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Friends of Science Newsletter #391
https://friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=2892
Topics include:
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Solar Radiation, Temperatures and Models
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Models or Measures of Climate Change: Why Does It Matter?
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Canadian Wildfire and the US Media
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How Much Warming Can We Expect in the 21st Century?
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Carbon Dioxide
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Australians launch ‘cash-only week’ to protest digital payments
A growing movement of Australians against digital payments have designated this week as “cash-only week” in protest of the digital trend.
“Pay with cash only for everything that you can 3-10 July,” read a post shared on Facebook and Twitter among hundreds of thousands of users. “Please be part of this. Get behind the cash only movement.
“If everyone does cash only, it can only benefit us plebs of society. It’s our hard-earned!!! Stop paying fees and charges that big corps impose on us.”
The post was shared by Call Out Cash Businesses, a Facebook group of over 41,000 members who share which businesses refuse to accept cash. Similar groups include Keep Cash: Worldwide, a group of nearly 90,000 members who are “united across the world to keeping cash as a valid option”.
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Several countries, including Australia, are currently exploring and testing their own CBDCs and how they can be used for both domestic and cross-border payments.
https://7news.com.au/business/money/australians-will-pay-with-cash-only-in-week-long-protest-against-tap-and-go-society-c-11173510
Only found out about this today. Let’s do it again – “cash pride month”. 😆
Have you got…you know…the stuff. 😁
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The masses do not realize what CBDC really entails. It is marketed as a convenient and modern way to bank. In truth it is a tool for control, an important tool that governments need to usher in the Great Reset. A recent poll by the Bank of Canada aimed to see how willingly the public would accept a new digital currency. Surprisingly, the majority said they were willing to make the switch without hesitation.
An alarming 59% of respondents said they are willing to switch to CBDC once available. They do not realize that they won’t have a choice in the matter. Around 43% said they were “somewhat willing” to accept CBDC. Then 11% said they were “very willing” and 5% “extremely willing.” Only 25% said they would not make the switch, which again will not be optional. Only 16% admitted that they do not understand the concept.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/central-banks/boc-study-59-of-canadians-willing-to-accept-cbdc/
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Spain adopts Worldcoin’s ID protocol as the company boasts ambitious plans
Spain is now the largest and fastest-growing market in Europe for Worldcoin’s World ID proof-of-personhood protocol, according to the company.
World ID uses iris biometrics as part of a digital identity and a wallet for cryptocurrency transfers. Users sign up via Worldcoin’s Orb iris scanners. Subscribers receive small sums paid in Worldcoin tokens in exchange for their data.
Since World ID launched in Madrid year ago, according to Worldcoin, 150,000 people in Spain have signed up. Reportedly, 20,000 people register every month.
Spain’s largest city, Barcelona, will be home to multiple Orbs.
Though Spain may be in the lead right now, Worldcoin expanded into Germany, Europe’s largest economy, in June.
Worldcoin also has a foothold in Portugal. As of February, 120,000 people had enrolled for WorldCoin in Portugal, a nation with 10.3 million residents. About 500 enrollments take place every day.
According to Worldcoin, it has collected 2 million biometric credentials so far, with 40,000 new registrations last week.
In an interview with crypto trade publication Coindesk, Alex Blania, CEO of Worldcoin, said he thinks a widely deployed digital identity scheme like Worldcoin’s is inevitable.
“Something like World ID will eventually exist, meaning that you will need to verify [that you are human] on the internet, whether you like it or not,” said Blania.
“I think that’s certainly going to happen with the progress in AI.”
He said he believes the transition could occur in the next couple years.
https://worldcoin.org/blog/announcements/worldcoin-expands-world-id-access-spain-response-ai-boom
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Cash everyday everywhere.
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Interesting that last week I could only use cash. The banks auto tellers were down and the internet was down in the local hardware store. So no reserve cash meant no purchase could be carried out. When the shop assistant asked for $15 dollars less than the total of the items I presented I though she was incorrect; I was wrong she gave me 10% discount for cash. I won’t use anything but cash in this store from now on!
