Flying Binghi Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 via MichaelangelicaYes that is good news for the economy.I note the NSW government has wapped a new tax on it - and the line-up of coal ships is still over 50 miles long from Newcastle Port. Some infrastructure spending would not go astray. Yes to that. Instead we get the 10 billion dollar handout - good/bad, I dunno...one thing for sure, a lot of that hand out money has come from coal taxs :) ...I wonder how many AGW'ers will refuse the handout because it comes from CO2 :) The so called "Brisbane Line" My limited understanding was the BNE line was one of several plans - I would have thought it be prudent military stratagy to have several pre thought through options. Fortuitously we had the Choco(-late) soldiers in Papua new guinea to save the day. Michaelangelica 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Would this be agood invention for Oz? More than a billion people lack access to electricity and refrigeration, which means they also lack access to important vaccines that need to be kept cool. Nonprofits are pouring millions into developing vaccines that don't need refrigeration, but tech venture capitalist Adam Grosser has a different idea: change the fridge. Working with a thermodynamics team at Stanford, Grosser built a thermos-sized device that contains a refrigerant that's triggered when the device is heated and left to cool. It then acts like a powerful cold pack, turning anything from a jug to a hole in the ground into a twenty-four-hour minifridge. At roughly fifty dollars apiece, Grosser's device could potentially bring people in the developing world high-maintenance medicines -- and the simple pleasure of a cold drink on a hot day. RELATED STORIES: * BEST + BRIGHTEST 2008: 27 More New Geniuses Whose Ideas Will Change the World!Zero Electricity Fridge - Vaccine Refridgeration with No-Electricity Fridges - Esquire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 I have had a few PM messages asking me some odd questions about Australian Aboriginal people Yep the situations is not good But I thought Ii would post an aboriginal point of view hereAustralian Aboriginal Genocide Continues Despite Historic Apology By Dr Gideon Polya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Australia's' Darwin Year' Celebrations - 2009 listen now | download audio 2009 marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of The Origin of Species. Philip Batterham describes the significance of Darwin's work, and why so much effort is being put into celebrating Darwin's life and achievements. Major events in Australia celebrating Darwin: National Museum of Australia December 2008 - March 2009 The Melbourne Museum - birthday party for Darwin 12th February 2009 Sydney - National Maritime Museum exhibition Melbourne - Conference focusing on Darwin's Australian connectionEvents in the Darwin year actually begin in December with a exhibition at the National Museum of Australia. The exhibition has been brought in from the American Museum of Natural History and it's about 800 square metres of fabulous exhibit on Darwin's life and work.Darwin year - 2009 - Science Show - 29 November 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Binghi Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Carbon scheme will affect farming viability ...the scheme could add $30 billion a year in export costs and reduce global competitiveness. Carbon scheme will affect farming viability: NFF - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) In the end the poor pay for all this nonsence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Carbon scheme will affect farming viability ...the scheme could add $30 billion a year in export costs and reduce global competitiveness. Carbon scheme will affect farming viability: NFF - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) In the end the poor pay for all this nonsence What total, annoying, frustrating CRAP. If the various farming bodies, the National Party and even the blinkered, poorly advised, Labor party looked at the cutting edge sequestration strategies they would see that farmers have to be at the forefront..The Labor Party could annihilate the National Party overnight if they realised what power farms have- and the huge amount of Carbon Credits Farmers could have. It would make them the richest people in Australia. Just like the 'good old days' of the wool or minerals boom. I just despair at the BOG -ignorance of everyone involved.All I want is 30 minutes with the relevant ministers and Rudd to point out what amazing political and economic opportunities they are missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Binghi Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 If the various farming bodies, the National Party and even the blinkered, poorly advised, Labor party looked at the cutting edge sequestration strategies they would see that farmers have to be at the forefront..The Labor Party could annihilate the National Party overnight if they realised what power farms have- and the huge amount of Carbon Credits Farmers could have. It would make them the richest people in Australia. Just like the 'good old days' of the wool or minerals boom. I just despair at the BOG -ignorance of everyone involved.All I want is 30 minutes with the relevant ministers and Rudd to point out what amazing political and economic opportunities they are missing. Michaelangelica, why not put your "30 minutes" here...... