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5 Ways the U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry Is Evolving in 2024
September 30, 2024
Nuclear Complements Renewable Energy Sources
“Finally, another key takeaway from the report is that building nuclear power plants along with renewables and storage is actually a cheaper way to decarbonize the grid than just nuclear or renewables alone.
Nuclear energy can provide clean electricity during the most expensive hours when wind and solar are unavailable and also reduces the amount of generation capacity, storage, and transmission needed to ensure grid reliability.
A diverse mix of clean firm generation, variable renewables, and energy storage creates the most cost-effective system.
Across multiple power system models, pairing renewables and storage with nuclear energy could lead to a ~37% reduction in generation and transmission system costs.”
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-ways-us-nuclear-energy-industry-evolving-2024
This really is BIG and Dutton should run with it especially knowing that we have AUKUS (if it actually does happen) and the Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor.
Albo and Blackout Bowen and the entire LayBore Party are Luddites.
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Faster, Please!
⚛ Why (lots) more nuclear power might make economic sense
A new Department of Energy report offers some encouraging financial math
James Pethokoukis Oct 01, 2024
Another day, another bit of good news regarding the potential restart of an American nuclear reactor.
The latest: Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan has secured a $1.5 billion loan to restart operations, potentially becoming the first US reactor to do so. Owner Holtec International aims for a Q4 2025 restart, pending NRC approval. (The funds will cover inspections, testing, and equipment replacement.)
So what we’re seeing here is a slow, forward shift in the nuclear industry after years of plant closures, driven by growing demand for carbon-free energy. Palisades’ restart plan has inspired similar efforts, like Constellation Energy’s decision to reactivate a Three Mile Island reactor by 2028 and sell its entire output to Microsoft for powering AI data centers.
But will the revival move beyond restarting old plants?
A new Department of Energy report, “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear,” – 83 Page PDF makes a compelling case for the atom’s role in powering tomorrow’s Up Wing world, suggesting that US nuclear capacity could triple from about 100 GW in 2024 to 300 GW by 2050.
And why do we need more nuclear power? Primarily because it provides power generation that is both low-carbon and consistently available — essential factors for the deep decarbonization of the electrical grid. An AI investment boom has only helped solidify the pro-nuclear case:
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“Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear,” – 83 Page PDF
https://liftoff.energy.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LIFTOFF_DOE_AdvNuclear-vX6.pdf
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Not just Labor. Some conservatives are strongly anti-nuclear.
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Matt Kean?
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He, like nearly all members of the LNP could hardly be classified as conservatives.
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More climate “science”.
They ship 19,000 tonnes of wood chips from Canada and dump them into Icelandic waters for “carbon capture”.
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/nova-scotia-wood-chips-dumped-into-iceland-coastal-waters-and-called-carbon-capture/
Nova Scotia wood chips dumped into Iceland coastal waters and called ‘carbon capture’
by Joan Baxter
June 27, 2024
SEE LINK FOR REST.
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DM – good spot!
Looks like the guy has scammed various folk – including the good souls from Microsoft.
Oh dear. What a pity. Never mind.
Whilst it is possible Marty Odlin [for it is he!] has not enriched himself, I doubt if that’s where the smart money has gone.
Just remember P.T. Barnum’s wise words – “There’s one born every minute!”
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I have always been amazed that alleged scientists have no idea that CO2 is in rapid equilibrium, the vapour pressure of CO2 set by air pressure, concentration and temperature. CO2 enters and leaves the water in incredible volumes. In a Laboratory this really obvious phenomenon is covered by Henry’s Law.
So people, alleged Climate Scientists, ecologists tell us humans who output a record of only 1% of atmospheric CO2 each year can change CO2 levels? That’s nuts. 10% of all atmospheric CO2 goes in and out of the ocean each year. And slight warming increases CO2 levels.
It’s all in the graph of CO2.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/523651/carbon-dioxide-levels-reach-another-new-record-at-niwa-s-monitoring-site-on-wellington-s-coast
Humans have no impact at all on the graph of CO2. ‘Emissions’ are utterly inconsequential, as China knows.
The ONLY science question is why isn’t the dead straight line perfectly horizontal ? And the answer is slight warming of the ocean surface related to peaking solar activity( DeVries cycle) and slight warming from peaking AMO/PDO ocean circulation. And you can prove from radio carbon dating that the fossil fuel content of the carbon dioxide is only 2.0%. There is no counter to this direct measurement.
