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GON, if you have nothing to say that is relevant to the topic, then pull your fingers away from the keyboard. You've done nothing to the discussion. but introduce a diversion which detracts from it.

Nope! Just aware.

I started this thread to free the discussion from the "climate change debate" thread which seems to deal with power generation. This thread will give a place to talk about other climate-related matters.

The severity of temperature and lack of rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere in the summer of 2026 could be the lead in to a famine that would affect the whole of Mankind. The high temperatures, and especially the lack of rain are already having deliterious effects on the economies of European countries. Allied to those are the effects of the war in the Ukraine which produces a great deal of Europe's grain. We don't know much about what is happening to agriculture in Russia, nor China. Here in Australian we are looking towards another summer of high heat and low rainfall. The high temperatures and low rainfall are without precedent in recorded European history. Thre have been famine years, but never before has such a huge population been affected.

I wonder what would have happened if the voters had really decided to protest and elected Lord Binface. His candidacy was an insult to the thousands of ordinary people who have fought and died for the right to elect those who represent them in parliament.

Generates a Farrage of questions.

Here's an example of how the wording of a question can give rise to implications. 1. 'Do you beat your wife?' 2. 'Do you still beat your wife?' The inclusion of the word, 'still', completely changes the implication of the answer.

You prove my point, which was that the written word is frequently misinterpreted. The response is a comment on the example given to illustrate the point, not a comment on the point I was making. The comment in response, while not incorrect of itself, illustrates that the author of a text should take care that what is written is free from misinterpretation. However, an author cannot know how the mind of the reader will interpret the text.

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change from one form to another, or move from a system to its surroundings. This means the total amount of energy in an isolated system always stays the same. The simplest practical example of converting one form of energy to another is solar panels.

Creating a questionnaire in order to get the correct sort of information it aims to get is a very difficult thing. Questions have to be carefully worded so that they cannot be misinterpreted. That is one of the problems of the written word. How many time here amongst ourselves has someone posted what appears to be a very clear comment or statment and it has been taken the wrong way by someone? That is the cause of most of the arguments here, or the missing of jokes.

Very often they are hamstrung by regulations generated by the two higher levels of government. For example, our housing industry at the moment has to comply with a Standards document of 200 pages in order to have ahouse approved for habitation. The council staff can't ignore all those reulations without placing the Council into a legal liability trap. As for Councils being composed of people with Party alignments, that just gets you into the same stalemates as the upper levels of government. In many cases geting onto the local coucil is a first step in a political career in the higher levels of government. Self interest overrides the idea of helping the community.

The concept of Local Government, as I see it, is the means by which communities organise for the provision of facilities and services required by that community. People offer their time to gather and make decisions that it is hoped will solve local problems and/or plan for future improvement which benefit the community. Local Government s we have it is a formalisation of community management that human communities have employed since the time when three or four families decided to pitch their tents together in the same place. In modern times in Australia, each State has created some sort of law to give the various Local Governments the same framework to follow. How each Local Government unit uses that framework depends either on community involvement, or the integrity of those who get elected to form the Council. I would say that the closer the local council is to its community, the better it works. Local Governments in urban areas reflect the lack of 'community' typical of the anonymous nature of the inhabitants. Rural Local Governments are often more in tune with their communities due to the social interactions of those communities.

Did yiou take any notice of the question in the Census regarding religious affiliation? Did you notice that one was able to indicate which stream of the main Protestant styles one followed, or if one as Catholic. As well one could indicate one of the other Christian styles in the box provided. However, for Moslems there was only that one choice. We all know that there are two main styles of Isalm. Come to think of it, I think a person could only indicate that the followed Judaism, not one of its variants. It's not important enough to go ranting about, but I just felt that it was disciminatory to most people, regardless of their reilgious affiliation.

She definitely has a quick mind, being able to jump from topic to topic instantly. I'll not get into a discussion about her beliefs. I'm hoping that my comment will be accepted as being a polite congratulation about a skill she has but I do not. Could she reenter politics after her children have grown a little? I don't think so because her reputation has been blackened by her association with Trump.