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Marty, he said it's the only station he can get down where he lives. I know you can't believe 98% of what you read on Facebook, but even Republican insiders are contemplating the 25th Amendment, and some saying America should become Canada's 11th Province.

If you're listening to a radio personality who's suggesting we become the 51st state, I'd suggest you change the channel.

South Australia isn’t expensive because it has lots of renewables — it’s expensive because it still relies on gas for backup, and gas is extremely costly. As storage grows and gas dependence falls, SA’s prices fall too (as they already do during sunny/windy periods). The idea that the old coal-based system was inherently cheap or stable isn’t accurate — it was just oversized and inflexible, and we paid the cost whether we needed the power or not. South Australia's prices are predicted to fall by 15% during the next 10 years, according to AEMC. Wholesale prices are already dropping 27%. Only 38% of your power bill is for power. The rest is for maintenance, poles and wires etc. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/02/energy-prices-falling-electricity-cheaper-households#:~:text=As households electrify – switching to,bills could halve by 2050. Fossil-fuel power is yesterday’s technology. Coal and gas were vital in the past, but they’re now expensive, unreliable, and being outcompeted everywhere. The cost of new wind and solar is lower than even the running cost of old coal, and investors are abandoning fossil projects because they no longer stack up financially. Our coal fleet is ageing, breaking down more often, and too costly to maintain. Every coal station in Australia has a closure date because the private sector can’t justify keeping them open. Meanwhile, renewables and storage are now the dominant new sources of generation globally because they’re fast to build, low-cost, and flexible. This isn’t ideology—it’s economics. Fossil fuel power is in long-term decline because it no longer fits a modern electricity system. The future grid will be cheaper, cleaner and more reliable without it. The business world is already voting with its wallet. If coal and gas were truly cheaper and more efficient, investors would be lining up to fund them. Instead, banks, super funds and insurers have walked away because fossil fuels are high-risk, high-cost and increasingly unprofitable. Meanwhile, almost all new investment is going into renewables and storage. Even the big mining companies — some of the most conservative, profit-driven businesses around — are choosing renewables because they’re cheaper and more reliable on remote sites. BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue, South32, and Gold Fields are all building large solar, wind and battery systems because they cut fuel costs and improve energy security. This isn’t ideology — it’s economics. While people argue online about whether the transition “should” happen, the market has already decided. The shift away from fossil fuels is happening, accelerating, and financially unstoppable.

Sadly , it appears my mate 'Boris' the bull shark has been greedy feeding and eaten a Swiss tourist and mauled her boyfriend on a local beach just up the coast a little bit. Tragic but completely avoidable, they were swimming at sunrise to film dolphins feeding. This is absolute maximum danger time to be eaten as that's when the bait fish accumulate. Anything in the water in the low light conditions can be mistaken for a big fish or seal and will be bitten. Most sharks will spit a human out, but a Bull shark will just eat regardless. Hopefully it will not lead to the senseless killing of more sharks locally- they are just doing their normal thing. It's us humans that need to be careful. My condolences for the tragic death of the women and I hope he recovers quickly. We have had many deaths along the coast recently and all involved extremely poor decision making from night swimming , surfing in extreme weather, rock fishing with no safety gear etc. Mostly tourists or newer immigrants but us locals sure can be stupid as well. We must remember enter the water at your own risk, it never forgives mistakes. You also risk the lives of anyone trying to help you either by been attacked themselves or drowning trying to help you. Sadly the local coast will see many avoidable deaths over the summer esp with tourists doing things way outside their skill base and experience. Stay safe people. Boris does not need humans for food.

The European theatre in WWII was won by the incredible manufacturing and agricultural production possible in the USA due to the USA being out of range of effective attack by the European Axis powers. That's not to deny the contribution of the British. The Axis powers (really only Germany) suffered the direct opposite and so lost. I reckon it was a bit different in the war against Japan since the problem there was to dig out the Japanese from their defensive positions. You could say that the Yanks in their land operatoins were working in spaces where there was not room to swing a cat. I think that one of the greatest manufactured item leading to the Allied victory in the Pacific was the very humble Marston matting which enable the Allies to establish air superiority very rapidly, and to be able to repair any bomb damage to runways very quickly. Have you ever given thought to who started the war in the Asia/Pacific? Most people who don't know the histrory of the first 40 years of the 20th Century will blame Japan, but American corporate interests were very much involved in preventing Japanese economic development. The Asian/Pacific war was a trade war, not an ideological one like the Europena war.

Only gas has quick response and not so much if steam is involved, Baseload Power is yesterdays world. We can't keep adding CO2 to the Atmosphere and the Oceans. In the Ocean it results increased Acidity. Trust the science. Not the Propaganda which is mostly from Fossil fuel vested Interests. Greenhouse effect is not a figment of the Imagination.. Solar and wind tides etc give us freedom from being controlled by the Energy consortium s like OPEC. and it's CLEAN and available in most parts of the World and very suited for Australia. No one can hold US to ransom. NATURAL gas is NOT Natural and harmless any More than TAR is. The SUN will be there for Longer than We will. It's Nuclear and 93 Million Miles away. Nev

Don't EVER listen to 3AW. It will destroy your Mind. Nev

My account is in credit, and no, I am not wealthy, but I did my sums. There are schemes with no up-front costs. You can even lease a solar system. In Europe, they have so-called balcony solar, where the panels are attached to the railings and can be taken with you when you leave. It is true that at the moment renewables are backed by fossil fuels, but every year the balance is changing. I recall a time not that long ago when the doubters were saying that renewables could never supply more than 10% now, I believe the average is around 40% and at times, much more. The argument that only coal or gas will do gets less true every year.

