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[red750]

Reminds me of the comedian, the late Mitch Hedberg, who said, "Pringles were going to make tennis balls, but when the delivery truck turned up, it was full of potatoes, so the boss said Let's cut'em up."

[Siso]

On 06/01/2025 at 4:42 PM, octave said:

 

OK although I dont really participate in this forum anymore I do occasionally have a poke around.  I can't let this illogical statement go unchallenged.   It is true that an EV is only as clean as the source of power used to recharge its batteries. It is also true that the petrol we burn here in Australia has been brought here by a fuel-hungry tanker ship burning pretty dirty fuel.  Let's look at the rational facts.

 

Do EVs in Victoria rely on brown coal for charging? The first point is that your statement seems to indicate that you believe that all of Victoria's power comes from brown coal.   The fact is that 37.8% of Victoria's power comes from renewables.  The projected and achieved targets are: 

 

• 25% by 2020 (achieved)
• 40% by 2025
• 65% by 2030 (previously 50%)
• 95% by 2035 (new).

It should be understood that the trajectory is towards cleaner power; therefore, with every year that passes, these vehicles get cleaner, whereas petrol cars remain pretty much the same.  As of today the average EV is charged at least a third by cleaner electricity.  I personally pay a couple of cents per KWh for green power. Yes I am aware that the actual power I get comes from a pool of electricity but my retailer buys the amount of power from renewables that equals what I use.  I also generate twice as much power as I need.  I have done some calculations and I believe my rooftop panels could drive an EV for 14000KM per year.

 

I would suggest that an EV even when powered by the standard mix of power from the Victorian grid is still much cleaner than a car that's fuel is shipped in a tanker from abroad and refined (electricity hungry process) and then is put in a road fuel tanker and driven to the petrol station using more fossil fuels which by the way also come to this country in a tanker ship.

 

 

Why do you pay extra for green electricity. It is a well publicised fact by our energy minister that wind and solar are the cheapest form of energy.

[facthunter]

The is NO safe level of trans fats and salt can be bad for your Heart, Potato chips are one of the worst things you can eat. Nev

[octave]

1 hour ago, Siso said:

Why do you pay extra for green electricity. It is a well publicised fact by our energy minister that wind and solar are the cheapest form of energy.

I don't actually pay more per KWh but my power retailer sources its power from renewables. Of course, there are times when there are not enough renewables available (although this gets less with time) but in this case, the company buys an equal amount of renewables when it is available, which I am assuming is more expensive at these times.  My retailer charges 26 cents per kWh  My assumption is I could get this cheaper if I did not care about the source.   My retailer invests in renewable energy technology.  In any case my bills are extremely low anyway due to rooftop solar so I am happy to support renewables.

 

 

[Siso]

Sorry, I thought you said you pay a couple of extra cents. Still kinds of misleads the general public. I had a friend say the Adelaide City Council only uses renewable energy which is not right obviously to some of us but not to the non engineering background people. There is at least 2 gas turbines running continuously in Adelaide directed by AEMO for grid stability so ACC will be getting some of that. ACC purchase some of there energy from a solar farm near Streaky bay on the west coast of the state about 500 km away in a straight line so really they would not be using any of the energy from there. I feel it is misleading and hides how hard the renewable grid is going to be. It also does a dis-service to the rural towns who host these facilities. Does this mean they only use the fossil fueled part of the grid.  The ACT do the same thing but are close to the grid stabilising coal plants in NSW. When they say SA got 85% of there power from renewable, I wander if that is minus the stuff the ACT claim from the Hornesdale wind farm or is it double dipped. There is no Wind turbines even visible from Adelaide because it will ruin the view.

[facthunter]

SA got batteries supplied by Musk on a no workey, no Pay basis.  Scotty from Marketing rubbished the idea. The  State Libs continued the battery policy and extended it. Why don't you mention batteries? It's very much a part of the equation.. Nev

[octave]

Here is an interactive map of operating batteries and those under construction and planned.

 

https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-battery-storage-map-of-australia/

[red750]

Did you know that Australia is wider than the moon?

 

The distance from Byron Bay to Dirk Hartog Island is 3998 km, and the diameter of the moon is 3474 km.

[facthunter]

Just a BIT unscientific, in the terms used., Nev

[red750]

Alright smarty. Give us the scientific stuff. 

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Just a BIT unscientific, in the terms used., Nev

 

1 minute ago, red750 said:

Alright smarty. Give us the scientific stuff. 

The value given for the diameter of the moon is probably derived from a straight line measurement from one side of the Moon to another, through the centre of the sphere. The value for the distance across Australia is probably derived from the length of an arc of a Great Circle passing through both points. If a chord was drawn through the Earth's sphere between the two points, then the length of the chord would be less than the length of the arc.

 

Therefore the straight line distances, diameter -v- arc, would have Australia being narrower than the Moon. 

[red750]

Sam Neill is generally known as a New Zealand actor, but did you know he was actually born in Omagh, Northern Ireland?

[red750]

We all know that shredded or chopped lettuce will start  to go brown within 24 hours. My daughter bought a packet of chopped lettuce about a week ago. Since then we have had it for two evening meals, and I just had some for lunch, no sign of going brown. That's at least 6 days. She stored it in a glass bowl, covered with water, and placed a metal teaspoon in the bottom of the bowl. Works a charm.

 

 

 

[spacesailor]

What does that ' iron teaspoon ' do .

And 

Does the ' teaspoon ' taste good . LoL

spacesailor

[pmccarthy]

The minister at our church was always saying to use lettuce spray, but I haven’t tried it myself.

[red750]

Lord save us from the puns. They belong in the Quickies topic.

 

[Marty_d]

29 minutes ago, red750 said:

Lord save us from the puns. They belong in the Quickies topic.

 

That sounds a bit pun-itive.

[onetrack]

I like the Dave Allan burial benediction - "In the Name of the Father, the Son, and in the Hole He Goes".

 

Edited April 17 by onetrack

[Jerry_Atrick]

I guess Dave Allen's take on dog albitey is such that he was always guaranteed mere mortality. Shame, as one of the best comedians about. My kids watch him and keel over (laughing) every time...

[facthunter]

When you die you 'give up the Ghost'. Trump says HE has a beautiful "Soul".   Personally I think HE is an R sole. . Quickie  meant a brief copulation. Nev

[red750]

Adam Sandler fans are only just finding out that he has starred alongside his wife Jackie Sandler in more than 20 of his films.

 

The Uncut Gems actor, 58, has made a conscious effort to appear alongside his other half over the past two decades, with many cinemagoers keeping an eye out for her cameos, which they've likened to Easter eggs.

 

Jackie, 50, has appeared in several of Adam's movies, including 50 First Dates (2004), where she played a dentist, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), in which she was a teacher, and Grown Ups (2010), where she played Richie Minervini's on-screen wife.

 

Despite frequently having to watch Adam kiss other women on set, the producer insists his wife doesn't get jealous of his on-screen romances.

[red750]

I was watching an old episode of QI with Stephen Fry on Foxtel today. They are all very old episodes. The topic revolved around genitalia etc. One of the information gems Stephen revealed was that if you equate a single sperm to a single bit in a data stream, the average male ejaculation (if there is such a thing), contains the equivalent of 57.4 terrabytes.

 

To show how old these episodes are, episodes on the daily timeslot are hosted by Sandi Toksvig who took over from Stephen.. Last night's episode had Jerry Springer as a guest panelist. He died in April 2023.