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Trump WOULDN'T KNOW or CARE about that UNLESS you named (at least) ONE after HIM. Nev

I thought I would have a look at what rare earth minerals are used for. Lanthanum (La) Camera and telescope lenses (high refractive index glass) Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries (hybrid vehicles) Oil refining catalysts Hydrogen storage alloys Cerium (Ce) Glass polishing (phones, screens, optics) Catalytic converters Self-cleaning ovens UV-blocking glass Praseodymium (Pr) Permanent magnets (with neodymium) Aircraft engines (high-strength alloys) Yellow pigments for glass and ceramics Neodymium (Nd) High-strength permanent magnets (NdFeB) Electric vehicle motors Wind turbine generators Headphones, speakers, hard drives Promethium (Pm) (very rare & radioactive) Nuclear batteries (limited use) Thickness gauges Research applications only Samarium (Sm) Samarium-cobalt magnets (high-temperature, defence) Nuclear reactor control rods Microwave devices ⚙️ Medium / Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs) Europium (Eu) Red phosphors in TV and LED screens Anti-counterfeiting inks (banknotes) Fluorescent lighting Gadolinium (Gd) MRI contrast agents Neutron shielding Magnetic refrigeration research Terbium (Tb) Green phosphors (displays) Strengthens neodymium magnets for high heat Sonar and sensors Dysprosium (Dy) High-temperature permanent magnets Electric vehicles and wind turbines Nuclear reactor components Holmium (Ho) Medical lasers Nuclear control rods Precision magnetic devices Erbium (Er) Fibre-optic signal amplifiers Laser technology Pink colouring for glass Thulium (Tm) Portable X-ray machines Medical lasers Radiation sources (very niche) Ytterbium (Yb) Stainless steel strengthening Fibre lasers Atomic clocks Lutetium (Lu) PET scan detectors Cancer treatment catalysts Oil refinery catalysts ➕ Related Rare Earths (Not Lanthanides) Scandium (Sc) Aluminium-scandium alloys (aerospace, sports gear) Solid oxide fuel cells High-intensity lamps Yttrium (Y) LEDs and display phosphors Thermal barrier coatings (jet engines) Superconductors Cancer treatments (Y-90)

A rare-earth mineral is a mineral that contains one or more rare-earth elements as major metal constituents. The rare-earth elements (REE), also called rare-earth metals, or rare earths, are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals. The 15 lanthanides (any of the 14 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers 57–70, from lanthanum through ytterbium) along with scandium and yttrium, are usually included as rare earths. Rare-earth minerals are rare because rare-earth elements have unique geochemical properties that prevent them from easily forming minerals, and are therefore not normally found in deposits large or concentrated enough for mining. This is the reason they are called "rare earths". The term "rare-earth" is a misnomer, because they are not actually scarce.

There's already a substance that could very appropriately be named after him. I propose we rename it to "bull-trump".

Marty & I are insulated from mainland Orrstraya

A Scottish one would be worse, and it would NEED subtitles. IF you have a Big House, close off the rooms you are not using and INSULATE. Nev

That's the problem with very large houses, the sheer cost of trying to keep them warm inside. I hate to think what it must be like, to live in an English castle in Winter.

Anyway a bit of trivia - Those v12 motors have just stopped production in USA. The cost of specialised alloys has gone 'astronomical' due to recent tariffs. Locally produced alloys were not up to standard.

Yep, like the motor I installed on my inflatable kayak - serious engineering required😁

Farq And the boats they displayed multiple engines with didn't look that big

Look up behavioural economics.. It isn't really economics at all; it is a term, I imagine couched to hide its true intent as some academic branch of economics, that is about using psychological techniques of marketing to maximise selling people stuff they don't need or really want. It wouldn't do to call that branch of marekting, "manipulative marketing", now, would it?

What better place for Madpete, eh?

The answer to Tuesday's puzzle - Hit the road Jack What is the next letter in this sequence? 1. f 2. e 3. i 4. r 5. ?

