tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post2167957547543126314..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Australians choose a rocky roadSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-24209795500894944112019-07-01T17:27:40.411+10:002019-07-01T17:27:40.411+10:00Hi Steve. Thanks. Hope all is going well with you....Hi Steve. Thanks. Hope all is going well with you.<br /><br />BTW - Maybe you meant "get back to it, Sou", which I will - as I keep promising :DSouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-43646015166433425912019-07-01T15:52:31.955+10:002019-07-01T15:52:31.955+10:00Just vote Green. Keep up the great work, Sou!Just vote Green. Keep up the great work, Sou!Steve Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135906927971779996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-85703495528761132332019-06-07T17:28:02.697+10:002019-06-07T17:28:02.697+10:00I see the Chinese industrial complex as a threat t...I see the Chinese industrial complex as a threat to the West: ever since the industrial revolution, military power has been proportional to industrial power. That was the basis for the British Empire and then the American Hegemony.<br /><br />But the way to counter it is to invest in low cost energy supplies: green energies, and leave China unable to compete because of its reliance on expensive coal. That only leaves the problem of labour costs, but increased use of automation in the age of AI should eliminate that issue.Andy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5481173583184208802019-06-07T16:54:07.974+10:002019-06-07T16:54:07.974+10:00Hi Andy.
Well noted. I do agree that Chinese have ...Hi Andy.<br />Well noted. I do agree that Chinese have a great need for, and deserve to have improved distributed power systems, and I feel they will provide it in full as I think they will not allow anything to stand in their way.<br /><br />But I ask:<br /><br />Are you seeking a practical solution to a problem?<br />Or, are you simply embarking on a punitive campaign which will have no measurable effect, other than to provide some with a righteous and noble feeling?markehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-24441710714370377522019-06-07T16:17:18.448+10:002019-06-07T16:17:18.448+10:00Ah yes, those naughty Chinese with their 7.45 tonn...Ah yes, those naughty Chinese with their 7.45 tonnes of CO2 per capita ought to cut back on emissions before Australians emitting 17.22 tonnes of CO2 per capita, or Americans with 15.56 tonnes per capita. ref: https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/CO2-emissions-per-capitaAndy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-41601426376209066742019-06-07T02:03:44.660+10:002019-06-07T02:03:44.660+10:00marke, you'd be much more comfortable at WUWT ...marke, you'd be much more comfortable at WUWT or Infowars, or watching Tucker Carlson or that strange chap with the weird hair on Sky News who keeps cropping up on Twitter. What's his name? Rowan something or other.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17591370713925292852019-06-07T01:18:25.016+10:002019-06-07T01:18:25.016+10:00If you can see some positives in exporting/outsour...If you can see some positives in exporting/outsourcing our manufacturing and farming, while others carry on business as usual, I'd appreciate it if you could list them.<br />markehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-76451045110770286302019-06-07T01:14:53.630+10:002019-06-07T01:14:53.630+10:00Yeah. I'm not keen on empty'feel good'...Yeah. I'm not keen on empty'feel good' gestures that make no difference. There needs to be a lot more careful thought and planning go into these actions, when it is clear the current proposals will have no measurable effect .... except economically, where the effects will be strongly negative. Will failing economies be a plus or a minus in the carbon game?<br />markehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3072301042686716382019-06-06T20:32:55.609+10:002019-06-06T20:32:55.609+10:00Not sure what point you are trying to make here, u...Not sure what point you are trying to make here, unless it is "don't do anything because China".Frank Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309632468813896365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-55460485887203816812019-06-06T13:51:50.842+10:002019-06-06T13:51:50.842+10:00Th climate change narrative got more complicated s...Th climate change narrative got more complicated since that 1989 UN article:<br /><br />1989 UN prediction<br /><br />Shifting climate patterns would bring back 1930s Dust Bowl conditions to Canadian and U.S. wheatlands, while the Soviet Union could reap bumper crops if it adapts its agriculture in time, according to a study by UNEP and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.