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The correct phrase is bated breath, which means holding one's breath in anticipation, excitement, or fear. I wonder what the record is for "waiting with bated breath"? If one uses mint flavoured toothpaste does one have baited breath?

How long would it take to build? What an eyesore for that part of the country.

My comments on the Sabine video. I am just commenting what I understand at present without going back to research and justify each statement. 1 the way CO2 absorbs infrared has been known for well over 100 years. It might or might not be significant in the atmosphere. The arguments against it include atmospheric layering (no glass in the greenhouse walls) and the overwhelming effect of moisture and clouds. 2 Atmospheric CO2 has been increasing since measurements began (since 1982). But we don't know how variable and cyclic it is over longer periods. Ice cores show that it increases after warming, therefore is an effect of warming, and not a cause. 3 Oceans becoming less alkaline (not more acidic!) can be due to volcanic activity which is largely unquantified and much greater than "climate scientists" acknowledge. 4 The additional CO2 in the atmosphere may be from fossil fuels, the isotopic ratio is not proof yet. It can also be from land clearing, volcanism etc. 5 Stratospheric cooling must be considered in relation to the clouds and moisture problem at lower levels. All of my statements can be backed up by scientific papers. There is a lot of debate about them all. It is prudent to say that we don't have the answers at present, that the science is far from settled. The greatest risk to humanity is that we condemn later generations to a world without adequate energy supplies, destroying our industrial capacity and standard of living. Of course this will not happen globally, but at present Australia is out there on its own destroying its infrastructure without having put a substitute in place.

That "private beach club" bit is going to go down well with the Gold Coast beaches users. Trump obviously thinks he can fence off an Australian beach to stop "outside" beach walkers from walking past his Tower, as they can in the U.S. I've got news for him, unless the authorities change Australian land title laws in a big way, it's not going to happen. Plus, I can just see that setup of a Trump Tower right on a GC beach looking pretty sad after one of those massive GC storms that sweeps in from the SE. His Tower will end up in the ocean.

This what the SMH has to say about it, from Stuff NZ that isn't behind a paywall. 91 floors so fewer than Australia 108. Trumps personal insecurity and ego could not allow him not to propose the tallest though. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360942643/new-trump-tower-be-australias-tallest-building-private-beach-club-promised

I accept that our forum debate boils down to discourse about the rate of ACC rather than the existence of it. Which still validates the wisdom of reducing our atmospheric pollutants. My opinion is that there is a big problem with the "Climate Change Debate" itself. Allowing the world media to argue obsessively over CO2, takes focus away from the multitude of other pollutions, which increasing slide under the radar. Industries (including mining, gas & oil) tend to use the most cost effective processes. They prioritise profit over human health. Individual people are not motivated either.

As long as she is not doing anything illegal, good on her still. Large companys always push the boundrys. Qantas selling seats on flights that don't exist, com bank, woolies, coles. Put some CEO's in jail will fix it.

The problem with sending that video to your uncle who doesn't believe in climate change is that his pea brain is so entrenched he won't believe it and has no understanding of or care for science. Trump is a great example of one of these Uncles.

I am not sure whether you are serious about this suggestion, or it is something you just believe or that you have evidence for? In fact, she does cop a lot of flak. She strongly supports Nuclear power and is supportive of renewables, but sceptical about how much this can achieve. She also does not believe that net zero will ever be achieved. If she is in the pay of "climate cultists", then they are getting poor value for money. The ocean is mildly alkaline, with an average pH around 8.1 — not strongly alkaline. Since the Industrial Revolution its pH has dropped measurably due to absorbed CO₂. Even small pH shifts matter because the scale is logarithmic and marine organisms are sensitive to carbonate chemistry changes. So describing the ocean as “strongly alkaline” is chemically misleading and ignores well-documented acidification trends.

I was waiting for the hyphen police to correct me. We know that NK has the most unreel elections in the world..... well they did until Donold came along to fix middle America's electoral systems.

I'm sure all you funny guys know that Un is part of his name, Kim Jong Un. The title was copy/pasted directly from the article.

Announcement: the dear leader had an election this morning. We hope this eladicates any confusion.

I still haven’t watched it, just woke up, but you seem to misunderstand the argument. I certainly understand and accept the science behind ACC and believe there is an element of it in our current climate. The evidence says it is probably not a major factor in climate variability and in any case the current approach by our governments will have zero effect while destroying our economy. Climate modelling is unreliable and misleading.

I wonder if the cladding will be fireproof?

It'll be a BIG BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN-CLAD TRUMP TOWER! - you just wait and see! It'll be clad in all that stuff that gave the GOLD COAST its name!! 😄

She's in the pay of the climate change cultists! Note - "This channel accepted money or free things to make this video" .... !! 🙂 If the ocean is turning to acid, how come it's still extremely alkaline? The climate change proponents keep producing evidence that is contradictory! An ocean becoming fresher "at an alarming rate" (reportedly caused by climate change), can't be getting more acid! It's simply becoming slightly less alkaline! Fresh water is neutral on the pH scale, so if the ocean is becoming "more acid", the pH should be dropping well below normal water pH level! (which is 7 on the pH scale, of course). But then - articles such as the one below start carrying on about how ocean "acidity" will dissolve sea creatures shells, and create a dreadful acid environment - when the ocean is STILL highly alkaline, even though the pH may drop slightly under their "worst climate change scenario"! This is idiocy, and does nothing to reinforce their arguments for climate change. https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/freshwater-surge-threatens-southern-indian-ocean-conveyor-belt/

Relax - It appears all the electoral opposition to Kim mysteriously vanished, so there was only one choice left for the Congress to make, when it came to re-electing a replacement secretary-general.

That's what I thought too. Was he unelected? Reelected? Both? I wasn't aware that NK had elections. Ones with more than 1 name on the ballot, anyway.

Bated. Definitely. As in "abated" (lessened, reduced). You wouldn't want baited breath. That would be fishy. And you might get hooked.

Yeah, but it isn't as bigly gold plated as ant trumpey place.

I cannot think of a location more befitting of a Trump golden grift tower. Highly unlikely though. In spite of the Aussie building federation's dubious reputation, even they are unlikely to fall for a deal with such an untrustworthy developer. In our country we DO have honour among our thieves.

Australia 108 is Melbourne’s tallest building, standing at 316.7 meters (1,039 feet) in architectural height. Completed in September 2020, it is the tallest residential skyscraper in Australia to roof and the first supertall building in the Southern Hemisphere with at least 100 floors. Located at 70 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, Victoria, it surpassed the Eureka Tower as Melbourne’s tallest structure and remains the city’s tallest building as of 2026 From the Australia 108 website,

Is that headline correct? Kim Jong Unrelected?

OME, can you help here?

Oops Sorry. Should I have said 'baited breath'? My grasp of english language is limited. I only have been coached in ine lower class vernacular.