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Binghi Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Mr Bolt is at it again :xmas_rudolph: The 10 worst warming predictions GLOBAL warming preachers have had a shocking 2008. So many of their predictions this year went splat. Here’s their problem: they’ve been scaring us for so long that it’s now possible to check if things are turning out as hot as they warned. And good news! I bring you Christmas cheer - the top 10 warming predictions to hit the wall this year. Read, so you can end 2008 with optimism, knowing this Christmas won’t be the last for you, the planet or even the polar bears. I love this one, just how like Al Gore can you get - 5. GIANT HAILSTONES WILL SMASH THROUGH YOUR ROOF ROSS Garnaut, a professor of economics, is the guru behind the Rudd Government’s global warming policies. He this year defended the ugly curved steel roof he’d planned at the rear of his city property, telling angry locals he was protecting himself from climate change: “Severe and more frequent hailstones will be a feature of this change,” he said. In fact, even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits “decreases in hail frequency are simulated for Melbourne. . .” Lesson: Beware also of government advisers on that warming wagon. :) Column - The 10 worst warming predictions | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Interesting article.But it might be worthwhile going though it and checking the facts and his special spin on them.EG three 'facts' I looked atThis time of year is the time Adelaide always has most water in its reservoirs. they plan for this. The Murray/D has all but stopped flowing to the sea.Hardly anything to rejoice about.They are also planning a de-sal plant. 2005 was the hottest year on record2005 hottest year on record. 04/01/2006. ABC News Online4 Jan 2006 ... 2005 hottest year on record Perth has 42% water. Yes but that includes what is coming from their new de-sal plants hardly a fair comparison/criticism. I couldn't be bothered checking the rest of the "facts" Anyone who predicts weather is likely to "come a cropper". But the general trend is for a drying climate. In my area dam levels are 20% PSProfessor Gumnut seemed to ignore Bio-char completely (?)- I have not waded though his report.Probably the most promising, cheapest, industry and farm-friendly sequestration strategy about.BEST Pyrolysis – Renewable Energy and AgricharGarnaut Climate Change Review SubmissionLand use - Agriculture and Forestryhttp://www.garnautreview.org.au/CA25734E0016A131/WebObj/D0820706ResponsetoIssuePaper1-BESTEnergies/$File/D08%2020706%20%20Response%20to%20Issue%20Paper%201%20-%20BEST%20Energies.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Aussie repays loan ... 39 years later December 20, 2008 - 9:07AMAdvertisement Briton who lent £5 ($11) to a cash-strapped Australian while travelling through Europe has had his loan repaid - nearly 40 years later, a report said on Friday. Jim Webb, 72, was in the Belgian coastal town of Ostend in April 1969 with a friend when he met Gary Fenton who asked for a loan to pay for a ferry journey back to Britain. Fenton promised to repay Webb and noted down his address when the trio landed in England. Last Sunday Webb returned to his home in Sheffield to find a hand-delivered package with £200 ($439) - five pounds for each year the loan had not been paid - and a note that read: "To Jim Webb, a good man. From Gary Fenton, a tardy payer of debts." "I was quite emotional when I read it," Webb told the BBC. "In this day and age promises are made and promises are broken and you lose your faith in human nature. "This was a lovely gesture. Forty years is a long time -- it must have been preying on his mind that he hadn't repaid his debt." Webb said that Fenton, who now lives in Sydney, had explained in his note that he had come across the Briton's address while looking through old papers, and decided to repay the debt while on a visit to London. Fenton left only an email address and Webb said that though he had tried to contact the Aussie he had not yet heard back. AFPAussie repays loan ... 39 years later - Unusual Tales - Specials - smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are the closest Ozzies come to Times and Washington PostIf you want to know what is happening here look at them firstsmh.com.au(They need all the help they can get)O yes, there is also The Fox owned, a titch right-wing, turgid and boring "Australian" Things have to be bad in Oz when this happensBanks have big exposure to ailing pubsVanda Carson and Jano GibsonDecember 20, 2008 THE nation's banks risk losing more than $2 billion from their $7 billion exposure to the ailing NSW pubs sector, which is struggling to repay its loans amid one of the worst downturns in decades. It is understood their massive exposure has not yet been included in the banks' disclosures of bad debts to the market. The National Australia Bank is set to be the worst hit of the big four, with a $600 million potential exposure to falling values, followed by ANZ ($525 million), Westpac-St George ($420 million) and Commonwealth Bank-BankWest ($420 million). None of the banks were willing to reveal their exposures. Overall, the banks have loaned the NSW pubs industry about $7 billion, in an aggressive push into investing in the hotel industry over the past five yearshttp://business.smh.com.au/business/banks-have-big-exposure-to-ailing-pubs-20081219-72b0.htmlWoolworths will probably buy them up. They are already the biggest owner of poker machines (?) (+most of their top ten selling products are cigarettes. I wonder if they have a "Mission Statement") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Aussie repays loan ... 39 years later December 20, 2008 - 9:07AM Briton who lent £5 ($11) to a cash-strapped Australian while travelling through Europe has had his loan repaid - nearly 40 years later, a report said on Friday. Jim Webb, 72, was in the Belgian coastal town of Ostend in April 1969 with a friend when he met Gary Fenton who asked for a loan to pay for a ferry journey back to Britain. Fenton promised to repay Webb and noted down his address when the trio landed in England. Last Sunday Webb returned to his home in Sheffield to find a hand-delivered package with £200 ($439) - five pounds for each year the loan had not been paid - and a note that read: "To Jim Webb, a good man. From Gary Fenton, a tardy payer of debts." "I was quite emotional when I read it," Webb told the BBC. "In this day and age promises are made and promises are broken and you lose your faith in human nature. "This was a lovely gesture. Forty years is a long time -- it must have been preying on his mind that he hadn't repaid his debt." Webb said that Fenton, who now lives in Sydney, had explained in his note that he had come across the Briton's address while looking through old papers, and decided to repay the debt while on a visit to London. Fenton left only an email address and Webb said that though he had tried to contact the Aussie he had not yet heard back. AFPAussie repays loan ... 