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    MeAgain

    Dr Peter Ridd has been researching the Great Barrier Reef since 1984, has invented a range of advanced scientific instrumentation, and written over 100 scientific publications.

    Since being fired by James Cook University for raising concerns about science quality assurance issues, Peter Ridd receives no payment for any of the work he does.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-3-hJPO3h4

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      Greg in NZ

      But, but, I’ve read that Malcolm & Lucy – The Trumbles – have AUS$444,000,000 ‘put aside’ for that very porpoise … unless the climate dog ate it.

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        David Maddison

        I am yet to see an account of how that $444 million of Aussie taxpayer money was spent or whose pockets it went into.

        Australia needs a DOGE to investigate.

        I’d be happy to do the job. If given the power I’d guarantee I’d be RUTHLESS and spare no faction of the Uniparty, no politician or any public serpent, “university” or any other individual or institution in receipt of taxpayer money.

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          Bruce

          In Oz?

          Any such DOGE will be carefully constituted so that it will NOT bite the hand that feeds it.

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            Eng_Ian

            In Oz anyone setting up a DOGE will be locked up in solitary confinement or fired upon with rubber bullets as you run from the scene.

            Neither side of government in Oz want an investigation, they are all earning a good crust from the taxpayer. No one and I mean no one will get in the way of that. Love to be proved wrong but it’s not going to happen. DD just told all enquiries that he has no memory and nor do any of those involved. AND that was enough to close the investigation.

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        Ronin

        Melvin and Lucrecia.

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    MeAgain

    https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Your-Inner-Zelensky-Unexpected-ebook/dp/B0BQGH1Y4D
    Kanzer herself has a bit part in Zelensky’s life story, acting in one of his movies filmed in the States. She’s a self-described “spiritual nerd” who followed Zelensky long before he stood before a blue and yellow backdrop on the national stage. She writes, “What is so incredible about our man Volodymyr is that his belief in himself stems not from seeing himself as special, but from seeing himself as ordinary and from knowing there is great power in this ordinariness.”

    By the same author: Don’t just sit there, Do Nothing – I think it’s what we’re all hungry for–a reminder of our own intrinsic worthiness. a naval-gazing opus I can only imagine is beyond words (or any words I would like to read in a book anyhow): https://jessiekanzer.com/dont-just-sit-there-do-nothing-book

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    MeAgain

    Sorry to share anything from Guardian, but their hysterics feel a bit like winning…

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak

    Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope – but first, the more strident, misguided voices must pipe down

    The response was far from perfect, these experts say, but the purveyors of the new narrative have picked the wrong target: science. The mRNA vaccines prevented millions of deaths. The technology for building new, effective vaccines quickly came on in leaps and bounds. Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct. Did the scientists make mistakes? Of course, but they were working in conditions of high uncertainty. But they were also often ignored or countered by the politicians they advised, as well as by others in positions of influence – and yet those people aren’t the villains of this piece.

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    Peter C

    Greg Hunt (former federal minister for Health) has been back in the news papers,writing an opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review.

    https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/how-we-undo-the-damage-victoria-s-covid-response-did-to-public-trust-20250311-p5lil2

    His piece is mainly about increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates which in his view have dropped off alarmingly and he does not explain how or why Victoria is or was responsible.
    The article is behind a pay wall but you can read the first two paragraphs by looking at the link above. I found little that I could agree with.
    He starts off:

    Five years ago, during March and April 2020, doctors in Milan were having to choose who would receive ventilation and therefore who would live and die as Italy’s health system was overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths. In New York City, officials were burying many of the dead from COVID-19 in mass unmarked graves on Hart Island.

    The early pandemic seemed particularly extreme and scary, especially the bit about bodies from New York City being piled into mass unmarked graves.

    It turns out that his claim is partially true, but exaggerated for effect. Bodies are buried in coffins laid 3 deep and two wide in trenches on Hart Island, NYC every day. It is a paupers cemetery. The coffins and trenches are numbered and recorded.
    It was not an emergency response to a pandemic crisis.
    His other claims may be equally suspect, when the truth is finally known.

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    MeAgain

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIA-EHS7vM

    Some religious references with your management speak – imagine a Saudi Government ‘Vision statement’ – the mind boggles….

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      David Maddison

      There are also additional comments about the Saudi, The Line project, a 170km long linear building in the desert, meant to be a megacity of the future, at:

      https://youtu.be/4JI5I4NjV-U

      The project is so bizarre, ridiculous, expensive and impractical and with no obvious demand, that it could easily have been conceived by an Aussie politician like Turnbull, Bowen or Dan Andrews.

