Watch This Space.Yeah, that's exactly the scaremongering that will come from the left as soon as an election is called. But are you telling the truth? Can you substantiate your statement of WC MkII?????
Greeks bitch about their country (and riot in the streets) because they donna wanna paya da tax! Similarly, many people are upset here.I thought you concluded that the majority of us were Greek and that you were superior.
Have you now decided that you're Greek too ?
Why? What are you scared of?He was serious. Perhaps you should take his advice, unless of course you have something worthwhile to offer.
In other words, Keep Your Hands Off My Stack.Because you don't stay an affluent nation by allowing lunatics to deliberately inflict damage upon you.
Welcome to the Cuckoos nest Eager. You have already been introduced to most of the residents and I'm sure many others will come out soon.
Don't be too put off. I'm sure they are all basically harmless and at heart good people. Just we sometimes have some strikingly different concepts of "logic" "reality" and "common sense" . It gives us all something to think about.
Cheers
Why? What are you scared of?
Not valid at all - This leftie knows how to make money quite well, thankyouyverymuch. BTW Julia, I've swung before too, from the introduction of the GST and for a while after. Statewise, it has always been about 50/50. But I simply cannot vote for a government led by Tony Rabbit.
Ultimately, we can't sustain constant growth ANY way be it through coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro or whatever.Meh, the numbers are clear. You can't meet the natural increase in energy consumption any other way.
The thing about renewable energy is that virtually all forms of it are capital intensive to build but very cheap to operate. In layman's terms, that means they provide a lot of jobs during construction but virtually no ongoing employment once built.I'm really surprised you see the workings of a Carbon Levy in this way Smurf.
If the levy is successful there will be some big re engineering programs around new renewable power supplies. This is all manufacturing jobs surely? And the intention of the levy and the renewable energy fund is to drive new clean power technologies. I would have thought the skill sets would be similar to many/any jobs lost in the process ?
If EROEI is negative then it's not a net energy source no matter what the $.EROEI does seem a useful way of describing it, 'do the math' looks to have some interesting things to say, I'll have to check it out some more. Mind you I still prefer $ as the unit, and profit/loss as the measure, since it embodies all resources including energy (labour, materials etc).
The solution you are looking for is extermination of the human species. There is non other.Ultimately, we can't sustain constant growth ANY way be it through coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro or whatever.
That is the fundamental realisation which needs to set in. The target rate of GDP growth ultimately needs to be reduced to ZERO since constant growth at any rate is ultimately unsustainable on a finite planet.
Constant growth isn't sustainable. Nuclear power (or clean coal, solar, hydro, wind, geothermal or anything else) doesn't change that reality. At best, it buys a bit of time but that's it.
My own preference is that we bring about a rational transition that fixes the real problem in an orderly manner which minimises the inevitable suffering that will result.
The increase in price creates pressure to develop alternative fuel sources (as per my oil vs coal example). EROEI is related to ROE. The ROE decreases as EROEI decreases, and vice versa. A negative EROEI fuel can only persist temporarily, and typically does so because of existing capital (i.e. in my trains example, even if it took oil to extract coal, at negative EROEI, it would still be done in the interim as capital investment moved from (lossy) trains to (profitable) trucks.If EROEI is negative then it's not a net energy source no matter what the $.
I understand what you are saying, my point though is that oil at $100 or $20,000 has zero impact on EROEI. If the physics doesn't work then it doesn't work - no increase in price will change that.
You admit to being scared by my posts???????Five inane posts in which you have contributed nothing, but smart-ar*e comments.
Hasn't cut deep at all. Water off a duck's back in fact. One gets used to it from the herd.Bwahahaha. The knife has well and truly cut and leftie deep.
I don't think lefties know what they stand for? Wealth reduction through taxes that will leave the poorer richer? Lol I feel like i'm spinning myself out!
Poverty - That doesn't sound right. I've never heard that the dependant spouse rebate had a cutoff age/date before. Are you sure that there are no other tax break schemes that your wife can partake in? I'd seek advice from Centrelink or even a tax accountant or similar to make sure you're getting what you can.
Agreed with your comments BUT the earth is ultimately a finite resource. Humans and their resource use WILL stop growing whether we like it or not.The solution you are looking for is extermination of the human species. There is non other.
You cannot control humans 'on the downside', if you will (i.e. reducing their consumption rate), with humans. And unless there are angels willing to do it, it won't happen.
In the hypothetical situation were say, a bunch of nations strangle their consumption rates, the rest of the worlds nations become more powerful, push the stranglers aside, grow, and more than make up for the consumption rate.
A pendulum is stable at the bottom of its swing, not the top.
Can't argue about that. Problem is, we're running out of energy sources with a high EROEI - that's the crux of it. Instead of getting a 100:1 return, we're going to have to accept 2:1 or something like that. The almost free ride is coming to an end and now we're going to have to divert quite a lot of human effort into energy production.The increase in price creates pressure to develop alternative fuel sources (as per my oil vs coal example). EROEI is related to ROE. The ROE decreases as EROEI decreases, and vice versa.
And happy for everyone else to pay your way too, or so it would seem.Greeks bitch about their country (and riot in the streets) because they donna wanna paya da tax! Similarly, many people are upset here.
I'm happy to pay my way.
I doubt very much that you have the forum mods worried.Don't worry Mods and Admins: I'm only responding in kind.
IF, I'd almost begun to develop some respect for you at one stage when you demonstrated some objectivity. It's really not that hard. Maybe consider it again.
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Julia,
I can translate leftist doublespeak:
What IF is saying is that he has no answers to your question.
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