The Americans could never possibly accept the idea, that some other country - especially an Eastern European one - designed and built better military weapons, than they do.

Hi and welcome to the forums, @randomx. Sorry to spoil the party a bit.. I am not sure what training is forced through the internet. And what training is done through the internet (online) is usually provided by the relevant institution/organisation/company... There isn't some US central course contrent creation machine that provides courses for everyone. No doubt some of the course creation software is American, but I have found all of my Aussie courses in the King's English. Though I do accept, I haven't seen the term budgie smugglers in any of the Aussie online courses I have taken. As for spell checkers not containing Australian English, here is a screen shot of some of the English proofing languages from my 2019 version of Microsoft Word (yep - 6 years old now, and I am sure English - Australian was available before that): While I agree that American culture has been disproprtioantely pervasive, I would suggest in Australia it started with the commertical TV networks importing cheap American shows, movies, and even news rather than fund home grown talent. The internet has helped further cement American culture dominance, but the internet is also now helping other cultures to be heard. One of my son's favourite bands is a Tibetan music band; my daughter is playing French artists on her phone as I type. In fact, it is I and my partner that play Amercian music more than them. But don't worry.. In about 10 years, we'll all be speaking Mandarin anyway.

Oh dear. So, post Trump, when the political pendulum swings, will USA be condemned to many years of "well-meaning but ineffectual mess"? I fear I might not live long enough to see the end of the show!

G'day randomix. Just to let you know, "arse" is a fine ancient word in English. Old English ærs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ærs, German Arsch "buttock"). Using "ass" to describe an arse is just an example of American misprounciation.

But they don't. The Republican party have comprehensively proven that they have no brain at all, and the Democrats are a well-meaning but ineffectual mess.

Pretty sure ABC has almost the whole country covered, and if you can get data on your phone you can listen to whatever station you want.

Here's a random thought. If the USA collectively had half a brain, they would immediately support Ukraine bigtime in exchange for some of their weapons development. Otherwise the US weapons industry will lag far behind the rest of the world. Proven testing of missiles that utilise ground following flight at 40 mtrs altitude.... Proven testing of marine drones that make big submarines hardly necessary.... etc, etc.

Michelangelo's David returns to Italy after 3 years touring the U.S. ......

TRUMP Himself said" America doesn't have Many Geniuses." IF HE was a student of History He would Know the USA's ability to Produce a lot of STUFF was their Main advantage in WW2 and Hitler attacking Russia Unsuccessfully was how the war was won by OUR LOT. Russia (USSR) lost most of the People and fighters. with the Highest casualty rate of anyone. Nev

Home batteries reduce peak demand on the grid. Peak demand is the most expensive part of the electricity system because it determines how much generation and transmission needs to be built. Reducing peaks lowers system-wide costs, which benefits everyone — including those who don’t own batteries. They still buy and sell power, just less of it during expensive times. Grid-connected batteries actually support the grid by feeding in power at peak periods and reducing pressure on poles and wires The single biggest reason for rising electricity prices over the last decade is volatile and expensive fossil fuel costs — especially gas and coal outages. Renewables (wind, solar + batteries) are now the cheapest forms of new generation, and every major energy body — AEMO, CSIRO, the ACCC — agrees that replacing old fossil plants with renewables is the lowest-cost path. Batteries reduce peak demand, which is the most expensive part of the grid. I bought my system after I retired. The upfront cost was not great, and some of it was financed with a no-interest loan. l did my sums and, for a very modest upfront cost, ensured low power bills. I am more than happy to contribute through taxes to the poorest folks to ensure that everyone can take advantage of cheap renewables. As I posted earlier, China's emissions appear to have plateaued and may actually have slightly reduced. https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/11/11/have-chinas-carbon-emissions-peaked-new-analysis-shows-they-havent-risen-in-18-months Australia has also reduced emissions. https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/australia-slashes-emissions-despite-diesel-ute-love-affair-20251126-p5nin

Gday onetrack man, so refreshing. Hey, l reckon it's a damn fine word too and l can not stand the American pronunciation. Cheers for that.

