nomadpete

Yes Jerry, BUT.... I think OME's point is that S&P 500 reflects the profitability of those businesses ($), without reflecting actual physical useful produce. The financial situation is no indication of overall wellbeing of the masses. Are they fed any better when the economy is (to quote the orange muppet) "The BESTEST ever!"? No. It only tells me that the investers can now afford bigger yachts.

Well, OME, the graph represents important data on Artificial Intelligence. That's why I posted it here. But I do see your point. As yet, I haven't heard how they intend to pay the power bill that all those data centres will run up.

This chart was referring to USA jobs markets compared to S & P Quite a trend.

Right on! There are so many possible doomsday scenarios, it is impossible to doomproof oneself against all of them. The reason humans didn't go extinct from any of the many previous doomsdays, was resilience & adaptability.

That's how I view the desire for eternal economic growth. Sort of borrowing from the future, to pay for the past. But again, I see no way to protect myself from a POSSIBLE collapse of the economy. There are many many possible disasters. Therefore, beyond being aware of it, there is no point losing sleep about it.

Well, speaking as a minnow in a big school of fish, I do not see any practical way to protect myself from this particular armaggeddon. If only I was a $billionaire....

I confess to being completely illiterate when it comes to economics. Are you likening the world economy to a pyramid scam - which, like all pyramid scams, is destined to implode after a few get ridicularly wealthy from it?

Google doesn't need you to select it. They are quietly scraping your every click, or view. Thats how they can target you with information that entertains your interests. Or target you with echo chamber reinforcement.

Don't you mean 'Aloominum'?

Aha! So, google is ono ya! This man is clearly a Roosian commonist spy!

Maybe so. But I'd believe his money and media will always be popular with certain people. Remember, he still has lots more moolah than Gropenfuhrer.

I didn't notice this little gem on our MSM news, but it shoild have made headlines a while back. Funny how things change quietly after the media has finished using it.

Speaking of which, our mate Poo hasn't been in the news lately. Could his end be nigh?

Oh, good! Does that mean we'll all live forever?

Hey guys, the thread is not about the well known advantages of roundabouts.... The end is neigh. And that's from the horses mouth.

Oh please! Spare me the avalance of grandad jokes!

Our friendly fish-n- chip lady..... "Pauline Hanson skips parliament to speak at conservative conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lardo." And she spent how many dollars buying a seat at the table? Or did gina shout the entry fee?

Well he has achieved one of his biggest life goals..... Lasting word fame. People will be talking about him for many years to come.

I stand corrected.

Remember when TRumpy was trying to sue 60 minutes for minor editing a pause or two out of Kamala's interview? Look how CBS edited Donold's recent interview... https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/p/trump-cbs-interview-what-was-and?r=1nd17&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Flabbergasted. That's the word.... I am trying to digest the fact that our own lovely oligarch Gina and our favorite underdog politician Pauline were 'guests' at the Mare-ole-Large-oh Halloween party. Donny doesn't seem to let anybody visit unless they pay? I don't doubt that Gina has the dosh (and the way to claim it on her tax), but how did our fish-n-chip lady come up with the entry fee?

Agreed. Those nasty narrow intense storm cells seem to be a new invention.

Unfoat this time, chemical storage (batteries) is not capable of major 'carry over' supply to the grid all night. It does however, provide enough storage for other mechanical generation to take up slack during brief shortfalls. That is why we really need some major storage such as pumped storage. For me, a smallish home battery will tide me over each night until the sun hits my rooftop solar each morning. I suspect that those who can affort it will be steadily installing a battery to complement their existing rooftop solar. We are giving up on trusting our government to provide reliable electricity.

Further, nobody complains about the visual pollution of sprawling outer suburbs, or of massive open cut coal mines (or other mines), or massive power stations (no matter what they burn). Frankly, whether a windfarm is producing or not, I think the turbines are visually nice. When I drive past a fossil fuelled power station, it just looks like a enormous ugly shed, whether it is on line or dismantled for routine maintenance. Further, I resent the implication that when a wind farm is idle, it is proof of it's uselessness. Every day the grid shuts down plant and reactivates plant to balance supply to demand. The fact that wind turbies (or steam turbines) are sometimes not turning, is not any indication of their economic viability.

Disgusting... Disgusting... I just drooled down my chest 😞