This completely fake story of carbon capture, sequestration, emissions is enshrined in many Australian Laws for 25 years, robbing us all. It’s not science. It’s never been debated and the politicians and the press refuse to even talk about it. Why?
And everyone’s onboard with the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the people of Australia. At least before The Voice.
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Ponder the bubbles in your beer.
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Australian emissions from energy sources dropped slightly in 2013, down 0.2%.
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Sorry – intended as a supplement to #1 – Johnny Rotten.
“A diverse mix of clean firm generation, variable renewables, and energy storage creates the most cost-effective system.”
Hmmm.
Clean firm generation, alone, would be cheaper – no need for endless rows of pylons from where [it is hoped] the wind blows to where the juice is needed, for a start.
And, also, no Chinese-made – although obviously utterly secure – bat-busters or slaver-panels.
And batteries at half a billion per Gigawatt-hour … ??
Really??
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I tend to agree but now that the Wind Towers and Solar Panels are already here then let’s use them in conjunction with Nuclear Energy.
Australia should dig up all the Coal that it can and export it. The country needs the export income to pay for all the other stuff. Same for Gas except that enough Gas should be set aside for Domestic use. WA already does this. It works.
With Australia getting back to cheaper electricity, the Country can get Manufacturing back and start processing those raw materials and adding value. Processing Rare Earths should be a “No Brainer” really. Hey, the Country could even enrich the Yellow Cake and add value.
The potential money spinners are there for the taking IMHO.
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“I tend to agree but now that the Wind Towers and Solar Panels are already here then let’s use them in conjunction with Nuclear Energy.”
Okay – those that exist and are connected – even if not reliable.
As you know, even in the absence of heavy hail, their lifespan is limited – might TPTB recognise that?
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Not quite that simple …
What happens when there is one of those “wind drought’s” at 6 pm or6 am ?
There needs to be enough “dispatchable” electricity (Nuclear) to cover those periods..IE, 100% supply at peak periods. So you either have huge amounts of storage (impractical) , or full 100% Nuclear capacity…which means tthere is no justification for the wind or solar, which will need replacement soon anyway !
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I have noted that WA’s SWIS grid wind was regularly disappearing each evening, starting around 6:30 pm, the peak evening time, and not reappearing until the next morning. So gas and coal had to do all the heavy lifting overnight, night after night.
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I believe that a large-scale battery would cost around $1bn/GWh. The reason for this belief is that often these battery costs are amortised over many years and are partly based on usage payment agreements, which surely must increase over time. Naturally these costs are claimed as “commercial in confidence “, so the actual final costs of these batteries may never be known.
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The looming disaster in Australia’s mobile phone system.
The regulators and the telcos have no clue what they are doing, they don’t even understand the technology they are trying to regulate or use.
There must be some DEI there somewhere.
This is very important and little known.
Please watch the video. (14.5 mins)
https://youtu.be/RPlTz-3estM
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Be afraid. Be very afraid. If (embedded video) James’ claim that he is the only one who initially identified the pending disaster is correct then he is also the pin up boy for stopping the mis/dis information bill. A sole voice flagging his thoughts on an issue would probably be relegated to conspiracy theorist mis/dis informationist under the bill given that all of Australia’s “expert” telecoms engineers and networks clearly believe they can just switch off 3G and she’ll be right. He claims that one of the (dei?) carrier experts noted that mother England has already switched off their 3G network with no issue – but as James points out while this is true they (once Great Britain) have kept their 2G network operating because of this exact operating issue with “modern” phones.
Great find, Thank you.
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Excellent video, and as you say, very imortant
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Which is why I posted it already (#12 on Monday). People only have THIS MONTH left.
Check your phones NOW or call 000 in 4 weeks only to find out you can’t.
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I’ve got a 3G phone, so I am waiting for the next extension of time 😁
No point in buying another one until this issue is resolved.
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Loaded and ran the the iTest App. A very good method of confirming that my phone was ok. Includes a lot of other phone tests as well.
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Video:
The Left’s war against female beauty, as explained by Matt Walsh.
https://youtu.be/1VP7bt0p2KY
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I prefer Joe Walsh:
https://youtu.be/BciS5krYL80
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A better, live version:
https://youtu.be/09839DpTctU
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That guitar duet outro by Walsh and Felder is insane. And Henley is actually singing and not miming!
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Saw them here in Novocastria long ago.
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Glen Frey, 2013.
