Potus ???

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, Big J said:

 

I do agree that the Dems have a habit of picking candidates who are suboptimal. I would have liked to have seen Pete Buttigieg, but there are too many people in the US who wouldn't elect a gay guy. And whilst I'm no huge fan of Harris, compared to the alternative, she's the obvious choice.

 

The entire American political system is totally f**ked. It is completely dominated by money and inevitably doesn't serve the people. The electoral college system is anti-democratic and the country is so starkly divided along party lines that the notion of it being a United States of America is laughable.

 

I read recently that congressmen/women spend fully 50% of their time fund raising. It's insane. 

 

 

I think we will see the states break up in our lifetime 

[Bolt]

Just now, Steve Bullman said:

I think we will see the states break up in our lifetime 

Is this your Elon Musk ‘UK is at civil war moment’

 

You social media tycoons are all the same.

[Bolt]

16 hours ago, GarethM said:

Coal is also primarily Australian, as they've almost banned burning it where it's mined.

 

I am actually surprised China isn't allowing plastic waste to "recycle", free fuel and all that.

Are you saying Australia primarily burns coal, or the the coal burnt by China is Australian coal, because Australia has banned burning it?

[difflock]

24 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Are you saying Australia primarily burns coal, or the the coal burnt by China is Australian coal, because Australia has banned burning it?

yes.

[Stubby]

24 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Are you saying Australia primarily burns coal, or the the coal burnt by China is Australian coal, because Australia has banned burning it?

Are you saying your Nans Grans Nan is better than our Grans Nans Gran ? 

[GarethM]

Australia has zero nuclear, but has increasingly gone to burning gas.

 

They have coal plants but they're very old and keep breaking when they are forced to fire them up due to demand, it's a stealth way of closing them as they won't build more due to climate bs.

 

So most coal is exported and the Chinese built massive ports for it.

 

The Oz grid makes ours look sane! 

Edited October 26, 2024 by GarethM

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

It's a depressing indictment of the state of the US that the election is on a knife edge between a former prosecutor/long time public servant and someone who is:

 

• A convicted felon, with many, many more court cases to come
• A fascist
• In cognitive decline
• Has no interest in serving anyone but himself
• Is genuinely the worst person that I can think of who has ever stained public life
•  

If he wins, I will incredible pity for the more than 50% of Americans who didn't vote for him.

 

 

I can't imagine what it must be like to live in a country where Trump is the head of state. What a gigantic, unforgivable skidmark of a human being.

 

Completely unrelated - why doesn't America have more talented would-be assassins? 

 

Not to mention us and the rest of the world.

 

 

[GarethM]

2 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Not to mention us and the rest of the world.

Or in other words.

 

A glorified pen pushing political/bureaucratic automaton with zero soul Vs a human being?

[Bolt]

13 minutes ago, GarethM said:

 

The Oz grid makes ours look sane! 
 

 

Most of Western Australia is modelled around 4GW coal base load with daytime peaks covered by solar.

 

 

Source: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AU-QLD

 

[sime42]

10 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Or in other words.

 

A glorified pen pushing political/bureaucratic automaton with zero soul Vs a human being?

 

Eh?

 

It'd be easier if you used words to form sentences that the rest of us can understand.

 

Picking up on your last point - are you suggesting that Donald Trump is a normal, well adjusted human being? That's an insane claim.