 PM An extra 3 to 5 million in Australia would require the utilisation of an extra 2700 to 450.....
» 27/10/2006 7:32:34 PM What action could be simpler than stabilising Australia's population? I am amazed by the c.....
» 26/10/2006 5:42:15 PM "Apart from other options (water trading, build more dams, groundwater) SE QLD and an.....
» 25/10/2006 6:27:22 PM Ludwig You are forgetting that the Lord said "Go forth and multiply.", and sinc.....
» 24/10/2006 5:45:06 PM Ludwig I think you have hit a wall with "Go forth and multiply.". You can only .....
» 23/10/2006 9:16:46 PM How much improvement in average income or living standards from population growth do the s.....
» 20/10/2006 6:14:40 PM How can agricultural water benefit cities? Most is too far away from major populations, an.....
» 19/10/2006 9:37:24 PM Kaep That sounds like an awfully big secret for the United States to keep. Surely there w.....
» 18/10/2006 8:21:43 PM How could I have been so stupid to swallow all this lefty greenie scientist nonsense. All .....
» 15/10/2006 2:23:06 PM What exactly is being done, Perseus? Nothing that I am aware of. Governments aren't limiti.....
» 13/10/2006 7:05:58 PM Thanks very much for that Kaep. At least it gives me something to learn. It would be nice .....
» 12/10/2006 6:03:38 PM Kaep What properties of water does pollution alter?.....
» 10/10/2006 10:34:25 PM The Arctic is not a huge area. It is less than 7% of the area of the Earth's surface......
» 10/10/2006 7:39:06 PM GrahamY What was carbonari's point re Arctic temperatures in the 1930s? What is the signi.....
» 8/10/2006 10:28:09 PM Forget about the "Hockey Stick"? What you should realise Johnj is that the ".....
» 8/10/2006 10:39:44 AM Johnj You comment about the Greenland ice sheet taking 1000 years to melt. Estimates like.....
» 5/10/2006 3:59:23 PM GrahamY If the realclimate article wasn't clear enough then try this report on Arctic cli.....
» 4/10/2006 5:51:06 PM "The average Arctic temperatures on record for the 1930s were higher than 2005/06&quo.....
» 4/10/2006 3:47:12 PM While pro-growth interests dominate all major political parties the threat of climate chan.....
» 4/10/2006 10:13:27 AM Over the past three years sea levels have cooled, but sea levels have risen. This can only.....
» 29/09/2006 6:05:11 PM Kaep The relation between air pollution and reduced rainfall has been determined by caref.....
» 28/09/2006 7:45:14 PM Kaep Air pollution can also suppress rainfall according to this report: http://www.scien.....
» 28/09/2006 5:14:07 PM Kaep, dont forget that an event can have more than one contributing cause. And let us sep.....
» 27/09/2006 3:32:39 PM If anyone thinks the reasoning to be unsound then I would suggest putting your ideas direc.....
» 26/09/2006 7:51:26 PM A website that I find informative is http://www.realclimate.org/ The site presents the lat.....
» 10/09/2006 1:24:11 PM As far as I know, Australian citizens cannot be legally executed in Australia. As far as I.....
» 8/09/2006 6:01:40 PM If Indonesia's Judges are no more than political puppets, then why the hell are Australian.....
» 12/08/2006 8:00:44 PM Gosh, now it's the return of cotton and rice grower bashing. This is yet another regularly.....
» 12/08/2006 1:11:22 PM What strikes me is the contradiction arising from Politicians describing the current dry s.....
» 9/08/2006 6:03:25 PM Not a mention of algae as a biofuel source, yet there is currently a huge amount of resear.....
» 6/08/2006 7:28:48 AM And here is a site for another biofuel production method that claims to be able to convert.....
» 5/08/2006 1:54:43 PM Here we go again. The "economic collapse is certain without huge population growth&qu.....
» 2/08/2006 8:22:41 PM Kaep I agree with you on this. Having a referendum on water recycling was a total farce a.....
» 1/08/2006 7:10:31 PM Kaep Here is a url for diy biodiesel production. [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_m.....
» 30/07/2006 9:31:03 AM Desalination might become a viable option. Recent research at the Lawrence Livermore Natio.....
» 27/07/2006 6:13:06 PM Peter Costello’s threat reminded me of comments related by a meatworker from his employer .....
» 17/07/2006 7:34:19 PM There is currently a test underway in New Zealand to produce biodiesel from algae harveste.....
» 15/07/2006 8:35:23 PM David Latimer My criticism was of the logical construction of your argument, which you ha.....
» 15/07/2006 10:50:54 AM With several adjustments to his argument, David Latimer has finally arrived at a consisten.....
» 14/07/2006 6:43:31 PM There is still the technical hurdle of converting cellulose to ethanol, so clearing that w.....
» 13/07/2006 10:34:12 PM David Latimer Okay then, you would agree that Australia with 1.2 million fewer immigrants.....
» 13/07/2006 6:22:18 PM David Latimer To quote you again, “....and claims that we [and EC was very clearly referr.....
» 12/07/2006 8:25:48 PM Thanks for the response, Yuyutsu. I still wonder what part of Australia the immigrants wou.....
» 11/07/2006 7:17:00 PM David Latimer might note that I have pointed out a flaw in his reasoning. The flaw is quit.....
» 10/07/2006 7:52:30 PM Dalma says “Your presumptuous claim " aussie's produce about 28 tonnes of greenhouse .....
» 10/07/2006 4:45:28 PM David Latimer's ease of refutation relies less upon strong arguments than it does on corru.....
» 9/07/2006 1:07:07 PM “The article is written as though there was a giant glass dome over Australian airspace.” .....
» 7/07/2006 9:45:15 PM Perhaps David Latimer did not read the quote in the opening paragraph, “‘presumably as a l.....
» 6/07/2006 9:46:52 PM Yuyutsu Thank you for taking the time to clarify things for me. I understand from your co.....
» 6/07/2006 8:46:15 AM Perhaps David Latimer should read the article again. I didn’t think that Eric Claus was su.....
» 5/07/2006 7:31:50 PM Yuyutsu maintains that Australia should have high immigration because it is a moral obliga.....
» 4/07/2006 10:54:03 PM Mercurius You might achieve more by arguing the per capita economic benefits from high im.....
» 2/07/2006 7:51:06 AM Yuyutsu So you understand the problem with Claus' article? From your post though, you com.....
» 24/06/2006 11:12:31 PM Perseus The incidence of disease results from the interaction of vector and host. So one .....

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