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On the subject of the Left’s war against beauty, in all its forms:
Why is modern art so bad?
https://youtu.be/lNI07egoefc
Why modern architecture sucks.
https://youtu.be/GapUEKYLE1o
And notice how Leftists destroy classical art such as in galleries or statues?
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Make sure it’s a real woman too, to avoid surprises.
https://imgbox.com/xuCwoYSF
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David Maddison, #5
____👍🏻 was what this vote was s’posed to be.
Fat thumb.
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Really good article by Matt Ridley in Spiked:
There is now very little doubt that Covid leaked from a lab
“What was the worst industrial accident in history? Bhopal in India, where in 1984, at least 25,000 people died as a result of a leak of methyl isocyanate from a pesticide plant? No, if – as most people who have examined the evidence now believe – the Covid pandemic began as a result of a laboratory leak, then what happened in Wuhan, China was worse than a thousand Bhopals. It killed around 28million people – and was by far the most lethal industrial or scientific accident that has ever occurred.
Yet the silence of members of the scientific establishment about even the possibility of a laboratory leak in Wuhan is deafening. They refuse to debate it – quite literally. The World Health Organisation studiously avoids talking about it. I tried to get the Royal Society to organise a debate: it’s not a suitable topic for discussion, it replied. I tried the Academy of Medical Sciences, of which I am a fellow: too controversial, it said. A former president of the Royal Society told me he hopes we never find out what happened, lest it annoy the Chinese. Would he have said the same about Bhopal, I wondered, or a plane crash?
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The leak happened. We know that because they refuse to talk about why it could not have happened.
The research community is implicated, they are afraid.
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That is a terrible argument. “what I just made up must be true because no one else says it”.
Here is a much better thought out argument which supports what your non-argument was aiming for – yes, it’s in the msm
https://theconversation.com/did-covid-come-from-an-animal-market-heres-what-the-new-evidence-really-tells-us-239533
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It is ok because the “leak” caused no deaths
a. It is a scam to get people to inject a bioweopon. Everyone will die in today plus 3 months.
b. there is no such thing as a virus.
c. the virus is harmless
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🦠🦟
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Gee Aye, #6.1.1
____Nah. It was the headline about the rumour of a story about a headline.
____Are we so smart, we reckon we couldn’t get taken in by six levels of obfuscation – one of those being silence?
____The origin story doesn’t matter a damn anyway. Fact is, on the strength of a scary tale, we injected a range of who knows what into ourselves. Now statistics are being used every which way to fortify whichever story($) we wish to run with.
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It seems that the worlds health/science institutions have no evidence of a Sars-Co-V virus, at all, so I guess, discussing a leak would be to get a bit ahead of themselves.
“FOIs reveal that health/science institutions around the world (225 and counting!) have no record of SARS-COV-2 isolation/purification, anywhere, ever”
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/fois-reveal-that-health-science-institutions-around-the-world-have-no-record-of-sars-cov-2-isolation-purification/
“Colleagues around the world and I (Christine) have been filing Freedom of Information “requests” to institutions in various countries seeking records that describe the isolation/purification of the alleged “COVID-19 virus” from any unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient… Every institution has failed to provide or cite even 1 record describing the isolation aka purification of the alleged “COVID-19 virus” directly from a patient sample that was not first adulterated with other sources of genetic material. (Those other sources are typically monkey kidney aka “Vero” cells and fetal bovine serum)… In their responses, numerous institutions have made it explicitly clear that isolation/purification is simply never done in virology, and that “isolation” in virology means the exact opposite of what it means in everyday English. This is also evidenced in every “virus isolation” paper we have ever seen, for any alleged “virus.””
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this is 100% false
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Meanwhile what actually happened in the city of Wuhan.
The others continued to have a runny nose or diminished sense of smell after leaving hospital.
It was really bad and over by April 15 2020
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Grid scale battery fires loom large
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2024/10/01/grid-scale-battery-fires-loom-large/
The beginning: “America faces a growing threat from grid scale lithium battery fires. Construction of huge battery arrays with no concern for potentially catastrophic fires is out of control. There are no established standards to follow and local permitting authorities seem oblivious to this very real danger. What follows is a brief introduction to the issue. To begin with look at this photo of an existing grid battery array called Desert Sunlight:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_Sunlight_(52290008686).jpg#
The batteries are teamed with a big solar facility because until recently that was the only way to get the battery subsidies. Each lithium battery unit is the size of a tractor trailer or big shipping container and there are well over a hundred of them, with a rated storage capacity of 230 MW. This is a medium sized storage facility. That these units can spontaneously burst into flames is well established. The question is how to design and prepare for this destructive event?
