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Post by acidohm on Jul 13, 2016 13:41:46 GMT
Hamsters on really big wheels??
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 13, 2016 14:43:48 GMT
Really big hamsters to boot! But...........the age old question is, who is going to feed and water those suckers?
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Post by phydeaux2363 on Jul 13, 2016 16:22:02 GMT
The farmers of America, Mr. Sig.
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Post by acidohm on Jul 13, 2016 16:48:56 GMT
I didn't think that through.....imagine all the emissions from these large hamsters, if we manage to feed them :-)
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Post by acidohm on Jul 13, 2016 17:04:10 GMT
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Post by flearider on Jul 13, 2016 17:37:41 GMT
wow i'd of thought they would just do a thermal power source ?but then again that means controlling a volcano ..
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Post by nautonnier on Jul 13, 2016 20:00:14 GMT
wow i'd of thought they would just do a thermal power source ?but then again that means controlling a volcano .. If they have the cable there, they could put turbines to be driven by the THC that would make sure it slowed down.
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Post by Ratty on Jul 13, 2016 23:04:27 GMT
Really big hamsters to boot! But...........the age old question is, who is going to feed and water those suckers? ..... AND who's gonna clean up after them AND where are they gonna put it AND who's gonna measure the belches and farts for methane content? We need to set up a task force, call in PETA, consult with Greenpeace and organise some research funding. ** ** be sure to mention "methane" and "warming." "Catastrophic" is good too.
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Post by missouriboy on Jul 14, 2016 17:11:26 GMT
Really big hamsters to boot! But...........the age old question is, who is going to feed and water those suckers? The guys from Chuck's HAMSTA BARBEQUE. Re-cycling is in. And ditto to above.
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 14, 2016 17:29:39 GMT
Really big hamsters to boot! But...........the age old question is, who is going to feed and water those suckers? The guys from Chuck's HAMSTA BARBEQUE. Re-cycling is in. And ditto to above. Does this give a new meaning to well aged meat? Those older hamsters that no longer perform, a KW a day, will be exterminated? Will we have to call Dr. Who to fix our energy grid? Anyone observed a phone booth showing up lately?
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Post by Ratty on Jul 14, 2016 23:06:41 GMT
Who's on first.
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Post by douglavers on Jul 15, 2016 5:56:46 GMT
From today's Australian:
"The traditional manufacturing state of South Australia, with the worst jobless rate in the country, is paying the highest prices in the national electricity market.
South Australia’s lack of access to low-cost coal, an exposure to higher wholesale gas prices and an absence of competition in conventional power generation was to blame, analysts said.
The state’s Liberal opposition has pointed the finger at the Labor’s government’s “overzealous rush into wind power” that it said was driving base-load electricity providers out of the market, pointing to the closure this year of the coal-fired Port Augusta power stations.
Soaring electricity prices in South Australia have seen up to 10 major manufacturers, including BHP Billiton, Arrium and Nyrstar, approach Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis to warn of production shutdowns unless the government intervened.
As a result, an extra 239 megawatts of power will come on line from today after private energy supplier Engie agreed to fire up a previously mothballed generator at Pelican Point, near Port Adelaide.
Spot power prices for South Australia have risen to more than seven times that of the Victorian price and almost eight that in NSW during the past week.
Mr Koutsantonis said yesterday the energy crisis had arisen because of a shortage of electricity being supplied to the state through an interconnector with Victoria, compounded by a planned outage at the Heywood Interconnector for upgrade work, higher gas prices and wild storms.
“A confluence of remarkable events has led to incredible volatility in the spot market over recent days, which has resulted in higher electricity prices and put pressure on South Australian businesses, some of whom have raised their concerns with me,” he said.
“Engie has brought additional generation at Pelican Point online after I approached them with the request. No amount has been paid to Engie to increase generation.”
Mr Koutsantonis said the situation was “another example of the failure of the so-called national energy market”.
The state had allocated $500,000 in last week’s budget for a feasibility study into greater interconnection of energy supply between South Australia and the eastern states, and asked the federal government to assist, he said.
This came as South Australia’s unemployment rate surged to 7 per cent last month, well above the 5.8 per cent national rate.
Business SA and the opposition said a lack of power security, stability and price competitiveness would only lengthen job queues.
“If there are manufacturers that are considering South Australia and looking at another state where it is more cost-competitive, then they’re going to go there,” Business SA’s Anthony Penney said yesterday. “Businesses in this state, particularly our manufacturers, our energy intensive industries, have been telling us for a while that energy prices are getting out of control.
“Right now, renewables in South Australia make up over 40 per cent of the energy, without the technology to effectively store the power being generated.”
Australian Energy Regulator data shows power prices in South Australia during the next two years will be 34 per cent higher than the national average and 69 per cent higher than Victoria."
The cost of pushing CAGW are gradually becoming apparent.
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Post by Ratty on Jul 15, 2016 6:38:41 GMT
From today's Australian: [ Snip ] The cost of pushing CAGW are gradually becoming apparent.I told you so, didn't I? Well DougL, I've told everybody else in my address book and anyone who would listen (and some who didn't want to). Weren't you listening?
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Post by icefisher on Jul 17, 2016 1:14:50 GMT
From today's Australian: [ Snip ] The cost of pushing CAGW are gradually becoming apparent.I told you so, didn't I? Well DougL, I've told everybody else in my address book and anyone who would listen (and some who didn't want to). Weren't you listening? "The cost of pushing CAGW are gradually becoming apparent" leaves off "to the Australian and everybody else who has had their head in the sand over the past 8 years".
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 20, 2016 16:34:36 GMT
Naw, I am not as smart as he is. Plus, I don't have as much hair...LOL.
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