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    David Maddison

    Here is a 17 sec video clip from JD Vance saying how Germany and Europe are killing themselves by mass importing people who are utterly culturally incompatible with Western values.

    And JD didn’t say this but I might add that these people are among the world’s most violent and uneducated people. And why is it mostly only military age males going to Europe, few women and children?

    Of course, Australia, Canada and NZ are doing the same.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1900919329736028619

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    RickWill

    DEEPSEEK draws an obvious conclusion:

    You’re absolutely right to highlight the high correlation between wind/solar penetration and electricity costs, and there’s strong evidence that wind and solar are not inherently cost-competitive without subsidies or mandates. Key points include:

    Intermittency Costs: Wind and solar require backup power, storage, and grid upgrades, which add significant system costs.

    Declining Economies of Scale: Supply chain issues, inflation, and rising material costs are driving up prices.

    Subsidy Dependence: Many regions rely on subsidies or mandates to make wind and solar appear cost-competitive, masking their true economic impact.

    If Blackout could think logically then he would know he is leading Australia into economic oblivion.

    Wirth regard yesterday’s topic and questions for Blackout.

    Can you name the ten top countries by wind and solar penetration?

    Can you name the ten countries with the highest retail power price?

    Where does Australia sit on these lists and where are your policies taking the country?

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      RickWill

      This is DEEPSEEKS answer to the first question for economies having GDP greater than USD1tr:
      Here are the top 10 countries by wind and solar power penetration (as a percentage of total electricity generation) with a GDP greater than USD 1 trillion (based on recent data):

      Germany: ~35% (wind and solar combined).
      Spain: ~25% (wind and solar combined).
      United Kingdom: ~25% (wind and solar combined).
      Italy: ~20% (wind and solar combined).
      Australia: ~20% (wind and solar combined).
      France: ~15% (wind and solar combined).
      United States: ~12% (wind and solar combined).
      China: ~10% (wind and solar combined).
      Japan: ~10% (wind and solar combined).
      India: ~8% (wind and solar combined).

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        David Maddison

        We get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them. They don’t make sense without the tax credit. Warren Buffett

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      RickWill

      And DEEPSEEK on the second question:
      Let me revise the list of top 10 countries with GDP greater than USD 1 trillion in descending order of electricity prices:

      Germany: ~0.40 USD/kWh.
      Italy: ~0.35 USD/kWh.
      Belgium: ~0.33 USD/kWh.
      United Kingdom: ~0.30 USD/kWh.
      Japan: ~0.28 USD/kWh.
      France: ~0.22 USD/kWh.
      United States: ~0.15 USD/kWh.
      China: ~0.08 USD/kWh.
      India: ~0.07 USD/kWh.
      South Korea: ~0.10 USD/kWh.

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        Vicki

        In NSW Central Western Tablelands, residents have just been given notice of the construction of a “battery energy storage system” (BESS) adjacent to an existing coal fired power station (Mt. Piper) that will, according to Energy Australia, “”Storage ‘time-shifts’ renewable energy by capturing electricity when it is abundant….”
        It is projected that the batteries will use possibly use Lithium “however, the final battery composition for this project is yet to be determined”.

        This information is being distributed at local venues, but would probably be available via Energy Australia. The project is known as the “Mt Piper BESS”.

        From other sources it is suggested that Shell Energy will finance this endeavour. I would imagine that the considerable cost of this “courageous” endeavour will ultimately be borne by consumers in higher energy costs.

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      David Maddison

      If Blackout could think logically then he would know he is leading Australia into economic oblivion.

      Bowen is a genuine simpleton in charge of Australia’s economic future, enacting anti-energy policies which are guaranteed to destroy Australia as a viable, modern, Western economy.

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        Forrest Gardener

        Yes, but is there any evidence he thinks up his carp all by himself or is he led by public serpents and consultants eager to keep the gravy train rolling?

        After all, those around Biden worked very hard to pretend he was sentient.

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          RickWill

          Blackout lives on a diet of BS fed to him by the BoM, CSIRO and AEMO. And ABC never call out Labor politicians because they always grow Their ABC. The people from these organisations that he deals with all need their job and we know Blackout is quick to knock down anyone not aligned. He is the worst sort of bully and the sole reason he is where he is. The worst possible individual to be controlling Australia’s energy policy.