To scale the problem consider the following event. A battery powered tractor trailer rig recently crashed and it’s battery burned on an interstate in California. Lithium battery fires cannot be put out so this one burned for around eleven hours. In order to keep the fire from spreading to create a wildfire the fire crew continuously sprayed it using a reported 50,000 gallons of water in the process. The interstate was closed due to the toxic fumes from the fire. One of these grid scale battery units is easily 10 to 20 times the size of that truck battery. If the water usage required to keep a grid battery fire from spreading scales with size that is 500,000 to a million gallons of water. The actual amount is an engineering calculation that needs to be established and incorporated into battery facility design standards.
Note that we are not talking about the fire spreading to create a wildfire although that is certainly a concern. The vital need is to keep it from igniting the nearby batteries. If this happened the whole facility could go up with a hundred or more giant batteries burning. That would be truly catastrophic. So now look at the Desert Sunlight photo and note there is no water tank. There should be something like a million gallon water tank with a high volume system to deliver that water to every unit in the facility. Clearly there is not.”
Lots more in the article including a glaring example of ducking the issue at Horse Heaven renewables in Washington State with a proposed 300 MW battery facility..
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Desert Sunlight link works if you copy it. Would not paste properly.
Trying again with brackets.
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‘storage capacity of 230 MW’
Energy storage is measured in MW*hours. Watts are a measure of power capacity.
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For some reason, utility battery installations are frequently defined by their discharge capability (MW), rather than their storage capacity (MWh) wich can be much greater numerically ?
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To add…
Sometimes , that discharge rate MW, is specified for a period of time .. usually 4 hours… for some reason equally unknown !
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Agreed. I have noticed that two figures are often quoted, and the relationship, although not stated, seems to be energy delivery for only two hours. Why the two main specs, battery capacity in MWh, and maximum discharge capacity in MW, cannot be simply quoted I don’t understand.
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“Why the two main specs, battery capacity in MWh, and maximum discharge capacity in MW, cannot be simply quoted I don’t understand.”
Just a guess …
Might it be because the journalist/PR executive/scribbler behind the story cannot understand the difference – and is too lazy [or too indoctrinated] to even seek to find out?
Auto, wondering what happened to investigative journalism …
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UK: Julie Burchill: When cry-bully goons ejected me and a group of 50 middle-aged people from a pub because someone disagreed with our views I realised: We no longer live in a free country
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An friend came to stay with us for a few days just recently and, while here, told me about her job in Canberra. Needless to say, she works for a gov’t department. Despite earning what I would call a good salary and having some degree of responsibility, she is allowed an enormous amount of flexibility in her role, along with being able to work from home two days per week. Even on the days she’s actually in the office, she can decide to go home at the drop of a hat should her child be sent home from school.
I don’t begrudge her those perks as she’s a single mum, but it really does make me wonder what the productivity levels in the public service are these days. It’s no wonder that service levels are so poor and taxes, rates and charges rising so fast.
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It has never been great – the Canberra 16:51 rush “hour” (10 mins)
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Govt productivity would be close to zero, I notice they never include themselves when talking about National Productivity rates.
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Not only in Government Departments. I know somebody in Insurance, and a new recruit on a high pay rate refused to work on a clients folio because he was going to the Gym. Two and a half hours later , returned from Gym to office in gym clothes, and again refused to contact his client, because he was too tired..
unbelievable, Australia is in deep s.it.
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“I notice they never include themselves when talking about National Productivity rates.”
They are not ENTIRLY dishonest!
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The building revolution
Maybe not
So, what courses are they really offering?
Ve free R’s (don’t forget 1 in 3 failed NAPLAN.
Better not upset anyone. There’s a course for that.
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The prophecy hath come true: we’re going to be as hot as Perth today – or in realspeak – Perth is going to be as cold as us, 18C, with wind rain hail thunder & flying trampolines.
Frank Zappa was a prophet too: Yellow Snow Watch ⚠️ for Queenstown Lakes today with ‘heavy snow’ to 600m as the ‘eye of the storm’ parks itself over Central Otago, a perfect snowmaker as warm & cold collide at altitude.
Shirley the sky gods & goddesses have nought to do with it (it’s all our fault right left?). The next 24 hours will feel the effects of a). new moon b). perigee c). crossing the equator d). annular solar eclipse due to syzygy and e). people going crazy: then again, the sons of Abram have been squabbling since the Bronze Age – time to grow up kiddies.
