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Only one of those articles has anything suggesting the world is going to end in 2030 - the Bob Geldof one. Even then, he's simply stating it's a possibility, which is technically correct, and I'm sure even he would agree the probability of that is so low we can ignore it. To state the obvious...

I don't think these questions are relevant. If you aren't willing to change your mind no matter what the evidence is, or just don't care what happens, then just be honest about that.

There appear to be a lot of posters in this thread who aren't interested in Australia taking action on Climate Change. I'm curious though - what would it take for you to decide we need to take urgent action? A 2°C rise in average temperatures in Australia? A 4°C rise? A 10°C rise? And don't...

Those figures come from a report commission by the Minerals Council that was released over 2 years ago. I think the solar figure includes feed-in tariffs, which aren't really relevant to federal policy, and the high end of which are being phased out. The wind figure seems to match with the price...

We seem to have gone from predicting a recession because the ALP (or should I say "Unions") are going to win, to now saying things are already so bad we're heading for a recession, with international factors also a problem. I'd suggest the government has far less influence over business than...

But the claim was that forward sales died when the election was called. But there was no new information introduced by it being called. Perhaps the date being called made people come to the realisation the Coalition weren't going to propose any significant changes or direction. I presume we're...

That doesn't make any sense - the only possibility was that the election might have been earlier, but as it happened it was left until the last possible weekend (notwithstanding some suggestions next weekend would also have been a valid date). If someone thought there might have been another...

How does the threat of a year in prison sound as a deterrent? The great thing is, while you won't be stopped doing it on the day, you will be caught later, so we know how often it happens. It's also possible to figure out whether it could have impacted a particular contest...

Because if you've paid $30 million in tax, your marginal tax rate isn't 0%, which is less than 30%.

I notice that seat map now shows those seats that were taken as unoccupied or blocked. The only seats showing as occupied are 4 seats in the middle of economy. I wonder if they moved everyone off who'd already booked?

Did anyone book seats on this with a cash fare? Qantas are now promoting this as a "Points Plane" sold exclusively as reward tickets. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/member-specials/points-plane.html

I think as of some time in the last year the barcode in the app changes periodically. Presumably a time is now included in the barcode. That said, I do remember using a screenshot even after they introduced the changing barcode. But perhaps they've only recently started enforcing it. The...

Actually, nuclear's probably a non-starter because it's much more expensive than any of the other options we have. We simply don't need it when the price of renewables and storage is dropping so dramatically.

Come on people, the discussion in this thread is filled with all sorts of baseless accusations, from a few players, and it's quite obviously almost all in one direction. The report being cited assumes wholesale electricity prices go to over $130/MWh. The cost of renewables at the moment is...

Did you do an Aurora tour? The week before we arrived (in Tromso), they'd apparently all been driving 3 hours to FInland to get better conditions. Makes for a long night, but meant they usually saw them. The tour guides were all in Whatsapp group chats reporting what they'd managed to find. On...

A few quick photos from the rest of our stay at Tomamu. A local beer, and a nice view through some wine. Some ramen from one of the restaurants. As it turned out, ordering this fancy one wasn't the best idea. The standard simple ones were better. We saw this, but it wasn't open...

The next morning we caught the bus from just outside HIroshima station (therefore also just outside the Sheraton) to Hiroshima airport. At this point I was slightly nervous due to my backpack being fairly close to the carry-on size limit, depending on which web site you look at. It turns out it...

We only had one day in Hiroshima, so had an early start to get there from Kyoto. The weather wasn't looking good, but we had our fingers crossed hoping for the best. In Hiroshima we stayed at the Sheraton Grand Hiroshima Hotel. It's located just a couple of minutes walk from the Shinkansen exit...

It was our last day in Kyoto, with the others leaving to head back to Japan before flying out the next day. We were catching a train to Hiroshima the next day. We had some lunch at Kyoto station. Unfortunately I don't remember the restaurant. It had a great view looking over the train lines...

There were a few hangovers after Kobe (fortunately I escape), so a quiet day followed. Mostly just a late visit to Nara, to see the deer at Nara Park, and have some Okonomiyaki. It's at least a 15 minute walk from Nara station (the JR one) to Nara Park. There are plenty of restaurants and shops...