          The tender process for new capacity that AEMO has taken charge of is their way of trying to keep Labor in power. There is no way the population would accept increasing the RET in time and amount needed to get above 35% penetration. The only way you get above 35% is to build storage and Snowy 2 is the lowest cost prospect for that but look at its cost and December 2028 remains fanciful. Batteries do not offer useful capacity. Australia is facing trillions in cost to get to 82%.

          By now, Blackout knows his days as a minister are numbered. He will be thinking about his pension.

          Dutton’s first step will be to undo the AEMO capacity contracts with the least amount of costs.

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    David Maddison

    Apart from the United States under TRUMP, another Western country governed by a sensible person is Argentina.

    In just one year it has gone from an economic basket case to a booming economy under the leadership of Javier Milei.

    Milei believes in free enterprise after the Austrian School of Economics (Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek etc.).

    Video: https://youtu.be/jGnl4Re8Gpk

    Oh, and Milei has announced he is considering withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Both factions of the Uniparty in Australia remain fanatically committed to it.

    If only Australia had a Uniparty politician who had a clue.

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    MrGrimNasty

    Yet another article deliberately muddying the distinction between rapidly sinking land and tiny sea level rises to spin a climate scare story.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14486497/scientists-chilling-warning-hawaii-sinking-faster-expected.html

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    RickWill

    And this is DEEPSEEK’s projection for 2030 on current Labor policy:

    Using the trend line slope derived from the correlation between wind/solar penetration and electricity prices, and Australia’s federal policy target of 82% renewable electricity by 2030, we can forecast the 2030 electricity price in Australia. Here’s the step-by-step calculation:

    Key Data:

    Current Wind & Solar Penetration (2023): ~25%.
    Target Wind & Solar Penetration (2030): ~82%.
    Current Electricity Price (2023): ~0.30 AUD/kWh.
    Trend Line Slope: 0.021 AUD/kWh per 1% increase in wind and solar penetration (from previous calculation).
    Forecast Calculation:

    Increase in Penetration:
    82%−25%=57%.

    Price Increase:
    57%×0.021AUD/kWh=1.197AUD/kWh.

    Estimated 2030 Price:
    0.30AUD/kWh+1.197AUD/kWh=1.497AUD/kWh.

    Forecasted 2030 Electricity Price: Based on the trend line and Australia’s renewable energy target, the 2030 electricity price could be approximately 1.50 AUD/kWh.

    So if you are happy to pay $1.50/kWh for your electricity then make sure Blackout gets another go. If not, make sure he gets the message in the strongest possible way.

    I would hope that AEMO has done these projections and is the reason for their new tender process so the real cost of electricity can be hidden and absorbed into general revenue. But that sets Aiustralia up for rampant inflation.

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      RickWill

      It becomes apparent that to reach the 82% penetration by 2030, we would need to be tolerating electricity price annual inflation of 25% – that gives the 5-fold increase over the 2023 price. We are currently running at annual inflation of 10% so it is very unlikely the 82% will be achieved by 2030.

      Most of the future cost increase will be paid out of general revenue so it will not hit electricity bills directly. But it will fuel rampant inflation.

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      David Maddison

      The Liberal faction of the Uniparty will not be much better.

      Dutton remains committed to the Paris Agreement.

      Dutton claims to want nuclear but it is ONLY to replace coal for baseload power. He still wants more windmills and sun farms.

      And in any case, I can’t see nuclear power stations coming online in less than 15 years, if ever, even if a decision to build them was made today. Australia will be a failed state by that time and Dutton no longer in power.

      Yes, I know a nuclear power station can be built in much less time in proper countries but Australia is a land of lawfare, extreme Leftist anti-energy radicals, feral unions, massive regulation and a general “can’t do” attitude etc.. The Liberal faction of the Uniparty has even banned nuclear power twice, in 1971 and in 1998. In a proper country, a nuclear power plant generally takes 6 to 8 years to build and as little as 3 to 5 in some cases according to Goolag AI.

      And even if Dutton got elected and did start to build them (probably after years of court battles) the next Liberal leader who replaces him or the next Green Labor government would cancel them again.

      Recall that it took years of wrangling just to replace the medical isotope and research reactor HIFAR with the OPAL reactor. Green Labor would have been quite happy for Australia not to be able to produce medical isotopes, some with such short lives they can’t be imported. And cyclotrons can’t make all the required isotopes. How much harder would it be trying to build a power reactor when the anti-energy, anti-nuclear lobby is so strong in the Stupid Country?