And the Earth shall ring as a bell… shallow 5.0 shook Cook Strait last night, a 6.6 wobbled Tonga this morning with more to come. Enjoy the show huh.
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I’ve seen that movie too.
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Something happened in 2013 which spiked the September temps and we are fairly sure CO2 wasn’t the culprit.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-fourthwarmest-september-on-record/1889952
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And in reality all that happened in Perth was that it rained heavily for about an hour then reduced to a minor drizzle. As usual, the BOM was being over-the-top alarmist in its forecast.
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The o/nite shakes reported in DM. Years ago (70/80s) the DSIR said they reckoned all the continental shelf activity around the Pacific would ultimately push up a land mass between Oz and the Land of the Wrong White Crowd. A couple of bridges and Kiwis could drive over. As you say enjoy the coming show.
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Helene & Boots on the Ground in Tennessee! (video)
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FWIW – crank this into the “misinformation bill”
“The devil is in the details – doubly so for terrorists”
Concludes
“That level of monitoring will do the same to all of us should an autocratic, controlling government want to force its citizens to behave in a certain way, and punish them if they don’t obey.
That’s a scary thought . . . but it’s the reality in which we live right now. It’s why I, and many who feel as I do, prefer to pay cash for most of my purchases, and leave my cellphone at home on random, unpredictable occasions, and purchase privately rather than through big corporate vendors whenever possible. It may not help much, but any sand I can throw in the gears of Big Brother is a worthwhile effort, IMHO. I wish everyone would do the same.”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-devil-is-in-details-doubly-so-for.html
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CP: Iran Fires 100’s Of Missiles At Israel, Biggest Attack In History, Declares War (video)
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Redacted: WW3 Alert! October Surprise Iran Missiles Slam Israel, Putin Demands Netanyahu Leave Lebanon Now (video)
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Iran’s strike won’t be a one-off despite their intent.
Full blown escalation starts now.
Maybe Putin’s getting sick of being prodded by the US and is saying “Fine! Bring it on!”
Stupid humans, fighting over dirt and false gods.
Maybe in another thousand years…
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…and numerous reports of major panic buying in the USA.
TP frenzy all over again.
Smart Aussies will be well stocked and self sufficient already.
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DDDD: Israel Iran War Escalation – Fever Pitch
JN: LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski – Truth Bursting at the Seams
(videos)
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Israel vows ‘to target Iran’s oil within days in revenge for missile barrage’ as Tehran threatens to strike the entire infrastructure of Netanyahu’s ‘insane regime’ and warns US not to ‘intervene’ amid mounting WW3 fears (video)
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In Federal How Shall We F Over The Farmers Today news
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No Farmers -> No Food
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Trying to find a spot when this is not following doom and gloom! It is a big contrast. Well maybe not so much. They both highlight the best of America! The ‘deplorables’, and the ‘hippies’, doing what they do. The post Burning Man videos are pouring out, and this one shows burners taking it to the next level. Americans can do it, in good times and bad. I was at BM when Katrina hit New Orleans, and watched the Temple burn, as Joan Baez sang ‘Ave Maria’ . That was a moment. Burning Man crews went down to New Orleans with machinery and skills, and spent months helping with the clean up.
Anyway these are called mashups, combining the old and new. The whole performance is over an hour, but try 14.10 – 17.05 California Dreaming. 55.35 – 59.57 Leonard. or 1.10.00 – 4 mins to finish.
The best Of America
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Oops. I guess you would need a link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8EAmSvzgAQ&t=869s
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FWIW
“Nuclear Is Back: U.S. Closes On $1.5 Billion Loan To Resurrect Holtec’s Palisades Nuclear Plant”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nuclear-back-us-closes-15-billion-loan-resurrect-holtecs-palisades-nuclear-plant
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It’s hybrids too.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/recalls/2024/10/01/jeep-hybrid-recall-wrangler-cherokee/75466533007/
Jeep hybrids are burning down left and right. “Park them outside.”
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Trump Prosecutor Letitia James to be Disbarred?! Appeals Court Slams Her Case (video)
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NRMA chief pushes for EV battery testing to be part of roadworthy checks after spate of fires
Electric vehicle batteries should be tested as part of compulsory roadworthy checks to improve safety and lift the uptake of EVs, according to the chief executive of one of Australia’s largest insurers.
NRMA chief Julie Batch said “busting EV myths” was critical if the nation wanted to encourage a more rapid transition to a greener fleet.