<br />https://www.apnews.com/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0<br /><br />As the climate crisis heats up, flooded farms in the Midwest can’t plant corn<br /><br />On May 28 2019, the USDA announced that US farmers have just 58% of their corn crop in the ground (versus a five-year average of 90% by this time) and 29% of the soybean crop (compared to 66%). Those are among the lowest rates in history. <br />https://qz.com/1631469/midwest-floods-linked-to-climate-change-are-devastating-us-farms/<br />markehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-46620816454082926832019-06-06T13:35:22.864+10:002019-06-06T13:35:22.864+10:00I'd reckon Shorten stuck his chin out a bit fa...I'd reckon Shorten stuck his chin out a bit far when he refused to put a cost on his climate policies as "... it didn't matter, we just have to do it..."<br /><br />It is an idealistic and practically pointless approach: destroy your own manufacturing and farming by hiking up energy costs and concocting vegetation laws, then import the nation's requirements from places like China which are paying lip service to the ideals, while still forging ahead. And by the time we export raw materials,and import their production, the transport alone will negate our savings. But the big cost will come in their increased carbon emissions from manufacturing our requirements in their less energy efficient and transport heavy systems. Chinese produced steel comes at 4 times the carbon output of Australian steel, and polyethylene product may increase the output by 80 times over efficient manufacturing.<br /><br />Meanwhile China forges ahead with massive infrastructure projects; https://www.quora.com/If-China-has-so-much-money-to-invest-in-other-countries-why-dont-they-develop-the-poor-parts-of-China/answer/Janus-Dongye-Qimeng?ch=1&share=2b33adef&srid=uu5iZ&fbclid=IwAR2IjL3-jMtph5AMj665NI0BqFQ205001TciUguHU7HbmuiqIUFBeq3Dm1gmarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4713447329274315332019-06-06T05:00:40.798+10:002019-06-06T05:00:40.798+10:00It may be significant that he's pretend-offeri...It may be significant that he's pretend-offering the prize to only students under 21. He thinks it's easier to blow them off than to be humiliated by actual scientists. D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-86869683602591743862019-05-31T17:26:08.791+10:002019-05-31T17:26:08.791+10:00That's so funny. If the efforts of the world&#...That's so funny. If the efforts of the world's scientific community cannot convince him then, obviously, a comment on his blog has no chance. But he's going to be kidding himself that he took on the whole world and he won. Jonathon Swift couldn't write funnier material.Andy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17397754080400911302019-05-31T15:53:13.546+10:002019-05-31T15:53:13.546+10:00That clown? I think he is just an irresponsible fr...That clown? I think he is just an irresponsible fraud who wants to self-promote his book or something.Frank Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309632468813896365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-50054368395112481322019-05-30T22:34:54.917+10:002019-05-30T22:34:54.917+10:00Sou, I feel for you there in Australia. Science de...Sou, I feel for you there in Australia. Science denial is only one piece of the larger picture, of course. We in the USA are struggling with the gobsmackingly bad decision made in 2016. The UK wrestles with Brexit. The EU is under assault. All democracies are under siege from know-nothing far-right demagoguery proud of its ignorance and nationalist hate.<br /><br />It's all related. It's all the same syndrome.<br /><br />The world has been through dark ages before, but never with the technological capacity to destroy civilization for good. This is worse than the threat of nuclear annihilation, because its gradual, it's already ongoing, and we're doing it to ourselves.<br /><br />Our only chance for survival is to hold together across the continents, form alliances, and never, ever sit down.D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-9409408998004125922019-05-30T22:23:02.009+10:002019-05-30T22:23:02.009+10:00WAY off topic, but Jim Steele has issued a fraudul...WAY off topic, but Jim Steele has issued a fraudulent "challenge". I've archived it here:<br />https://tinyurl.com/y52f2x4d<br /><br />He's pretending to over $1000 to any student under 21 who can prove to him, in 5000 words or less, that CO2 causes the Earth to warm and that the effects will be catastrophic. He is the judge of this fake contest, and he will "report on" the submissions.<br /><br />His "rules" require more evidence than can be fit into 5000 words, and (since he forbids arguments about "consensus" or "appeals to authority") will allow him to dismiss any data or peer-reviewed footnotes he wants to.<br /><br />At least he warns potential participants that he's a science denier and so won't be tempted to actually give the prize to anyone.<br /><br />He's now descended into farce.D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-84184578514489148872019-05-23T00:44:53.149+10:002019-05-23T00:44:53.149+10:00It appears, from studying the demographics, that t...It appears, from studying the demographics, that the FC issue was not as significant as you claim...IOW, many recipients of FC income voted against their narrow self-interest.