A 1950s camera with Lanthanum glass lens - more than 10 times the price of the same camera with lesser quality glass (AU$1,100) The prices vary from AU$7,000 to AU$15,000 - too much for the average Joe

That's why printers are cheap and replacement ink cartridges are expensive.

He's upset the Brits and other NATO members by disparaging the contribution of NATO soldiers to the war in Afghanistan. Starmer wants an apology from Trump, but of course, he won't get one.

The Gillet Razor was designed to use a Flexing blade. Cheap and able to be sharpened in a "glass thing",. Not like the Fast blunting throwaway things you buy now. Nev

The EPA has been disbanded in the USA by TRUMP. Nev

So, they are rather useful. I just hope that the factories that refine these minerals are going to be careful with their byproduct waste.

You have to become a "no I won't" kind of person. I go to the mall thinking 'I'LL get an iced doughnut", then I see the price and think "No I won't". I went to a shop specialising in cables and accessories for mobile phones. I was thinking of getting a tripod clamp to hold the phone to scan documents and photograph small objects. Then I thought, no, a flat piece of timber supported above the document/object, with the phone placed so the lens is just over the edge will do the job for free. The same goes for just about everything. "No I won't". It amazes me the number of times you see things like "The household item on sale at Kmart that Australians are losing it over". Mostly crap that no-one needs.

I thought that was called "gillette principle". Practically give you the handle, but you can only use their replacement blades.

They keep telling themselves "WE OWN this JOINT" and "white Fella's Just Muck it up".. What effect does THAT have on their KIDS attitudes to Education, white Mans LAW, AND property? Nev

Bit of a WANKER'S PASTIME. While I love boats being on them can be very boring and uncomfortable and EXPENSIVE. Nev

Recycling will Solve a Lot of this. IF we don't go green we will all cook and deserts will grow. Nev

The problem with rare-earth elements is the dreadfully toxic and extensive processes involved in extracting those elements. They consume huge amounts of energy in the extraction processes, utilise multiple toxic chemicals in the process, and produce multiple levels of toxins and pollution when doing so. Plus, a by-product of the rare earths extraction treatment is radioactive compounds. All this, to get the necessary elements to produce "green" end products?

Oh Yes! - It must be great, being able to sit on a steady 80 knots! - in your 60 foot cruiser!! Just need a few oil wells on the home farm, and a following fuel tanker, to keep them fed!!

IF you don't have One of these you are a Loser.. Don't be the ONLY ONE in your street WITHOUT this ESSENTIAL Product. etc. Nev

Cretin. Nev

It stretches to everyone. Look at the memorials that have been smashed and sprayed with red paint in Victoria, heads cut off statues, anti Australia graffiti splashed over buildings etc in the leadup to Australia Day and Anzac Day.

I cannot get my head around a V12 outboard motor. It must take some serious engineering to make a transom strong enough to support it without ripping the back off the boat!

Here's one for those who have experience in engine building. Did you know that there is an american production line that makes V12 motors.... for outboards?

Anyone with half a brain hates Trump, thinks Pauline is a joke, and thinks conservative Yanks who only want to travel here to break out society the way they've broken theirs, should stay the hell out. Although I wish Trump were dead, and think it would be a huge benefit to the planet if he were, I would never encourage anyone to act on that wish and I don't think anyone else here would either.

The reason that question is asked is because alcohol stays in the mouth for a little while after consumed. The question is asked to ensure that there is no alcohol in the mouth which would result in a positive screening test, but a later analytical test would show a negative result. You have to remember that the roadside test is only a screeing test. A person is only arrested for the purposes of undergoing an analyitcal test using a breath analysis machine if the screening test has indicated that "there may be present in the bloood the prescibed concentration of alcohol". Here's one that happened when I was doing RBT on a Sunday morning. I tested a bloke and the screening device showed an inordinatgely high result. The bloke showed no signes of intoxication, and was astounded at the result. He said he had not been drinking, and then said that he had used mouthwash after cleaninghis teeth a short time before. (He was going to the newsagent to ge the Sunday papers.) I held him at the site for about 15 miunutes and asked him to wash his mouth out with water. I tested him agasin and got a negative result. We both learned about mouth alcohol from that.

