If Herr Dutton gets the gig, just videos of the Nuremberg rallies should do the trick.
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Nah we have to find and destroy all the horcruxes.
Iām not expecting you to get the reference but some of the others on here will
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Youāre right. I have no idea what a horcrux is.
I cannot stress how much this is bullshit.
First, it sets the starting point at 2005 emissions. The 20% reduction to date is pure accounting smoke and mirrors. Itās in no way real. But even if it was, the only reason you throw that in there is to make the rest of the challenge look smaller. This is a forwards focused problem, that 20% reduction is pure marketing.
Ok. So the benchmark they used is 2020. The year where industry and transport dropped by an incredible amount, artificially lowering our emissions by a huge amount. Not 2019, which is the last representative year. Peak national lockdown. Bravo.
Ok. Next.
So how do we get there? Technology. We are going to invest in technology. No, I donāt know what technology, but technology will save us. So spending money on technology gets usā¦ somethingā¦ shut up.
Next. Whatās the next amazing idea?
Technology. I know what you are thinking, we just used technology for our first handwavy thing. But this is someone elseās technology. We can take credit for that. No, we donāt know exactly what this global technology thing is anymore than we know what the first technology was.
Next.
Carbon offsets and sinks. Thatās right ladies and gentlemen, we are going with carbon capture and storageā¦ wait for itā¦ technology!!! I guarantee you it will work this time. 15th time is the charm as they say.
Ok. We arenāt quite there. In the future we will need to solve this. Weāll solve it in the future usingā¦ yepā¦ technology. Future technologies! But they donāt exist and we donāt know what they are, so letās call them a breakthrough. Because every critical problem should rely on miraculous solutions appearing out of thin air just as you need them.
And just because I donāt think Iāve repeated the word enoughā¦
TECHNOLOGY!!!
FFS the Exxonmobil climate action plan is a million times better than this crap. Iām legitimately serious.
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The whole plan depends on technological magic that has yet to be invented.
Itās pure fantasy.
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cant wait for bullwinkle to post articles about labour hating the environment
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It should make every Australian uncomfortable that this fascist (no hyperbole) is only one or two heartbeats away from the top job.
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You need to actually have a soul before you start splitting it into 7 pieces
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I cannot stress how easy this is to lay out.
We have 30 years to get to zero.
That means we need to achieve a 3-4% reduction each and every year. Minimum. Thatās without any growth in the economy that would create more emissions.
To do that we need to:
- subsidies to electrify gas and coal burning equipment in industry, commercial and residential. Immediately.
- subsidies to electrify transportation. Immediately.
- install 5% of electricity demand each year in wind and solar. This is a massive amount of construction in rural areas.
- upgrade transmission network to get the wind and solar power to the end users
- construct pumped hydro to store solar energy for when the sun isnāt shining. Target 5-10 days energy storage.
- Forecast potential bottlenecks that will block private investment in renewables and provide government funding to eliminate those problems.
- Become a nation that attracts rather than discourages foreign cash into our energy infrastructure.
- Fund new technologies and incubate Australian renewables start ups that can export technology to the world.
- Support hydrogen production, distribution and utilisation. We currently donāt have technologies to make, transport or use H2. These will be critical.
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Anyway, with Crown.
Why donāt they make the casino cashless?
(And pretty unbelievable they didnāt make them sell the business isnāt it?)
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Almost like believing in the teachings of Hillsong.
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Currency etc is a federal power, state government has no jurisdiction to make laws about it.
Cashless casinos? Thatās a casino dream isnt it? Every pokie is now an atm!
Would just help get rid of the criminal element
As every transaction would be recorded.
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I didnt see this get debated. Who was big on voter fraud recentlyā¦
For Sydney, the Crown issue was the grant of a licence
For Melbourne, Crown is one of the largest employers, a revenue source. It is on two years notice, with the Administrator having veto powers, other conditions . I havenāt read through the report, but understand 9 of the recommendations will be almost immediately implemented.
One of the best things that could happen would be to ban helicopter transfers of high rollers and bring back some peace to the Yarra.
Now, the current sole Sydney Casino licence holder, Star , is under the pumpā¦
Letās see what emerges with Star and from the WA RC into Crownā¦
Crazy.
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Thats quite a list, and they could use Billy Joel we didnāt start the fire to that list
Like an atm except it only takes deposits
Heāll change his name to Commander Dutton and have special monthly ceremonies