You will always need cash during power failures and emergencies that disable the internet and auto tellers etc.
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I’ve been using cash at the places that charge a fee to use your card, it’s becoming a habit again.
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Use it or lose it.
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Nigel Farage – War on Cash
https://youtu.be/EsQ7SMEUWoQ
Only around 4 minutes or so –
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Since Australia has a tradition of adopting the very worst of the worst woke ideas from others, I expect we’ll soon follow with this nonsense.
And there is no doubt Australia wants to eliminate cash. The Government wants all serfs to be fully traceable and trackable at all times with a built-in ability to unperson people at any time for any or no reason.
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Like many of these hidden motives plans there is merit in digital economies regarding illegal transactions and tax avoidance.
On the other hand, in my opinion, the resulting adverse impact on all citizens cannot be tolerated.
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Sidney Uni tried twice to entice my husband to apply for a job around 2000. Boy am I glad we did not move to Oz.
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Social credit score anyone?
It’s not such a large leap is it?
Another conspiracy theory that is closer to the truth than the meejia or the pollies would like us to believe.
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Dan Andrews, Victorian Dictator, is already on the way to implementing a Chicomm style social(ist) credit score.
Why do you think he makes so many visits to China?
It’s only a matter of time because it becomes more intrusive into your private life.
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Get out of GaffDANistan while can.
France is nice, try there! 😁
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Andrew Bolt, Bolt Report on Sky, revealed months ago that Australian Labor Party has been supported by the Chinese Communist Party to influence Chinese speaking voters here to vote Labor.
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It appears that “influence” of the CCP on Chinese Canadians is better described as threats. since they have to use the internet to communicate with relatives, they also get propganda. For example, they are told that votes are not anonymous and conservative government will bring back things like the infamous head tax.
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Please keep in mind that, contrary to the myth perpetrated by Senators Malcolm Roberts and Pauline Hanson, our very own Cash Restrictions Bill is alive and well, has been passed by the HoR with the full support of ALL Liberal, Labor and National politicians, has had both its preliminary readings passed by the Senate, again with FULL party support, and now only requires a final Senate vote to become law.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019B00190
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Nigel Farage’s bankers of 40 years closed his accounts, private and business accounts, and other banks refused to open accounts for him recently.
His support of Brexit and opposition to many woke agendas are, he believes, the reason why he is being cancelled.
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Paul Joseph Watson on the “crime” of being normal. 10 minutes. Funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ajim-f4vk
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Dan Andrews, Victorian Dictator, is already on the way to implementing a Chicomm style social(ist) credit score.
Why do you think he makes so many visits to China?
It’s only a matter of time because it becomes more intrusive into your private life.
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“As I walk through the valley of common sense, logic and evidence, I shall fear no government “expert” or climate prediction.”
– JC2 (c) 2023 😁
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are leaking disruptive radio signals
Radio telescopes are picking up strange radio signals from an intelligent lifeform – ourselves. A new study has shown that large satellite constellations, such as SpaceX’s Starlink swarm, are unintentionally leaking signals that can interfere with vital observations.
Interference from human activities and technology can ruin astronomical observations, so it’s no wonder that these facilities are usually built far from cities in quiet, dark, remote places. But a new threat is emerging to spoil the show – satellite constellations.
Over the last few years, SpaceX has been launching small satellites into orbit that can provide high-speed internet access to regions that normally go without. It may be a noble cause, but with thousands of them up there, they started to leave bright trails across telescope images constantly. SpaceX tried to fix this by making future satellites less reflective, but problems remain.
Now scientists have identified a new issue. They used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope to observe 68 Starlink satellites to measure the kinds of radio signals they produce, and how that can affect the astronomical observations of LOFAR and other radio telescopes.