We already have laws that place some restrictions on speech. Free speech has never been absolute. These are things you could have problems with threaten people incite violence harass or intimidate defame others. These restrictions have been around for many years. Why are you not all nervous about these restrictions? Have you actually read any of the bill? The Bill would introduce a new aggravated offence for religious or other leaders who advocate or threaten force or violence against groups, members of groups, their close associates, or their property, in contravention of sections 80.2A to 80.2BE of the Criminal Code Act 1995. The offence applies if a person, in their capacity as a religious or other leader, advocates or threatens force or violence in the course of providing religious instruction, or religious or secular pastoral care.

Because the idiots that do drink then drive lie about not drinking. Better to spend a couple of minutes to get them off the road than have them wipe you out.

Because a small number of people do drive drunk. Random breath testing literally does save lives. If it is a choice between offending your overly delicate feelings or preventing a drunk driver from killing someone, I think most rational, well-adjusted people will accept the trade-off.

Jeez, you do seem to be overly sensitive. When you fly, and you go through airport security, are you upset because you think the security staff are accusing you of carrying weapons? Random breath testing is not just about catching an individual who is a danger on the road, but more importantly, it is a deterrent against attempting to drink and drive. There are already laws against what you can and can't say (defamation). Do you believe that this means "everyone is a suspect?" There are many things we are called upon to do to keep society running relatively smoothly. When I rent a car (or many other transactions), I am not offended by having to show my driver's license or ID. I don't believe I am presumed to be guilty of anything. When travelling overseas, whilst it is a slight burden, the customs officer may want to look inside my bag. I do not take this as some kind of personal attack or allegation. None of these examples makes me feel "guilty"

Actually, the RBT stop is an "arrest". However reliquishing the right not to be arrested at random is something we do for the greater good. It is a means of protecting ourselves from injury caused by an intoxicated person, and is a means of contributing to the protection of others. For the vast majority of people, being stopped eventually becomes a mnor inconvenience for a few minutes. However, I know that any interaction with police that one does not initiate triggers fear because of all the adverse propaganda we have been fed that police will go looking for some offence not related to RBT. I know I get scared when I'm pulled in.

You've got it the wrong way around. You are not assumed to be guilty. Every motorist is assumed to be innocent until the breath or drug tester shows otherwise. No different with the hate speech laws. Stop worrying.

I'd be a bit concerned about any Place with MANIA as Part of it's NAME. . IF the tide goes out 200' We can walk to there... The shallowness of Bass Strait causes freak waves now and again as the swells come from 2 directions. That can Make the Ferry ride Interesting.

Is tazzie starting to look more appealing? Whilst the mainland expects 40 degrees, we might reach a more civilised heatwave of 30. We rarely need to turn on the heatpump. What's this boiler thing of which you lament? Sounds like it's as big a moneydrain as an extra child? Edit: Sorry. That's not much of a gripe. But it's the best I can manage in utopia

Some Places CUT Heads OFF LIVE PEOPLE. America HAS the DEATH Penalty. Just being an atheist gets it in some Countries.. IMHO Atheists GET IT. Many others INVENT it for their OWN Purposes. Like CONTROLLING the POPULACE. Nev

All the hoo-ha has been about getting rid of anti-semetism. However, I think that it has promoted anti-Islamism. Which ever way you look at it, it has promoted 'anti the other mob' hysteria. What about all the other ethnic or religious mobs that are not the same as one's own. Will the Protestant -v- Catholic wars start up?

Be careful what you disclose - I may be your neighbour and devalue your property 😉 BTW, when we moved in here, we got a uite for a ground source heat pumpo.. £150K.. I'll stick with the boiler and a couple of weeks of shivering when it fails.