nomadpete

In a real democracy, we all would get to vote on who gets a seat on the mars ship.

In my opinion, BOTH sides (Palestinian & Israel) need to be metaphorically grabbed by the scruff of the neck and given a shake. Further, other countries should starve BOTH sides of weaponry. Otherwise they are supporting atrocities against civilians - probably because of hidden interests. Wiping out the whole population of one country is the most uncivilised way ttotry to stop a conflict.

I think Jerry was talking about the cars, not the house.

The Modern movie industry reinforces the notion that violence and retribution can solve any problem. Any wonder that people thus indoctinated are inclined to be devisive angry and unforgiving?

Anti Netanyahu/Israel is not (according to many Australian Jews) the same thing as antisemite. Maybe Bant just didn't like the number of innocents getting killed.

If I had as many children as he, I'd want to go and live on Mars, too.

Our first home was a new spec build. Standard for the era, it was 3 bedroom, one bathroom, of about 80 sq mtrs. The price and features was the same as a number of older queenslanders that we viewed. At that time, the houses you are presently considering would be akin to the standard of what my executive employer bought at the time. Upmarket and therefore less affordable, then and now. My first (& second) home purchases would probably be beneath the dignity of most present first home buyers.

What makes you think thee is a 'cost of living crisis?' I did some basic arithmetic. Back in 1979 I took out a mortgage to buy our first house. Mortgage: $24,900 Interest: 16% Weekly repayment: $79 Take home wage: $140 after tax. Morgtage was approx 53% of income. From Bureau of Census &statistics- A mortgage of $450,000 At interest 6% Weekly repayment: $671 (from a online calculator) Net average weekly income : $1464 Mortgage is 46% of take home wage. How is that a crisis worse than our situation in early 1980's?

More significantly, he listed "and judges". After all, a supreme leader must be above the law.

I did specify Hobart town. I think you are well away from the city. I believe the Hobart ban came in when the power company introduced a special low tariff for electrical home heating.

We'll have none of that in Hobart. We like clean air. We banned them, and we have roving fireplace nazis that go around checking chimney temperatures to make sure. Fireplaces are so eighteen hundreds. We use hydro powered home heating.

Don't forget the planned 53rd state.... Pine Gap (after Canadia & Greenishland)

I think this belongs here, rather than the A.I. thread, although they are connected. It debates beliefs with regard to A.I. and where tech oligarcs seem to be leading our world...... somewhere. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk

PS Real slaves don't have a 'cost of living crisis'. Nor do they worry about the rising cost of housing. Now, tell me how things have improved for the masses.

That plan has worked great, (so far.)

So, smarty, what do you call the other 47 states? Or don't they matter?

Random thought for today.... I just flew back from Lord Howe Island on a Dash 8. What random thoughts possessed them to name the aircraft "Woodhen" after a flightless, ground dwelling bird?

What? Did somebody say there's an election? Sorry but I must have tuned it out........... Never mind, whatever you voted for, a politician will get in.

Correction.... LIFE is a Terminal STD. Nobody gets out of this game alive. But I'm havin a ball until then!

And all the way to Poepples peg (South Australia)!

So.... Not a climate change issue. Nor a renewable energy issue. Just a case of (perceived) real estate rorting.

Unfortunately there are many peoply who don't have the ability to get their heads around the complexities of politics. There is so much verbal bs, tempered by so much history of actual actions by partys and individuals, that they give up trying to think about it. Sadly these folk are swung by the most recent bs.

A simply automated switch does exactly that to put a half a million horsepower steam turbine, in a power station "ON LINE" . However, at any time, the grid load is constantly erratic. So all these assorted spinning inertias are forever struggling to keep rotationally locked. Any resulting phase lag or lead will result in instant disconnection from grid. That causes all renaining generators to hunt to restore their synchronisation. The grid counts the number of cycles per day and adjusts the frequency so that all synchronous clocks (remember them?) are accurate. However, the 2025 election has nothing requiring all this accuracy. Back to topic.

That inertia is actually part of a synchronisation problem. Consider the differences between all those spinning weights. The rate of recovery from an upset will be radically different depending on the mass. For instance a Gas turbine is lightweight and slows suddenly in response to a sudden load. However the Wivenhoe hydro turbine will hold up better with it's 300 tonne spinning mass. Precise rotational synchronising is comparitively erratic. In comparison, an inverter will wind up or down in milliseconds - so actually the system synchronisation should improve when we replace those steam or gas turbines with electronic generators.

Siso, the majority of wind turbines are mechanically synchronised to the grid. So they actually have some inertia similar to steam turbines. That is why they all turn at exactly the same speed (unless they are feathered). Yes, the latest ones use inverters, which can instantly electronically adjust their phase to match the grid frequency. Just like the household solar grid feed inverters. A 'poles & wires' distribution system might have an automated voltage regulator (transformer tap adjustment). That is not related to phase or frequency synchronisation.