And sure enough, they detected not just radio signals the satellites use for communication, but many of them were also emitting unintended electromagnetic radiation from their onboard electronics.
https://www.aanda.org/component/article?access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202346374
All that space junk and satellites are becoming the great Pacific garbage patch of space.
Best of luck spotting an incoming ELE meteor.
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Well, if it really is an ELE meteor, do we really want to know and what’s the point of tracking it?
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Please send Photo. Anything under 100 tons or 1 hectare is not eligible as they do not comply with Guiness Book of Records Scare Law.
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Watch the ABC cartoon that’s sparked outrage for portraying trans girl, 10, who is excited about taking puberty blockers: ‘Leave the children alone’
An ABC cartoon that portrayed a 10-year-old boy looking forward to receiving puberty blockers after deciding to transition to a girl has drawn global outrage.
The national broadcaster shared the cartoon to its social media pages on Monday along with the caption: ‘Meet Sapphire A Transgender Child’.
The two minute long cartoon is narrated by Sapphire and her journey to transition to becoming a girl and how she would ‘soon’ start puberty blockers to ‘pause’ her body.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12285595/ABC-outrage-publishing-cartoon-trans-girl-Sapphire-receiving-puberty-blockers.html
Defund the corrupt grooming ABC!
Defund!
Defund!
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Typical from the ABC (Adults Bug%^$ing Children) they are simply child grooming peado’s nothing more nothing less
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Everyone is saying Transgenderism is on the increase. But I heard that members are dropping off at the Transgender Women’s Club.
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In some areas members are dropping off but in other areas members are being added so its hard to tell
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Interesting to compare how this is being treated with the current furore about a BBC presenter.
http://Www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12289837/BBC-staff-frustrated-stars-sex-pics-scandal.html
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Scientists unlock the secret to flexible and unbreakable metal.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed an innovative treatment for a high-quality steel alloy that has resulted in remarkable strength and plasticity, two properties that are typically difficult to combine. The treatment creates ultra-fine metal grains on the outermost layer of the steel, which exhibit a unique behavior under strain, leading to super plasticity. While the exact mechanism behind this phenomenon remains unclear, the implications of this research are significant.
The steel alloy used in the study, known as T-91, is commonly employed in nuclear and petrochemical applications. However, the researchers believe that this treatment could have wide-ranging applications, including car axles, suspension cables, and other structural components that require strong and ductile steel.
One of the most intriguing aspects of this research is the discovery of a “nanolaminate” structure within the treated steel. This nanolaminate consists of ultra-fine metal grains extending approximately 200 microns from the surface. Microscopy images have revealed unexpected deformation patterns in the treated steel, which has been named G-T91 (gradient T91).
“This is a complex process, and the research community has not seen this phenomenon before,” says lead study author Xinghang Zhang, a professor in the School of Materials Engineering, in a university release. “By definition, the G-T91 is showing super-plasticity, but the exact mechanism that allows this is unclear.”
Although metals like steel may appear uniform, under magnification, they are composed of individual crystals called grains. When a metal is subjected to strain, these grains can deform in a way that maintains the metal’s structure without causing rupture, enabling it to stretch and bend. Larger grains can withstand more strain than smaller grains, creating a trade-off between large-grain deformable metals and small-grain strong metals.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add9780?_ga=2.242749957.681225151.1687287555-1405955156.1687287555
Ooohhh…flexible unbreakable thin steel, like they found at Roswell from that “weather balloon” 60 years ago. 😎
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During the 1990s a former ADF Intelligence Corps Officer who had been working at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked a group of business colleagues at lunch if they believed there were “UFOs”. He explained his sighting standing behind the flight crew on an RAAF Hercules C-130 flying to Indonesia and crossing the WA Coast.
He described a cigar shaped aluminium appearance UFO targer than a Boeing 747 aircraft that was hovering at a slightly higher level that the C-130. The senior officer flying the C-130 reported it to ground control and the UFO was acknowledged as being on radar. A few years later he met the RAAF crew at the RAAF Sale Victoria base and mentioned the Ufo sighting. They said they were not permitted to speak about it.
