Chris Tarran

At the risk of being pedantic I have to point out that the October Long Weekend, where celebrated, is Labour Day. King's Birthday is, in most states, in June. Cheers Chris

C, the spider, progression of 2, 4, 6 & 8 legs.

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Beat around the bush.

Paper

12. Across the road from Em

True, but they are much harder to break for access if they are laminated (as are virtually all windscreens these days). They have to be punctured and then cut. In the SES access to a crashed car is through a side or rear window, if there is any left. In most serious prangs all the glass is completely gone except for the windscreen which may be damaged but is usually still bonded into its frame.

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Doesn't affect hot air output. Only Methane.

It gets even better. We have a company here (Cleve SA) that has just started a pilot project producing a cattle food supplement from a particular species of seaweed. If we feed a golf ball size of the product to a cow every day it stops a particular process in the cow's rumen and reduces their methane output by up to 90 percent. With a world population of 150B animals the potential of this is enormous. Look up a company called CH4 Global or go to the link below. Cheers https://www.ch4global.com

Hi Guys, Solar and storage farms are becoming all the rage. The link below talks about a facility near Cleve in SA which is supposed to be the largest in the world. Its a little different in that it uses mirrors to focus the sun on space quality (small) PV panels on the top of towers. It used ground water to cool the towers pumping the hot water into a pond. It also uses some of the energy to cool water in another pond. It them uses the temperature difference to drive a turbine to generate power in the dark. Some of the numbers for generation and storage capacity are staggering. They suggest they can store enough dispatchable energy to power SA for 24 hours. DA process underway and no contribution required from any government for a build cost estimated at $750M. Cheers https://www.photonenergy.com/en/photon-energy/yadnarie-solar-farm.html

If it was Dino it is a V6. It is the same basic motor used in either the Lancia's or Alfa Romeo's, can't remember which. They were originally just called Dino after Enzo's son, i.e. not Ferrari. Mate of mine had one. Beautiful to drive and pretty quick. Not as quick as "real" Ferrari though.

My understanding of the national rules is that if the trailer is < 750kg no brakes are required. Over this and up to 2000kg brakes are required and override brakes are OK. Over 2000kg and electric brakes with a breakaway connection is required. There are also all sorts of complicated rules dealing with Gross Vehicle Mass, tow ball weight, Aggregate Trailer Mass, Gross Trailer Mass & Gross Combination Mass and their relationship to each other. Interesting that the only variation I can find from the national rules is that WA impose a 100kmh maximum speed limit on any towing vehicle. What concerns me is anyone with a car license can buy a big 4WD and caravan and tow it anywhere with no training requirement. In fact they can buy a light truck less than 4500kg, hang a 7000kg trailer off the back and tow it on a car license.

Hi OME, I visit this site and RecFlying regularly but rarely post. I prefer to just read what is going on. I have to say that I have found many of your posts interesting and thought provoking and was disappointed when you went "missing" for a while as a result of the outcome of one of the "discussions". My thoughts? Leave sleeping dogs lie. I find the best way to circumvent an argument is to deprive it of oxygen. Cheers and I look forward to reading much more content from you. Chris