While EVs have consistently doubled their market share annually – rising from 1 per cent of new car sales in 2020 to 8.5 per cent in 2023 – it stagnated at 8.4 per cent this year. A Deloitte report, published in January, has projected 43 per cent of all new passenger vehicle sales in a decade will be EVs.
“We see a very similar sort of frequency of fires in cars in EVs as we do in ICE [internal combustion engine] vehicles, however, when that battery does catch fire, the car is often damaged to a greater degree because the battery is that much bigger,” Batch said.
“What we’re asking for is that as part of the regular roadworthiness checks that batteries are comprehensively checked.”
There have been growing concerns about EVs catching alight as lithium-ion battery fires become an increasing problem for fire services around the world.
Fire and Rescue NSW said in a report, published in March, it attended 456 lithium-ion battery fires in 2022 and 2023 – a 66 per cent increase in incidents year-on-year. But only three involved electric vehicles, with the vast majority being electric bikes and scooters.
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Fire at Tesla battery supplier factory – report
The company that supplies batteries to some of the biggest car makers in the world – including Tesla – has reported a fire at a plant in China.
A fire has broken out at a Chinese factory owned by the world’s largest electric vehicle battery supplier, CATL.
While no injuries have been reported, CATL says a “relatively small” number of products were affected by the blaze – though impacts to its production line are expected to be limited, according to news outlet Reuters.
With almost 50 per cent of the global market share – and Tesla as its biggest client – CATL also supplies electric vehicle batteries to BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo, as well as several Chinese car makers.
The company says the fire – located at its plant in the Fujian province – was extinguished relatively quickly, with the cause under investigation.
In June 2024, a fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea claimed the lives of 23 workers and injured eight more – many of whom were Chinese nationals, Reuters reported.
The South Korean fire occurred after a series of battery cells exploded inside the warehouse, which contained an estimated 35,000 batteries.
Police claim the deadly fire was caused by a lack of quality control as workers rushed to fulfil orders.
According to CATL officials, the latest incident in China was brought under control quickly thanks to the facility’s fire monitoring system.
The 15,000m2 plant is only four years old and is considered an ‘Industry 4.0’ smart factory, which means it is largely automated – reducing the risk to human life – while also incorporating connected and artificial intelligence technologies.
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How the heck will battery testing detect potentially faulty batteries? For a supposedly vehicle expert organisation, the NRMA seems to have totally lost the plot.
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Graeme4
That might have something to do with the recent upsurge in emails trying to sell me “NRMA Emergency Kits” – from decidedly non-NRMA email addresses?
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Very easy – Aus/Vic authorities are hereby invited to call me for details.
A spoiler: the tests will be voluntarily (no one forced you to buy an EV) and non-compliance fines will be the size of Japan national debt.
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Really? Where?
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Does Julie Batch have any advice on how to test an EV battery so that potential failures can be detected, in a timely and cost effective manner? If she has insights they need to be shared because it would greatly improve EV resale value if used battery condition can be certified.
It appears to be wishful thinking but I am always happy to learn.
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Tesla fire video shows EV threat in storms
US authorities call out EV makers over “threats of their cars” following footage of a Tesla bursting into flames after a flood.
American politicians have hit out at EV brands such as Tesla for failing to make customers aware of the risks posed by electric cars following storms.
Viral video of a Tesla Model X electric car bursting into flames following Hurricane Helena in Florida shows the risk posed by EV batteries that have been submerged, particularly in salt water.
Homeowner Lisa Hodges told Reuters that “I’m just glad we’re alive, but everything, we’ve been married 38 years and everything we put into that house … it’s all gone.”
Florida’s Pinellas County posted on X that “Electric Vehicles that have been flooded in saltwater can catch fire. If you evacuated and left an electric vehicle or golf cart in your garage or under a building and you are not able to get to it or move it, we want you to let us know.”
Florida politician Jimmy Patronis said “I don’t think EV manufacturers have been proactive in notifying consumers about the threats of their cars and storm surge,” he said.
“As grids become reenergized EV owners impacted by storm surge must work with urgency to get it pulled away from homes.”
Patronis previously tweeted about the risks posed by EVs following storm surges in 2022, when Teslas affected by floodwater would burst into flames several days after floodwater subsided.
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Over 200 Retired Generals and Admirals Endorse Trump for President: ‘Our National Security and Personal Safety Are at Stake’
<strong>Over 200 retired military generals and admirals endorsed former President Donald Trump in an open letter released on Monday, saying that he has demonstrated the leadership ability needed to provide for the safety and security of the United States.
