pmccarthy

Hmm, I'm not sure about that. The Sahara has shrunk by about 8% in the last 20 years due to increased rainfall and greening programmes. In Asia jungles and rainforests have mainly been lost to plantations of oil palms, a lot of that is used to produce biofuel to replace fossil fuels. In South America it is agricultural expansion, logging practices, infrastructure development, and illegal mining. In Australia in the last decade, clearing for wind farms has had a significant impact.

A lame Donald Duck.

There is a lot of oxygen tied up in CO2. Trees release it as they sequester the carbon.

It works for Trump - look where it got him.

Front suspension spring was a rubber band.

Snowy hydro now $42 billion! Nothing mor needs saying.

The problem is that thousands of immigrants in our cities now fail the character and deeds assessment, and we can do nothing about it. W would like our government to acknowledge this and do something about it.

91% of Australia's energy comes from fossil fuels. There is nothing wrong in trying to develop alternatives, but acknowledge that it will take many decades to substantially replace fossil fuels. Whatever reason we have for doing it, it will make no difference to our climate, as we contribute only 1% to 1.5% of global emissions, even if you believe these affect climate. The greatest risk to our economy and way of life at present is the self destructive idea of net zero.

I believe that in Australia by law you have to obtain consent before kissing your girlfriend.

One side in this discussion “attacks the man” (ad hominem) rather than accepting that there are differing views. Why is that? Why do lefties get so enraged? Go back and read through this or many other threads and you will see what I mean. A statement that may be right, wrong biased or reasonable or just an opinion leads to a vicious response.

If a large language model can do all that, is it just language that makes us intelligent?

My dad was that bank official, though before your time GON. He used to drive to Cabramurra each fortnight with a pistol to do the pays. Took me with him once.

We have been personally affected in one important way. The licence of our local pub (within walking distance) was taken over by immigrants about five years ago, now on its second family group. They have alienated the whole community and destroyed the vibe of our pub. They are not interested in service. It was a great pub, now no one goes there. We speculate as to why they are there, that it must be a loss maker but gives them a visa.

I hooked up the caravan today. Off to the bush so I don't have to think about fuel prices. 🙂

It seemed perfectly ok to me as Jerry was obviously quoting their policies.