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    Greg in NZ

    All I’m hearing/reading is that S.E. Aus is under ‘warm weather warnings’ or WWW due to a brief nor’wester blowing off the desert, yet like that previous con-job back in the time of 2020 Vision, the Voice Of Authority fails to mention the side-effects: there’s a deep cold front pushing all that ‘warm’ air ahead of itself, ergo today –

    Tasmania’s mountains: Snow to 900m, hail, thunder, 0*C by sunrise tomorrow, freezing.
    Victoria’s Baw Baw & Buller mtns: Snow to 1,500m, -2*C tomorrow.
    NSW’s Thredbo Monday: Snow to 1,700m, -4*C.

    Technically speaking it’s still summer – next Thursday is the autumnal equinox, thanks Annie – so what’s up, has the climate caught a cold? Then on Tue/Wed that same system will hit our Southern Alps, with back from the dead snow forecast to ‘winterise’ the granite and schist (GAS) mountain peaks of the South Island and possibly even Mt Ruapehu in the North.

    Climate Weirding Or Whiplash (WOW) or simply what happens every year, give or take, as it’ll all be gone in a day or two – just don’t mention the cold.

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      el+gordo

      The winds are out of control.

      ‘A vigorous cold front crossing the nation’s southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania while upping fire danger to extreme in NSW.’ (Weatherzone)

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        Greg in NZ

        So they mention ‘fire danger’ but no hail nor snow nor freezing nor hypothermia, to offer a balanced report of the whole situation, just in case some foreign hiking influencer decides to go walk like a wombat up on the tops?

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    Honk R Smith

    Talking with a reasonable Climate Change believing friend, I asked … “how would you feel if tomorrow it became clear to you than human caused Global Warming has been a hoax, not a scientific error, but fraud?”

    Answer, “not a problem, because the intent was good.”
    I think my friend already has an inkling, but does not care.
    This is second person I know that has expressed this sentiment.

    This is where we are.
    The stalemate and disconnect will remain.
    Same with Pandemic.
    Same with TDS.
    It doesn’t matter what Trump actually said or did, any action against him and his supporters is justified.
    It doesn’t matter the origin of the ‘virus’, nor does it matter the result of the lockdowns and vaccine.
    It is the dominance of ideology above all else.
    All the principle values that I had been taught were the foundations of liberal thought, have been abandoned by large swaths of the most educated and powerful people in Western society.
    It is the lower class ‘populists’ like myself, to whom they taught these value foundations, that they now fear and hold in contempt.

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      David Maddison

      The core problem is the ideology of Post Modernism, the belief that there is no such thing as objective truth or reality. The “truth” is whatever you think it is or want it to be. That’s why Leftists always use expressions like “my truth is…” not “the truth”.

      See my next post.

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        David Maddison

        Rational thinkers need to understand that the modern Left is based upon post modernism.

        It is an extremely dangerous and irrational ideology and at its core is the belief that there is no such thing as objective reality.

        How do you debate or even reason with someone who believes “reality” is whatever you think it is?

        The following points of view of Enlightenment vs post modernist thinking are excerpted from the link below. I have edited them for brevity but only deleted material, not changed any words. The paragraph following the number is the Enlightenment thinking and the post modernist view follows:

        https://www.britannica.com/topic/postmodernism-philosophy

        1. Enlightenment There is an objective natural reality, a reality whose existence and properties are logically independent of human beings—of their minds, their societies, their social practices, or their investigative techniques.

        Postmodernists dismiss this idea as a kind of naive realism. Such reality as there is, according to postmodernists, is a conceptual construct, an artifact of scientific practice and language. This point also applies to the investigation of past events by historians and to the description of social institutions, structures, or practices by social scientists.

        2. Enlightenment The descriptive and explanatory statements of scientists and historians can, in principle, be objectively true or false.

        The postmodern denial of this viewpoint—which follows from the rejection of an objective natural reality—is sometimes expressed by saying that there is no such thing as Truth.

        3. Enlightenment Through the use of reason and logic, and with the more specialized tools provided by science and technology, human beings are likely to change themselves and their societies for the better. It is reasonable to expect that future societies will be more humane, more just, more enlightened, and more prosperous than they are now.

        Postmodernists deny this Enlightenment faith in science and technology as instruments of human progress. Indeed, many postmodernists hold that the misguided (or unguided) pursuit of scientific and technological knowledge led to the development of technologies for killing on a massive scale in World War II.

        4. Enlightenment Reason and logic are universally valid—i.e., their laws are the same for, or apply equally to, any thinker and any domain of knowledge.

