nomadpete

Last time I looked, Base rate here is 36c/kwh. Plus about $90 p.a. connection fee. So we pay about $1200 per year for electrons. I recently bought a bunch of used 190w panels for $5 each. The solar installers just want to get rid of them when they do upgrades. If my grid power was so unreliable , i'd whack a couple of kw of them on the shed roof and use a cheap inverter to keep the fridge going during the day.

So, is that one in your picture a cold blast type? I keep a couple of lamps. I have a new Cokeman pressure lamp but it isn't a patch on my dad's old Aladdin that we used when I was a kid. The chinese copies look just like the originals, but seem to be made of plasticine. Not at all sturdy.

That is why I tried to expose the complexity of attempting to call out the validity or otherwise of sea level rise. The present satellite averaging measurements are the best we have. We are all aware of the risk of cherry picking a location that 'proves' a particular suspicion of acual sea level then extrapolating it global levels. Time will tell. But changing our energy sources away from fossil fuels will improve global health regardless of 'global warming' effects. Isn't that worthwhile?

I accept my own data, too. About electricity prices. (Not vaxines) I have recollections of capital city outages (back in the 1980's Qld). And my bills back then. Now I have lower electricity bills than ever, in dollar values not corrected for CPI. I now get very rare (brief) outages. Less than ever. My conclusion is that the modern evolving mix of solar and conventional (old school) generation has cut my monthly expenses. And increased continuity of supply.

Our dog used to glare at me and roll his eyes when I farted. I think he learnt that from my wife. Life is so unfair sometimes.

In my experience, the only fuses that fail for no reason, are the glass tube ones. Never had a modern moulded plastic type fail without real overload. Twice I have had difficult to track down overloads in vehicles, caused by unsecured wiring that vibrated or moved against bodywork. One made my headlights (only rarely, but that was too often) go out on left hand corners. The other made the engine fail, but only on right hand corners when accelerating hard. In that case the engine loom moved a certain way that it rubbed on the firewall. Intermittents are the worst to fix. Do not start fitting bigger fuses unless you wish to replace an entire loom or deal with a fire when the fault returns.

One thing is certain. There are many many variables in this debate. For instance, how does anyone safely assert that sea levels are rising (or falling). The sea sure aint flat, nor the same 'level' all around. I suspect that modern satellite work is now busily averaging the numbers. But these are new algorithms, so cannot be used to compare ancient 'levels' with present ones. Following is from Wiki but is food for thought. "There are also "holes" in the ocean. Gravity lows. Geoid lows. The surface of the ocean tends to be perpendicular to gravity. But the composition of our planet is not homogeneous, so the gravity field deviates from any idealized form you might expect (oblate spheroid, globe, etc). The indian ocean geoid low causes sea level to be around 100 meters lower than it would be if it followed the WGS 84 geoid. NOTE: this does not mean that water is rushing in to fill the low. Gravity itself is distorted. The water is in its gravitationaly favorable location already. But by measuring gravity in that location, or by using high resolution surveying, the low can be detected." Also, coriolis affect makes oceans tend to pile up more on their west side - & the amount will depend on ocean current strength. And... every 1 millibar change in atmospheric air pressure causes a 1 cm change in sea level in the opposite direction. (Haven't fact checked that one) However, all the water from those melting glaciers & icecaps must be going somewhere.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sorry, Nev. I only have a square one. I await your elucidation with bated breath.