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That’s why UFOs have been seen to fly at high speed into mountains.
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25+ years ago i went to a public presentation of commercial scientific projects.
One of those was a facinating demonstration of “Memory Metal” that could be bent and distorted , but would return to its original engineered shape when mildd heat was applied.
I think someone made eye glasses frames from it for a while .?
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ChatGPT is now losing users
For the first time since its release, OpenAI’s uber-popular ChatGPT has lost users month-over-month, The Washington Post reports, a possible sign that the AI chatbot’s popularity may have already peaked.
According to internet data firm Similarweb, mobile and desktop traffic to the AI chatbot’s website fell almost ten percent in June compared to the previous month, a worrying sign for OpenAI, as the company is spending a fortune keeping its AI chatbot running.
It’s also a notable trend, considering ChatGPT was hailed as the fastest-growing app ever earlier this year, reaching an estimated 100 million active monthly users in just two months. (Meta’s Threads has since taken the crown for amassing 100 million users in just five days.)
Is this a sign of what’s still to come, or just a bump in the road? Has the public’s obsession with AI already hit its highest point? Or are the tech’s glaring and persistent issues finally starting to come to the surface?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/07/chatgpt-users-decline-future-ai-openai/
Well, I did say fake AI would be a passing fad…😎
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Apparently Farcebook and other anti-free-speech social(ist) media are cracking down on supposed “misinformation” (sic) about the Australian Government proposal for The racist Voice.
Because that worked so well when “fact checkers” (sic) said the Hunter Biden laptop story was untrue didn’t it?
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How do we tackle no detailed information from the Govt?
How do they judge misinformation when there’s almost no information from the Govt to prove it’s misinformation?
All we have is a proposed referendum question. The Govt still can’t tell us the Voice’s composition, functions, powers and procedures. They can’t give us a definition of what is “a matter relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples”.
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Quadruple vaccinated Queensland woman claims to be on her tenth Covid infection, hopes more vaccine doses will save her
The first time Marion Carrett tested positive for COVID, she didn’t think much of it. It was at the height of Australia’s Omicron wave, and the virus was striking all around her. … It wasn’t until she caught it a fifth time that she began to suspect she was dealing with something more than bad luck. … Over the following five months, she would test positive for COVID another five times — returning a negative result between each one.
Then comes the truly depressing, horrifying punchline. She’s now stopped going into the office entirely, “resolving to spend three months working from home in a desperate attempt to out-manoeuvre the virus at least long enough to” – and I confess even I didn’t see this coming – “get a fifth vaccine dose.”
I’m tempted to type many things here, but in the interests of charity towards a poor woman who is merely doing what she’s been told, I’ll just ask this: What kind of doctor could possibly think that giving Carrett a fifth immune exposure to the SARS-2 spike protein, on top of the four jabs and six to ten natural exposures she’s already had, could be a good idea in any universe? What, conceptually and theoretically, is vaccine number five even supposed to achieve here?
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/quadruple-vaccinated-queensland-woman
Everyone seen this?:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0evBeXWIAA7o_j?format=jpg&name=small
Pretty much…
80% of 8 billion people gone by 2032 and realistically well before.
Every shot you take…
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You could show her doctor this study but i doubt they will understand it probably call the researchers anti vaxxers etc.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36548397/
After 4 shots your immune system is also shot, IGG4 gives the virus a clear path to invade your body, probably why RSV cases are so deadly now days, her 5th shot will make it even worse.
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Nah, the fifth is just the primer for the 6th.
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Lest We Forget Poor Richard Wilkins.
He was left testing positive day after day after Davos propagandist Forrest Gump and the Missus had ‘Run Forrest Run’.
Memory its a curse!
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Too Funny
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And she votes. 🙁
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Meat is delicious.
Everyone should it more meat.