The group who organized the letter, Flag Officers 4 America, said in a statement: “Donald Trump has a proven track record of success providing the most fundamental responsibilities required of a U.S. President: protecting national security, domestic safety, and the U.S. Constitution.”
Meanwhile, they said, “The current administration, led by the President and Vice President, has allowed our nation to become unsecure, our citizens unsafe, and our country divided due to the cultural war being waged across America in the form of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).” They added:
This divisive domestic strife is dividing our Country, allowing our foreign adversaries to take advantage of the political/social disorder in America. A recent bipartisan congressional report ‘Commission on the National Defense Strategy’ said: ‘The United States confronts the most serious and the most challenging threats since the end of World War II. The United States could in short order be drawn into a war across multiple theaters with peer and near-peer adversaries, and it could lose.’
“We urge our fellow Americans to join us in supporting the election of Donald J. Trump for president. Our future is at stake,” they said.
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‘ … across multiple theaters …’
I can’t see it, the US is going out of its way not to allow their missiles to land on Russian soil, for good reason.
The Russian public are finally seeing the effect of this war, their assets are devaluing and hyper inflation is on the cards.
China is also in trouble, the people are feeling the effects of a great depression and there is nothing the authorities can do to remedy the situation. Xi is in panic mode and won’t be looking for war with the Alliance.
Not to mention that other never ending war which shall remain nameless.
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How accurate are laser guided missiles?
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_skoer0YIwd1z23obp.mp4
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The old parable of the tortoise and the hare
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_sko9s2bi4u1z23obp.mp4
Stop and look after you win.😎
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FWIW
“EU To Rule ESG For The World”
“Well This Is Going To Suck
Never underestimate the power mad Globalist desire to control everyone.
Per this video, there’s a new EU Law that will force ESG “rules” and the DIE, er DEI Agenda onto the rest of the world. ANY company that does more than the limit size of business in the European Union MUST impose ESG & Woke Agenda crap on EVERY SUPPLIER they have. Globally. If they don’t, they get a “fine” of a percent of their global business (that for companies like McDonald’s and Apple is $Billions).
We need a ruling, pronto, from the Supreme Court that says this is illegal in the USA. That an EU Globalist can not impose rules on US Companies outside of the EU. And certainly not down stream on their suppliers.
Then they go on to talk about the U.N. “Summit of the future” where I’m slowly working through the UN Document…and it’s bad.”
(My bold)
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/eu-to-rule-esg-for-the-world/
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Wednesday words of wisdom
“At the same time you’re getting all this mouthing of diversity, there is an extremely narrow ideological conformity that’s being enforced.”
— Thomas Sowell
“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.”
– Thomas Sowell
“A friend to all us a friend to none.”
– Aristotle
“I would rather offend you with the truth than please you with flattery.”
– Seneca
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Having been born & bred in in the workers paradise I know everything about hypocrisy.
The skills & dedication of everyone – from parents and teachers to country leaders was more than art of survival, many of them truly believe their own words…
But the last week UN speech by HM King of Jordan really took my breath away – everyone should watch it.
A reminder: this is the fellow who last night spared no effort to protect Israel from incoming rockets.
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This caught my eye.
‘The minister also highlighted His Majesty’s frustration with Israeli extremism, especially regarding the notion of an “alternative homeland” for Palestinians, adding: “This was most apparent when the King pointed directly at the Israeli delegate in the General Assembly Hall.” (Jordan Times)
He must mean the two state solution.
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Trump/Vance 24 – Not Friends With School Shooters!
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The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee
Nation In Awe Kamala Harris Managed To Find Running Mate Dumber Than She Is https://buff.ly/4dtClR9
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Jack Poso 🇺🇸@JackPosobiec
Tim Walz wasn’t at the Tiananmen Square Massacre but he was definitely at the VP Debate Massacre
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Frank Luntz@FrankLuntz
I misjudged JD Vance – he really is a good communicator and a great debater.
And Tim Walz has given viewers more details about more policies tonight than his running mate has all year. #VPDebate
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Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter
CONGRATS, CBS NEWS! You managed to find moderators even more unfair than the last two.
I didn’t think it was humanly possible.
Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt
Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran. Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It�s a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.
Ace of Spades @AceofSpadesHQ
if Vance weren’t so polite and personable, people might hold it against him that he’s a smarty-pants who’s absolutely bullying this fat, sweaty, stuttering mess of a Chinese agent.