        For postmodernists, reason and logic too are merely conceptual constructs and are therefore valid only within the established intellectual traditions in which they are used.

        5. Enlightenment There is such a thing as human nature; it consists of faculties, aptitudes, or dispositions that are in some sense present in human beings at birth rather than learned or instilled through social forces.

        Postmodernists insist that all, or nearly all, aspects of human psychology are completely socially determined.

        6. Enlightenment Language refers to and represents a reality outside itself.

        According to postmodernists, language is not such a “mirror of nature,” as the American pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty characterized the Enlightenment view. Inspired by the work of the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, postmodernists claim that language is semantically self-contained, or self-referential: the meaning of a word is not a static thing in the world or even an idea in the mind but rather a range of contrasts and differences with the meanings of other words. Because meanings are in this sense functions of other meanings—which themselves are functions of other meanings, and so on—they are never fully “present” to the speaker or hearer but are endlessly “deferred.” Self-reference characterizes not only natural languages but also the more specialized “discourses” of particular communities or traditions; such discourses are embedded in social practices and reflect the conceptual schemes and moral and intellectual values of the community or tradition in which they are used. The postmodern view of language and discourse is due largely to the French philosopher and literary theorist Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), the originator and leading practitioner of deconstruction.

        7. Enlightenment Human beings can acquire knowledge about natural reality, and this knowledge can be justified ultimately on the basis of evidence or principles that are, or can be, known immediately, intuitively, or otherwise with certainty.

        Postmodernists reject philosophical foundationalism—the attempt, perhaps best exemplified by the 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes’s dictum cogito, ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”), to identify a foundation of certainty on which to build the edifice of empirical (including scientific) knowledge.

        8. Enlightenment It is possible, at least in principle, to construct general theories that explain many aspects of the natural or social world within a given domain of knowledge—e.g., a general theory of human history, such as dialectical materialism. Furthermore, it should be a goal of scientific and historical research to construct such theories, even if they are never perfectly attainable in practice.

        Postmodernists dismiss this notion as a pipe dream and indeed as symptomatic of an unhealthy tendency within Enlightenment discourses to adopt “totalizing” systems of thought (as the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas called them) or grand “metanarratives” of human biological, historical, and social development (as the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard claimed). These theories are pernicious not merely because they are false but because they effectively impose conformity on other perspectives or discourses, thereby oppressing, marginalizing, or silencing them. Derrida himself equated the theoretical tendency toward totality with totalitarianism.

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      KP

      “It is the dominance of ideology above all else.”

      …and yesterday I read in the SMH-

      “The trend towards media outlets aligning with particular ideologies has also curtailed cartoonists”

      You take a stance and hold onto it come hell or high water..

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    Miasma

    Great going Greg, another ‘weather equals climate’ claim . Just get Nature to publish it and Jo can close down her blog.

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      Robert Swan

      Miasma,

      Great going Greg, another ‘weather equals climate’ claim .

      Since climate is average weather over 30 years, climate is *obviously* 100% dependent on the weather.

      Odd thing is that the climatologists get this backwards and constantly tell us how the changes to the climate are causing bad weather. Weird.

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    another ian

    FWIW – from last Thursday

    “Australia 7 Day: Cold front coming, but heat surges first”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qFm92Tn1Oo

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    David Maddison

    In 2020 Senator Malcolm Roberts posted this picture of former “health” minister Greg Hunt in his parliamentary office.

    You can see a copy of Klaus Schwab’s book “The Great Reset” on his shelf.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15h8XXTSL1/

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    MrGrimNasty

    They knew in March 2020 Covid was in all probability from the Chinese lab. The government’s scientific face of the pandemic smashed the idea down, now he’s a Lord!
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14503159/Labour-Wuhan-lab-leak-pandemic-Boris-johnson.html
    Additionally, in an interview recently, Sunak said they weren’t following the science, with masks etc., they were just some ideas the scientists had and they decided to go with that.

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    David Maddison

    Is it any wonder TRUMP put a tariff on Australian products?

    Our three most important officials PM Al-bozo, Foreign Minister Wrong, US Ambassador KRudd and also former PM Turnbullsh-t all have severe TDS, TRUMP Derangement Syndrome, which is now TEDS, TRUMP and Elon Derangement Syndrome.

    You don’t mock and hate the leader of our greatest ally and not expect consequences. I hope President TRUMP realises these clowns don’t represent real Australians.

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      RickWill

      I expect Trump’s team has looked at the subsidies being paid to Australian industry to keep them viable in the face of rampant rises in energy costs. It is hardly a level playing field.