That language thing alone , l mean that is huge. Ours here was a huge part of who we are and even tourists loved trying to wangle the Aussie accent and terms, we were famous for it all over the world and good for us, it was Australian. Tell you what, l never do stuff like this but l'm even thinking of emailing someone in Canberra and trying to get something done before we're so lost it's too late. Ha , maybe l should email Pauline, maybe her people will build a damn spell checker. Actually , any ideas about whom l could email about that that might actually help , or maybe someone here a far far better writer than me would like to do it. ldk, on that alone, something has to be done.

l couldn't agree more onetrack, honestly. Growing up anything Yank/American, was always a bit of a joke but these days in Oz now , 1/2 of us just seem so besotted with anything American. Yet it's blindly to that's one of the really scary parts of it.People don't seem to see past some glitzy image but yet the few things l mentioned and yourself to, are only part of it. The supposedly most advanced country in the world had the worst Covid deaths on the planet, it's common place talk to any American and they'd lost at least a few friends- standard stuff. Their violence/gun culture, homelessness on and on, yet here's this fool and others on that broadcast sayin crap like that, mind blowing. But yeah , l'm at my cabin for a few wks atm and l use to get plenty of channels atm though, dk what's happened, and nope not even ABC, kinda glad l caught that one though bc it's reminded me yet again man, something needs to be done, we need to wake the hell up in this country. Thank the Gods to hear then we still have some Pollies actually aware to and thanks for that, just hope there's enough of them to keep the crap going on at bay. You do notice many of them are even actually starting to listen to Pauline these days . love her hate her there are some areas where she def' has huge points on the very things ruining our country as we speak now, yet she's been warning 20yrs. But yeah l know the UK are dead against more Americanism and nice to hear then that other parts are to, wish we'd wake the hell up here, felt the same. Haaa, Canada's 11th state , love it. l love that Carney gave the Yanks and especially Trump the finger, man he was brilliant. And they're still at it Canada's branching trade out into other parts now rather than dealing with Trump and has huge stuff going on.Good on em The spelling thing pm , it drives me crazy . But these days you just thing God almighty what hope is there when yeah, even our reporters don't even seem to know our spelling these days, it makes me sick. Ass, is one of my pet hates. Growing up it spelt and said the European way, arse- now l know that's not a kind of well urr, word, butttt. To hear and see it spelt ass, even by our young people now , makes me sick. Most don't even know our spelling bc their damn internet just corrects it to ass and there's many others to as you say, there's so much more and you can see it taking over, it's sickening. lt's like though what hope do we have when our own teachers, pollies , journo's , idiot radio people , can't even straighten it out for their own people. They can't even build an Ausssie spell checker, they probably haven't even thought of it.

Jaysus. You seem fairly senior in your job... Ever thought of negotiating a work from home deal where you only go in once a month or so? 6 hours a day commute is ridiculous.

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Aussie journos are using airplane now not aeroplane.

Thanks, Pete. As mentioned, the bike was purchased to commute me to and from work. This Tuesday, the forecast is looking mild, so an preparing for my first trip in London and back out on Wednesday, which is looking better, weather wise: This will be taking the M5 north to Bristol and the M4 east to London. Of course, this assumes no road closures. Since I leave between 3 and 3:30am usually, I don't expect it to 3.5 hours. I would doi it in a car in about 3 hours, but it is far more comfortable hurtling at higher speeds in a car than a bike. The return trip will be the reverse - west along the M4 and then south along the M5. I usually leave work after 7pm, so will expect some traffic coming out of London to get to the M4 and then, as hybrid working is here to stay, the traffic usually recedes very quickly on the motorways after 7:30pm - about the time I will hit the M4. This is my normal commute in winter, except that I don't go all the way into central London with the car; I stop at North Sheen or Mortlake (just east of Richmond) where I can get free parking for the train into the city. It normally takes about 2.5 hours, so adding 1/2 hour to get to London at that time of morning should give me around 3 hours. If there is a road closure, in winter my alternate route is the one in pale blue. It is south on the A350 wot Ilchester, east on the A303 until Popham and north on the M3. It is shorter, and at the times I travel normally quicker. However, in winter, even in the car, I am loate to take it as the chances of coming into contact with wildlife is far greater - there is never roadkill on the motorway, but especially in winter, there is plenty on the A303. I do use it in summer though.. deer aren't active at dawn and dusk, so it is pretty safe and shaves 20 or so minutes off the trip.

This is getting repetitive. Correct again.

US golf legend Fuzzy Zoeller whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, aged 74.

He certainly puts the "dick" in "dictator". Or he would, if Poo Tin would let him

Yes, the insidious American culture takeover is everywhere, even the Europeans and the Asian nations get annoyed about how pervasive it is. Fortunately, I think we still have enough Australians in the general public and Australia politicians who are prepared to say No to any more increased level of American influence. Luckily for us, Trump is doing his best to ensure that American culture is shown up for what it is - violent, self-absorbed, a xenophobic hatred of minorities or anyone who isn't Anglo-Saxon in ancestry, gun-fondlers, and bitterly divisive, politically. Welcome to the forum randomx, I'm sure you'll be able to express your opinion here without the rancor, divisiveness, and hatred that comes with American culture. I'm personally of the opinion a lot of Americans still bear deep bitterness and hatred against blacks, because they believe they still should be just slaves, and second-class citizens. P.S. - You get 15 mins to edit your posts here, so proof read, or correct them quickly. After that time, they're set in stone. The idea is to keep threads readable, because if people go back after hours and days and many further replies, and then edit their original post, the thread becomes unreadable and disjointed.