<br />The reasons for labor's loss lie mainly in Queensland where Palmer spent millions on scares, and where Murdoch's malignant media hold particular sway.<br />Central Queensland wants another few holes in the ground, despite the non-viability of Carmichael Basin mines. Hope you're prepared to pay for it, Jeff.<br />Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537772941984056434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-41442080260188246402019-05-23T00:38:52.984+10:002019-05-23T00:38:52.984+10:00Eric sneers we had ten years to save the world bac...Eric sneers we had ten years to save the world back in 1989 according to the UN...having blithely burnt as much FFs again as we had up to that point, <i>we've actually failed to save that world</i>, but he doesn't understand the scale, future or pace of climate change so it's little surprise he doesn't understand the implications of that warning. <br />In the thirty years of AGHG accumulation since 1989, we've locked in 2C rise, and metres of sea level rise over the next two centuries...that's what they were warning you about in 1989, Eric.<br /><br />You are oblivious.<br /><br />Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537772941984056434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-82204638441769024822019-05-22T15:55:21.876+10:002019-05-22T15:55:21.876+10:00Silence. Has Eric's mummy told him to stop an...Silence. Has Eric's mummy told him to stop annoying the adults?Andy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68440089046757063672019-05-22T13:02:20.459+10:002019-05-22T13:02:20.459+10:00Apparently building replacement renewable generati...Apparently building replacement renewable generation wont create any jobs. If jobs are more important than the harm they create, then why dont invest in methanphimine and ophoids? Sure it completely stuffs the users but legalizing it would create so many jobs. That's the important thing right?Phil Scaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397714769151034361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-64561601420759381812019-05-22T02:15:21.573+10:002019-05-22T02:15:21.573+10:00If we are going back to past climate change claims...If we are going back to past climate change claims Eric, did global warming stop in 1998?Andy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-80707082816621421082019-05-21T19:53:41.805+10:002019-05-21T19:53:41.805+10:00From his history he has this vision of the Austral...From his history he has this vision of the Australian government suddenly deciding to spend zillions of taxpayer dollars on nuclear power plants (what's left of them after they've been returned to taxpayers or spent on the latest barrels of pork). <br /><br />Why he would think that's a way "right now" I haven't a clue. I'm not aware of any serious discussion about nuclear investment at the moment.<br /><br />Where he thinks they'll go I don't have a clue. How he thinks this hot, dry land that's prone to flooding suits them is similarly obscure. Whether he thinks there'd be enough people who'd want one in their backyard - I don't know but he must think there are communities "right now" who can't wait to be near a potential Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. <br /><br />Who will pay for them? I expect Eric is willing to become a socialist to save civilisation after all.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10073911678273592772019-05-21T19:06:49.708+10:002019-05-21T19:06:49.708+10:00"There is a way, right now ... But you can...<i>"There is a way, right now ... But you can't see it"</i><br /><br />Delusions of grandeur and omnipotence? <br /><br />Did you forget to take your pills today?Jammy Dodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360437479098314946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17092517589409092192019-05-21T16:47:05.269+10:002019-05-21T16:47:05.269+10:00The reason the ALP lost the vote in the area of Ro...The reason the ALP lost the vote in the area of Rockhampton to Townsville is simple.<br />Besides the working area of the mines for coal.<br />They feel threatened by any idea that coal is not good for humanity. johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-79605893591398813002019-05-21T12:49:33.431+10:002019-05-21T12:49:33.431+10:00I do not know what the "younger" generat...I do not know what the "younger" generation thinks, and I don't trust how the media portrays them. In some parts of the world the politicians are getting younger.<br /><br />I was hoping for a change in the voting demographic after a lot of new voters enrolled for the same sex marriage plebiscite. It turns out nothing has changed, the result in the Lower House is almost identical to the last election. Frank Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309632468813896365noreply@blogger.com