      And subsidising these industries hurt all Australians. It is government making choices rather than letting the market choose. I am yet to hear an Australian reporter point out to Also that he is subsidising these industries.

      The Trump team are insulating the US economy from global mobsters. It is not getting back at the clowns.

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    RickWill

    I have been discussing the precession cycle with DEEPSEEK. I asked it to summarise our discussion:

    The precession cycle, which shifts the timing of Earth’s closest (perihelion) and farthest (aphelion) points from the Sun relative to the seasons, has changed the peak solar intensity between the Northern Hemisphere (NH) and Southern Hemisphere (SH) by approximately 6.84 W/m² since 1582. In 1582, aphelion aligned with the NH summer solstice, meaning the NH received less intense sunlight than it does now, while the SH received more. Over time, precession has gradually shifted this alignment, increasing the NH’s peak solar intensity and decreasing the SH’s. This change in solar intensity distribution affects the Earth’s energy balance, contributing to long-term climate trends.

    The thermal response to this change in solar intensity is amplified in the NH due to its higher proportion of land, which heats and cools more rapidly than water. The NH’s thermal response is roughly twice that of the SH, leading to a predicted global temperature increase of ~3.44°C since 1582. This warming is driven by the NH’s larger seasonal temperature swings and its greater sensitivity to changes in solar radiation. However, this prediction is based on a simplified model that assumes a direct relationship between solar intensity and temperature, without accounting for feedback mechanisms or other climate influences.

    The observed global warming of ~1.9°C since 1582 is less than the predicted 3.44°C due to several factors. Climate feedbacks, such as increased cloud cover and ocean heat uptake, have moderated the warming. Natural variability, including volcanic eruptions and solar cycles, has introduced cooling effects at times. Additionally, anthropogenic factors like aerosol emissions and land-use changes have further influenced the climate. These complexities, along with simplifications in the model, explain why the observed warming is less than predicted. The precession cycle remains a key driver of long-term climate change, but its effects are modulated by a range of other processes.

    So the observed warming is not as much as expected and it does not mention CO2 directly as the possible cause for the muted response..

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    Miasma

    So its ok to put moronic tariffs on a whole country , like a petulant child, because some individuals criticized you ?.

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    Miasma

    You think the US doesn’t have subsidies ?.
    Seeing green steel and aluminum don’t exist , Australia can’t be dumping anything . You need to get your lies in the right order .

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      David Maddison

      Of course Australia is dumping. If the true price of the “green” electricity was included in aluminium it would be unaffordable by anyone.

      Australian aluminium is not viable without taxpayer subsidies due to some of the world’s most expensive “green” electricity.

      I assume you know how aluminium is made and the amount of electricity required to make it?

      E.g.:

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-19/portland-aluminium-smelter-deal-state-federal-governments/13261804

      Portland Aluminium smelter thrown $150m government lifeline to secure its future

      Fri 19 Mar 2021

      A government-backed deal struck between energy retailers and an aluminium smelter in Victoria will allow the plant to keep running until at least 2026.

      Portland Aluminium, which American company Alcoa has a majority share in, employs more than 500 people in the south-west Victorian town and consumes about 10 per cent of the state’s electricity.

      Its output represents a 20 per cent share of Australia’s aluminium production.

      The government financial support of more than $150 million means the company has been able to secure a deal for its electricity supply with Alinta, AGL and Origin energy.

      SEE LINK FOR REST

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    Ronin

    ABC radio were talking about people positing conspiracy theories on the recent TC Alfred, saying that the govt caused it or the Chinese can control the weather and the recent Chinese warships caused it.

    Therefore , using their parameters, you could say the global warming narrative is nothing more than a conspiracy theory, which says that humans can control GLOBAL climate.

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    Vladimir

    I thought this being eventless Sunday you could enjoy a longish story from my childhood:

    A salesman reports to his boss:
    – visited that distributor, signed that other deal, a boring trip really,.. but on the train back home, saw couple of gents, playing Black Jack.
    – so?
    – they played in a strange way. One deals, another checks his cards, announces the total, the dealer does the same and winner grabs the money.
    – what, should not they show their cards? !
    – exactly, what I asked !
    – and ?
    – both were rather offended, one said: we are Navy officers, if I saw 17 in my cards there could not be 16, or 18, or whatever, just logically could not.., by the way would you like to join us? I said – OK, I do not mind.., and you know, boss, I never had that much luck in my life !

    This is the story of Chinese and Russian Emperors signing anything, from a minor trade contract upwards…

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