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Who won the Vance v Walz debate? Our experts are unanimous
JD Vance ditched his awkward manner with a warm and accomplished display, while Tim Walz stuttered and came unstuck over Tiananmen claim
A clear win for the man with the harder job
If viewers of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate were expecting fireworks, they were sorely disappointed.
Unlike in the debate clashes earlier in this campaign, there were no car crash moments, undignified spats or vicious name-calling.
In fact, both JD Vance and Tim Walz approached the debate with remarkable restraint, referring to each other politely and graciously acknowledging when they had found a point of agreement.
“I didn’t know that your 17-year-old witnessed a shooting,” said Mr Vance, turning to his opponent during an exchange on gun crime. “I’m sorry about that. Christ have mercy.”
“I appreciate that,” Mr Walz replied. Later, he told Mr Vance: “I’ve enjoyed this debate.”
The only moment of real heat, when the moderators muted both men’s microphones, came during a debate over migrants in Springfield, Ohio.
When the same topic came up in the presidential debate last month, Trump provoked days of headlines with his claim that migrants were “eating cats and dogs”.
This time, there was an arcane disagreement about the specific legal status of Haitian migrants, and the forms they use to obtain Temporary Protected Status.
As the candidates squabbled, the host Margaret Brennan interjected: “Gentlemen, the audience can’t hear you because your mics are cut.”
Mr Vance, who has made a name for himself with bizarre pronouncements about “childless cat ladies” and his awkward manner on the campaign trail, managed to come across as warm and human.
He was not, in the words of Mr Walz in an earlier rally, “weird”.
His answers on policy issues were detailed, and he spoke repeatedly about children and families in a way that was designed to appeal to the female voters who are driving Ms Harris’s poll lead.
[SNIIP]
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Should I ever find myself in front of a judge again, I’m going to plead, “I’m a knucklehead.”
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CNN’s Scott Jennings also shared “it’s pretty clear Vance outclassed Walz tonight,” regarding Walz in as “over his head” as he also expressed concerns about the Democrat sitting in the Situation Room as the vice president some day.
“It was amazing, the split screen difference between a competent Vance and a totally in over his head Walz.”
He also offered it’s a “night of redemption” for Vance when it comes to the claims that the senator was a supposedly terrible pick, as Jennings made clear “that charade is now over.”
As Jennings summed it up, “Walz does not belong at this level of American politics, Vance does.
Final verdict: Tim Walz wandered into the wrong bar tonight!”
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Bill Ackman@BillAckman
You can judge the quality of a leader by the talent and intelligence of their direct reports.
Strong leaders hire team members that are smarter than they are. Weak leaders hire weak direct reports.
They don’t want to be outshone by the people they employ.
@JDVance vs. @GovTimWalz
is a clear reference check on @realDonaldTrump vs. @KamalaHarris and their ability to identify and recruit talent.
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Those that watched with genuine curiosity would feel a little easier about electing an old man as President knowing his wing man is at least as competent.
I was not disappointed.
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FWIW
Anyone who has a pressure cooker grounded by lack of spare parts?
Might be worth a look here –
https://www.therazorshop.com.au/pressure-cooker-spare-parts/
He saved mine – it is a Sears Roebuck model of about 1973 which turns out to have been made by a firm that also sold to Namco here
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Would You Dare Eat a $9 Chinese Buffet? $0.20 Grilled Pork Chops, Even Dogs Refuse (video)
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FWIW
“Ed Miliband faces growing legal threat over pylons roll-out”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/10/01/ed-miliband-faces-growing-legal-threat-over-pylons-roll-out/
“ElBowen” next?
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FWIW – latest Kunstler
“Heroes and Villains
“It’s really hard to govern today. . . . The First Amendment stands as a major block.” – John Kerry.”
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/heroes-and-villains
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That was an amazing interview. The US cannot afford another 4 yrs of the (D)s.
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While Walz was actually better than I expected, JD Vance was exceptional. In contrast to the agitated Walz, JD was calm, considered, and exceptionally well prepared. He exuded confidence in his values. Voters must think that if anything happens to Trump, this man would grasp the reins firmly and guide the nation to safety and prosperity.
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Crisis and control: This is what the EU plans to do (video)
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Yes Vicki,
Even though,par-for the-Marxist-rule-book-aims-justifying-the-means,
even cutting off the microphone of one side in the debate being legit
for the arbiter on partisan grounds, he won!
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