39 years later - Unusual Tales - Specials - smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are the closest Ozzies come to Times and Washington PostIf you want to know what is happening here, look at them firstsmh.com.au(They need all the help they can get)O yes, there is also The Fox owned, a titch right-wing, heavy and ponderous "Australian" PSAnother idiot in a paddle boat has to be rescued, yet again, by the Australian NavyIt is about time we started sending these drop-kicks- who put themselves at risk for fun - with the bill. The fuel alone would be $100,000 An Australian Navy frigate is on its way to rescue sailor Yann Elies after he broke his leg in the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race.BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Rescue mission to save yachtsmanFor the geographically challenged, Yanks, a map- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Binghi Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Whilst i am an AGW sceptic, i'm a peak fuels believer. This article by (flights of fantasy) Ben Sandilands has me wondering - A few weeks back Airbus sent an alternative fuels expert to Australia (Sebastian Remy) to explain how it could reduce the release of fossilised carbon from jet fuel by half by 2020, and create a major new agricultural industry that would not impact food production. Canberra didn’t want to know. For over a year Remy’s counterpart in Boeing, Billy Glover, has been explaining how algae grown octanes could completely replace kerosene by.... http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2008/12/16/rudds-stunted-vision-rewards-dumb-carbon-populism/#comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Some Yank hyperbole about AustraliaSTAY AWAYBe warned we have things that will eat you and that is only the animals!(Crocodiles have nothing on the Drop Bears) Australia - Beautiful Land Travel - TravelIt's a totally inhospitable place, you shouldn't be here, the sun, you live about threequarters of a mile from it, I've seen insects walking around with kneepads, you flingyourselves into the sea when you're not actually walking around audibly crackling inthe heat and the sea is full of jellyfish and sharks and other things who hate you, butyou persist in living here… So you know, it's a jail, you live in, it's lovely, you've donewonderful things with it, but you're all still in denial. Dylan Moran, Irish comedian,Melbourne International Comedy Festival.Sure it's got deadly spiders, snakes and sharks, and it's hot, real hot, but that's just the beginning. From the prehistoric gorges of Kakadu National Park, to the white sails of the Sydney Opera House, Australia is a country as big your imagination. Kick back on a beach as white as your mother's wedding dress in Western Australia; lose yourself in the labyrinthine laneways of culture-rich Melbourne or be humbled by red desert sunsets over Uluru. Turn south to visit hundred year old giants that loom large in the forests of Tasmania or take on Sydney, a heady mix of surf, sun, money and sex, and you'll soon realise Australia is a place to be discovered not feared.Bored Fun - Australia - Beautiful Land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Oz holiday DeathsSharks . . . 1Perth beaches closed after shark sighting - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Boats . . . 1Cars. . . 41WA, Vic deaths take national toll to 41 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Israel V/ Hamas 230 +World recoils at Gaza bloodshed, US backs Israel - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)ABC News - Top Stories - Breaking news from Australia and the world ORYou could just watch the boat raceWild Oats XI rewrites record books - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 A bunch of people jumped a bank robber who had taken a hostage wile robbing a bankGood work guys!Lucky he didn't have a gunPolice have praised the actions of a group of men who chased and caught a bank robber in Sydney's west this morning.Police hail men after bank robbery foiled - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Another idiot lone sailor needs rescuingA Canadian solo yachtsman may need help from Australian authorities after a rogue wave damaged his boat in the Southern Ocean, 1,000 nautical miles from Hobart. Derek Hatfield had been competing in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race, and is trying to sail to Hobart with a damaged mast, and no fuel. A Frenchman sailing in the same race had to be rescued by a Royal Australian Navy frigate earlier this month after breaking his leg.Authorities on standby for struggling solo sailor - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Might be some tourism bargains around next yearThe Tourism Forecasting Committee says inbound travel will fall by 4.1 per cent next year because of the global financial crisis.Tourists to shun Australia in 2009: report - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Year in review: top ten Ten of the best images from the year in news and sport. Year in review: top ten - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Ok what is the deal with your down under types? Everyone else sees black triangles but you guys have to see white triangles. A White Triangle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok what is the deal with your down under types? Everyone else sees black triangles but you guys have to see white triangles. A White Triangle?I live near there and haven't heard of it Was it on April !?The local pop radio station (which I never listen to ) has a reputaion in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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