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Eat not it. An unauthorised spelling correction.
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WARNING! Banks Now Refusing All Cash Withdrawals & Closing Accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZYBNLUL7Ns
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Bendigo cards rewards points now ONLY redeemable via an “e banking account” If you do not have one, your points are NOT redeemable!!!!
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CO2 is literally the breath of our lungs.
Here is the real toxic atmospheric pollution, and it’s caused by “green energy”!
Unreliable intermittent “green” energy generators spewing black clouds of toxic atmospheric pollution AGAIN!!
This is actual atmospheric pollution, unlike natural, beneficial CO2, the life-breath of the plant-based kingdom.
https://stopthesethings.com/2023/07/12/pyrotechnic-pandemonium-wind-turbines-cant-help-exploding-in-toxic-fireballs/
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The most dangerous gas for humans is, surprisingly good old oxygen.
Excess carbon dioxide is nowhere near as troublesome.
That’s the biology.
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As a great uncle might have said – “Eh Gawd!”
“Federal debt explodes by $1 trillion in five weeks since deal suspending limit became law
Total national debt now sits at $32.47 trillion and counting”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-debt-explodes-higher-biden-signs-debt-ceiling-deal
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A simple extension of what they already do.
The whale killing study the Feds are afraid to do
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2023/07/11/the-whale-killing-study-the-feds-are-afraid-to-do/
The beginning: “The Feds have admitted that offshore wind development can cause the death of whales and other marine mammals, but they refuse actually to assess that threat for any wind facilities. So I here outline what such a study should look like. This sort of study is what they are afraid to do because it would give numbers to the deaths that are likely to occur, species by species.”
The ending: “The research question is simple: What is the mortality rate of harassment for a given offshore wind project? The Feds must answer that mortality rate question before a project’s environmental impact assessment is complete. They should also assess multiple projects, as discussed in the DEIS quote above.”
Please share this article.
Save the whales from windmills.
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There is a difference between BS and Real BS
https://twitter.com/DVATW/status/1678693093703385090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1678693093703385090%7Ctwgr%5E09cb1d81c8407117e18c848f38f8857ba68e5161%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F594659%2F
Private jet to limo till 100 m from venue and then bicycle for conference grand entry!
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Remember that the time from alfoil hat to headlines is down to about 2 months and probably still lowering –
“Was the Recent Wagner Uprising in Russia Orchestrated by the CIA?”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-07-11/was-recent-wagner-uprising-russia-orchestrated-cia
Note the conclusions
IIRC about that time a further $US 6 bill had fallen out of a crack for use in Ukr?
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1 positive (trying to stop a negative) and two negtive indicators.
The positive is that one shop in our local centre has taken the initiative re cash money use and has signs up encouraging cash transactions. Shopkeeper is well versed in the developments at some ANZ branches (which have chosen to not carry cash) and recent reported grocery store incidents where customers could not get cashout at assisted checkouts – don’t know if selfserves have had limits applied. Anyways she has plenty of talking points so should be able to wake up some customers.
On the negative the shopping centre is losing a coffee shop effective this Saturday. They used to be near a donut franchise which closed back in February so big open void which no doubt centre management will populate with pop-ups – how many mobile phone cases or cheap trinkets do people have a need for?
The other (strangely interesting) negative is yesterday contacted bank to inquire on finalising the mortgage and very soon into conversation the manager offered a 1.5% discount if we wanted to keep it going?!! Ummm no we are battening down the hatches and getting rid of debt. The $80k-odd mort has crept to 7.XXXX and our humanitarian impulses do not stretch to unnecessarily supporting the banking industry besides both ANZ and NAB CEOs believe customers are managing fine.
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Now is good time to buy assets.
This inflation is going to be around for a decade, it’s the only way the governments can stop going broke, especially USA.
7% interest rates may seem high, but that will be nothing compared to the 20% PA price increases occurring in the real world.
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For most of my life current int. rates would be considered relatively low.
