nomadpete

I am agonising over buying our 'last car'. Not counting possible mobility scooters. Almost every car I've owned has been an old car when I bought it. Disappointed that my previous post didn't even arc up Nev. But it was only half in jest. We are already making cars nowadays that last way way longer than the 'old'' ones. And we have already shown that any well built car can last 100 years (with proper maintenance). And we are not likely to make many further engineering improvements in crash safety, teaction, or suspension. So why not make cars last a lifetime?

You mentioned nutters before. Is that the full list?

Sorry to be dissecting your post, but I am trying to get down to a useful conclusion about why not the Greens?... Although I have heard the above sentiment from others, and sometimes said similar myself, most really can't list all these BAD policies for me. Well that's what we all agree that's what gets votes for ON + Clive. But not working for Greens? But also don't like the major party's politics, either. Well, we all see a lot of nutty politicians in ALL parties. Disagree there. Greens have been bumping along the bottom for ever. Not likely to peak. Totally true. But we are accustomed to major partys doing that fairly often, too. After I started typing, others have touched on similar. I am puzzling how we can break out of this BTBD cycle before we follow the USA path. (BTBD = Burn The B Down and start afresh)

But But You are assuming the voters will engage in logical reasoning....... Hanrahan was right.

To save the world from pollution, I'd mandate that no person be allowed to purchase more than one vehicle in their lifetime. At present, cars are expected to be replaced every couple of years and the industry is geared up to make cars that quickly go out of fashion. We could save enormous amounts of manufacturing energy and massively reduce CO2 And other pollutants) produced by unnecessary duplication of product. It would encourage better quality engineering and construction. The modern motor car is now close enough to the pinnacle of its development.

Nobody is really disputing all the above. The problem is that the rest of the big party politicians are tarred with the same brush. And often enough it is sufficiently true to drown out any good they actually do.

I suspect one root cause of the malaise, is that politics has become a business dominated by professional politicians. Their greatest motivation is a desire to keep their job and rise through the ranks. They act as though it's a game of 'say whatever it takes, to get the votes'. The electorate no longer believes anything any of them says (even the honest ones). To restore trust they will have to get the punters to start saying 'Hey, thank goodness, xxxx did this for us! '

Yes, that's easy to see. So how can we motivate the ruling politicians to... 1. Listen to the electorate. 2. Take action to react to the electorate's concerns. 3. Communicate to the electorate about what action they are taking. 4. Restore the lost trust. Maybe by demonstrating that they fulfil their election promises. Otherwise, brace yourself for a local repeat of the trumpian disaster.

You can thank privatisation for that. User pays. A base station isn't cheap. If it doesn't make a profit over and above the install cost there, it doesn't get installed. A handful of customers will never be profitable. If you want capital city services, move to a capital city.

Debate? I see no debate. Thwaites glacier (and others) are melting. "Dubbed the “doomsday glacier”, Thwaites is about the size of Britain, but it is shrinking rapidly and is already responsible for 4 per cent of all global sea-level rise. Worse still, its collapse is expected to set off a domino effect in the entire West Antarctic ice sheet, ultimately resulting in a calamitous sea-level rise of 3.3 metres and changing the coastline of the entire planet." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/ “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to avoid being caught on the hop, we have already prepared an ‘obituary’ press release,” says Rob Larter at the British Antarctic Survey.

No, this is not about what Trump might have - done - since his business interests are looked after "by his children." And I haven't verified the accuracy. It is something I saw on another forum and may be totally incorrect. "....the family of the man at the center of it all, President Donald Trump, has indirectly been among the beneficiaries. Military contractor Powerus, about to be taken public by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., won an Air Force contract worth as much as $90 million to supply interceptors to shoot down Iranian drones. Similarly, the private equity firm 1789 Capital Management, which Don Jr. joined days after his father’s reelection, owns stakes in several other military contractors profiting from the war. One of them, Anduril, won U.S. approval for up to $2 billion in sales of drone interceptors to Kuwait. A second, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is providing satellite service to guide U.S. drones against Iran. And a third — rocket maker Firehawk Defense — won Pentagon contracts for propellants and warheads to replenish dwindling U.S. supplies. A spokeswoman for 1789 Capital, Alexa Henning, said Don Jr. wasn’t involved in the decision to put money in those companies, so there is no “nefarious connection."..... " https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-sons-iran/

Looks like Kentucky hasn't discovered 'roadworthiness' yet. No mufflers, no mudguards, no roofs, no door handles, no windows, no seatbelts......... They seem to register anything that rolls. The Munstermobile would look very ordinary in that lineup!

Aaah, but you are thinking of cars as being a mode of transport, aren't you? If they were simply a machine designed to move humans from one point to another, they would not look the way they do.

Well, he did die racing. That proves the artist's depiction.

Unfortunately, Nev, what the rest of the world thinks, doesn't matter at all. Neither does what the people of his country think, either. Meantime, what he (and all those under him) DOES, is affecting a lot of people the world over. There is no win-win outcome. For every win, someone, somewhere, is losing. And that, my friend, IS 'The Art of The Deal'. P.S. yes, that is Capitalism as practiced in USofA.

This image isn't mine but it is taken from a better angle. Also, when a motorcyle is cornering, the rider holds the front wheel a bit away from the direction of the turn. That is counter intuitive, but the artist seems to have captured that.

In a lot of racing, the rider slides his knee almost along the ground and sits a bit on the low side. I think it's a accurate depiction of Ken Blake's cornering style.

I once had a 28 Studebaker. But back then raising a family was more important than playing cars. Last week a mate sent me this pic of one. On farcbook marketplace - complete & in running condition - too good to restore.

As a party in opposition, they are suspiciously quiet. It's not as if the current ruling mob aren't giving enough mud to sling. I'm starting to think the oligarcs are bribing the Democrats to STFU.

Is DC The Swamp of America?

In my prime.... Zero debt. Low body fat percentage. Fluid balance perfect. Nutrition excellent. Cholestorol low. Mental health balanced. Zero alcohol, excellent hydration. This was my peak. I was eight years old.

Unlike our politics , The function of a motorcycle is a simple action/reaction eqyation. An honest tangible benefitial response to every twist of the RH grip.

Even when I was on L plates, I believed that. And that was so 'last century'. And YES! As long as you come home to Australia.

And yet, the accuracy of the art captured the whole racing motorcycle and rider.

Jerry for Pres! Jerry for Pres! Oh, wait, don't we already have some Jerryatric's in government?