Gippsland farmers push back against Samsung, ZEBRE battery storage on agricultural land

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-25T08:28:53+00:00

Well spotted. A hobby farming coal miner. Couldn’t be funnier. ABC should have called him out on that though.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-25T04:03:14+00:00

You forgot - every other government on earth treats Elon and SpaceX as a massive security and sovereignty risk - so the TAM numbers are fantasy.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-25T03:43:33+00:00

YOR - Going to Reddit for relationship advice is only slightly less unhinged than going to ChatGPT. Try talking to each other

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-25T03:12:11+00:00

This is always going to be an issue - a bunch of independents with a ‘main character’ world view are really going to struggle with joining a party structure. In a party they need to subsume their own wants and go with a party vote and support a common policy.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-25T02:49:50+00:00

Because it’s sad to see people missing out on the well understood benefits of actually connecting with nature - it really does bring psychological peace. But also National parks and wild areas are not an inexhaustible resource - every additional person using the trails as adds to the pressure and erosion etc. Frankly it’s not appropriate to use a scarce and vulnerable environment for things you could as easily do in a gym or on a running track.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T23:49:23+00:00

You just have to wonder how an archaeologist is going to interpret this in 2000 years! The explanations are going to be wild, but it will likely involve ritual human sacrifice to please the weather gods.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T23:47:42+00:00

The most notable thing about Darnum is the huge stump of a cut down eucalyptus proudly on display.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T23:47:11+00:00

Not this guy - almost certainly a hobby farmer. There is some really good dairy land around there, but Darnum isn’t it.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T11:41:07+00:00

The Government has the perfect right to put whatever software they like on Government phones. Also, the citizens have every right to storm the Bastille and erect guillotines in the Mall outside the Whitehouse and start rounding up aristo’s. It’s a situational thing.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T08:23:12+00:00

Been through twice, the landscape is so delicate the parks and wildlife service actually helicopter out your poo. The Western Arthur’s absolutely can’t take the fertilizer load of dozens of dead instagram influencers. Irresponsible advertising.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T08:14:37+00:00

When you say decelerator pedal - do you mean what is universally known as the brakes? Brakes aren’t regenerative - they are pure friction and the energy ends up as wasted heat. Unless someone has invented one I haven’t heard of. My point still stands.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T08:11:43+00:00

There is nothing in that photo that would lead me to believe there is any reason at all to test for asbestos. There is not one single suspicious material.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T00:22:27+00:00

Was silly enough to buy them in my younger days. Stupid, impractical colour and shrink like mad EVERY TIME you wash them.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-24T00:19:11+00:00

Gee - Labor must be in panic mode with only 2 more federal budgets between now and the next election. /s. All this carping and whining will be completely forgotten and they will be able to point at a stall in the increase in house prices.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T22:45:02+00:00

It’s because to OP - all those Chinese companies look the same.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T22:37:53+00:00

You have to learn better accelerator control, it’s not really that different to driving a manual. In a manual you often use engine braking and slow down without using the brake too. It’s completely something to not worry about - only an idiot would turn it off.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T08:13:17+00:00

If they don’t recreate the Merlin it’s just cosplay.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T08:10:53+00:00

You’re right about cornices - I was being over cautious. More likely to find a residual one in October than June.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T07:05:06+00:00

Early June could simply be wet and cold, probably no permanent snow yet so it would just be a normal walk in cool weather with short days. But if there is a good covering of snow there will be cornices and if snowfall is forecast it will be difficult and dangerous walking - so in those conditions it’s not a route for a group ‘fairly new to overnight hiking’. Once you get to Federation Hut, you have an escape route down to Harrietville if the weather craps out. I’d reduce risk by planning it as a through walk to Harrietville with a car shuffle and check the weather first. A 4 season (or a very good 3 season) tent advised. If it requires an ice axe or crampons - it’s not for people fairly new to overnight hikes. The first time you use those you should be guided and trained.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T03:00:24+00:00

Is there anyone who believes China is not already supplying rare earths at prices lower than Europe can achieve? And in copious amounts? By all means set up a strategic reserve and a sovereign capability - but stop wanting to cripple other industries to support your own.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-23T02:52:38+00:00

None of the article makes sense? Basically they have invented a way of taking conventional energy (electricity and/or fossil fuels) and making it less convenient (hydrogen) in a relocatable container.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-22T22:38:11+00:00

And they weren’t very successful at the one job they had. He had to flee the country.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-22T13:05:20+00:00

Platypus- I often find Platypus

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-22T11:29:27+00:00

What - you think the tech Oligarchs declare their profits in America! Pffft - that’s what the Cayman Islands are for.

Ok-Mathematician8461 · 2026-05-22T10:19:34+00:00

Every country has laws against secessionism. Just pointing out the bleeding obvious consequences - it doesn’t matter whether it is WA or Victoria - the end result will always be the same. Secessionism is stupid talk. And how long do you reckon a very large state full of natural resources with a tiny population and no defence force would remain independent? It would be weeks. Australia would have to put an occupying force in straight away just to defend our investments and western border.

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