When I was a “home maker”, consumer interest rates were 10% flat ie 20% reducing and my home loan was 10% approx.
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Never forget that chief Scientist Dr Finkel told us 6 years ago that fully compliant Aussies will make ZERO DIFFERENCE to temperature.
Here’s his answer in the Senate, so why can’t our stupid blog donkeys understand and why do they want to WASTE 9 TRILLION $ (latest GUESSTIMATE) on their delusional lunacy? Then tell us where we’d borrow the money and how we’d repay the loans from this ZERO dividend?
AGAIN, when will they WAKE UP?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJY8xKknpms
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An offshore wind turbine zone has been declared for the Hunter Region NSW from Port Stephens to Norah Heads, following public protest Minister Bowen has arranged for the distance offshore to be moved from ten kilometres to twenty kilometres, each turbine about the height of City of Sydney Centrepoint Tower, so despite greater distance from shore still obvious on the seascape horizon.
Obviously offshore wind turbines are far more expensive installed and with transmission cables than on land.
However, not far to the West is the location of the recently shut down Liddell coal fired power station (2,000MW nameplate) and nearby Bayswater coal fired power station (2,600MW). The site has a coal mine and shared water supply.
Obviously replacement with Small Modular Reactors would be far less expensive and provide twenty four hour a day generators.
And I recently read that Mini Modular Reactors are now ready for sale.
The total cost of transition to the new over eighty per cent of supply, up from Labor RET of thirty per cent, is going to be environmentally damaging and impact adversely on farming and other activities. SMR can be assembled on existing power station sites and connected straight to the electricity grid.
The former CEO of Snowy Hydro has estimated that the 2023 dollar value cost of transition will be over 2,000 billion dollars and construction time over eighty years.
SMR assembled on existing power station sites could be generating within a decade.
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Dennis,
“Obviously offshore wind turbines are far more expensive installed and with transmission cables than on land.”
Indeed.
I imagine that Ruritania and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick – or other potential hostile powers – will note the presence of a big cable – >20 Km long – keeping the lights on [if the wind blows …].
Of course, if there is no hostile power, that won’t matter; the octopi won’t break it.
But I could imagine that there c o u l d be a hostile power within the limited lifetime of the bird choppers.
Just sayin’.
Auto
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Any link to the info on the mini reactors being ready for sale Dennis?
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Try Isle 26 in Bunnings ,..maybe ?
But i do not expect you would. Find those SMRs anywhere with a “For sale”. label attached ! ,
…However, you should be aware that several are in the process of being constructed around the world..( China, Russia, Canada, +)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_small_modular_reactor_designs
Being pedantic, i might suggest Australia is currently in the process of purchacing “Small Modular Reactors” from the USA and UK,..to power those new Subs !🤔
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US inflation rate drops to 3%, the US$ falls and Au, Ag rise.
Don’t ask why FOREX and POG react that way. No idea.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lancet-paper-post-vax-autopsies-nuked-after-attracting-special-attention-dr-peter
“The government narrative is still that people do not die after COVID-19 vaccination. Now we have the largest series of autopsies, and the autopsies really are incontrovertible,” he told the Epoch Times.
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Diversity is our strength, comrades. – anyone want to go for a spin on a 737 Max 8?
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Yes, if the alternative is the C 919.
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Feel safer in this one?
“Basler Flies The DC-3 Into The 21st Century”
http://airportjournals.com/basler-flies-the-dc-3-into-the-21st-century/
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I’m a big fan of the Dac, they were advanced in their day and last forever.
On an anti-submarine exercise with RAAF 10 Sqn. in the RNZAF base near Auckland that I will make no attempt to spell, we were taken on a trip to Rotorua on a day off. Two aircraft were available, a Dac and Bristol Frightener [not misspelled]. Wing spars break on the Bristol so it was a no-brainer which I chose. 🙂
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Re-racializing Australia and squashing dissent.
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