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So when you read gowatson's last post about shrinking ice caps and the possible causes and effects, and then contrast that with the "Juliar" picture - do you see both of them as contributing equally to the debate? I don't, and I have very little time for that sort of rubbish or the people who...

True - but if I want to hear bigoted, irrational and "opinion for sale" type arguments I can listen to the shock-jocks or pick up any Murdoch rag. I would much prefer to have a proper debate on this forum, but standards are slipping. But it's a global phenomena on this global issue of climate...

Granted. It's not in a constant state, hence ice ages and the like. Can we move on to the next point now, which is the alleged existence of anthropogenic climate change? So - do you believe human activity is impacting our climate? Yes or no. If you don't then your objection to a carbon tax...

I'm surprised you forgot to remind us of the "Reds under our beds!" Lame.

Sums up what exactly? Democracy?? A mandate is what the majority agree on - not your minority opinion. Devastating tax.... hmmmm ... what has it cost you so far? What is it likely to cost you when it is implemented? This week I got a letter from AGL that outlined impending price rises...

Thanks for that Oneworldplus2 - you've managed to lower the debate even further than I thought possible. Any more where they came from because you may as well insult everyone's intelligence whilst you're on a roll.

It's Not much different to becoming a doctor - a lot of debt and hard work up front to (hopefully) reap the rewards later. Only now Qantas wants to take those rewards away from their staff. Would you be happy if your local hospital sacked all the specialists and imported cheap medical staff...

$7.50? That's cheap! I just booked a SYD/SIN flight on QF and the CC fee was $30. If it was my own money I would have used EFTPOS, but for work expenses they all go through Amex. Good thing the airfare was cheap, but that only makes the % of the fee look worse. Why is Qantas pulling all...

OK. And in the article you quoted they state that :- "Overall, it is very likely that the response to anthropogenic forcing contributed to sea level rise during the latter half of the 20th century." No absolutes - just an assessment of probabilities. And the rate of change looks to be...

I was considering voting ... until I saw that the answers were not a simple "Yes" or "No", but a classic case of push-polling. I would not live within 5 km of any power generation facility, regardless of type, and the whole question reeks of the NIMBY mentality. As a society we should decide...

What's so funny?

Re: Carbon Tax - or are we now talking about something else All power generation methods have problems with being located in densely populated areas, whilst at the same time you don't want them too far away because of the transmission losses. Whether they be coal or nuclear or hydro or wind or...

Yes - there are lots of threads about award tickets to Europe. They contain such nuggets of information like :- If you have no status then good luck to you If you want multiple tickets then good luck to you If you want to fly at peak times then good luck to you If you want to take advantage of...

In the end we were only held on board for 15 minutes, but when we emerged to claim our bags the queue for rescreening seemed to stretch the length of the terminal. Certainly better to be arriving rather than leaving.

Currently waiting to disembark QF516 but we are being held on the plane due to a security breach in the terminal. So how long does it take to sterilize a terminal?

Sheraton is OK if work is paying - but I would pick the Rex and have breakfast in-house. Convenient for the nightly sundowners before heading out to dinner too. And DO NOT make eye contact with drivers/riders, as once you have seen them it becomes YOUR responsibility to get out of THEIR way...

Agree. If the pax is Gold then they will be well aware of the status system and how it benefits them, and I'm sure if they made Platinum in the future they would expect to be given precedence over the "Scum Gold".

Nope - the lounges are still overcrowded (on occasions), but not so much as they used to be when those pesky WPs were rorting the system. [My job is done - I'll be off now!]

Re: Isn't this forum overrun by capitalists? Oh - so because there are 50 Chinese for every Australian then the average Aussies is allowed to pollute 50 times more than the average Chinese citizen? Put that one in the dictionary under "arrogance". The majority of households are being...

Isn't this forum overrun by capitalists? Then how come so many of them are such poor economists? If pollution costs nothing and a company can make $1 more by doubling their pollution output then guess what the shareholders will vote for? Oh really? Are you very sure?? By putting a price on...