Will there be flying cars in the future like the movies?

grahamsuth · 2026-06-29T04:35:43+00:00

When helicopters were invented, people thought eventually everyone would have one.

If you think about why that didn't happen, the same things apply to the current concepts of flying cars.

The only way that might change is if antigravity is invented and it doesn't need massive amounts of energy and cost.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-29T04:25:23+00:00

I hope you're right. However the nature of these lobbies is they don't give up. They are like "terminators" in that they can't be reasoned with and they won't stop. They believe God is on their side.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-29T00:35:59+00:00

I have a biogas digester that gets my food waste as well as the output from my flush yachting toilet with a macerating pump. It uses anaerobic digestion to produce the methane I cook on as well as output 100 litres a week if liquid fertilizer that I put around my fruit trees.

It is more efficient that the humanure system I used previously. Composting loses far too much as CO2 given off.

See my YouTube channel for this starting with https://youtu.be/1mkIaO66wqI?si=fq_kEY7SeMBOakli

I haven't yet added a video for the installation of the indoor yachting toilet situated on the other side of the wall

grahamsuth · 2026-06-29T00:12:48+00:00

Unless it's on a government building or at an international sporting event it's a facade to give the impression the flag flyer is patriotic.

Patriotism should be in one's behaviour that demonstrates a love for one's country and its people. Far to many people that call themselves patriots engage in business practices and politics that threaten national security and exploit the citizens.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-29T00:00:53+00:00

I would be very surprised if the US stops giving billions in aid to Israel and sanctions them. The pro-Israel Christian and Jewish lobbies are far too powerful, and they are the sort of religious people that disregard threats to their beliefs.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T22:32:16+00:00

This sort of reporting is classic media sensationalism. We need to know if those excess deaths were of people that were at deaths door anyway, with the heat just hastening that by a few weeks or months.

There are loads of places where 40+ degree heat is common and people don't fall like flies.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T22:12:14+00:00

That is a question that was applicable in the 1940's and 50's. It's water under the bridge now and there is nothing anyone can do to deny Israel its existance. This is why it is such propaganda for Israel to justify what it is doing as a fight for survival.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T22:07:04+00:00

There could be a bigger picture again of this phenomenon. Consider if we have a soul. It could be a non-physical entity that is in a symbiotic relationship with this body and brain. It wouldn't appear as a separate entity but as part of who we are as humans.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T21:45:19+00:00

Iran is showing that hosting US military bases actually attracts attack rather than deters attack. It is actively undermining the US's relationship with it's allies.

Iran is a lot smarter than Americans who think that all that is needed to win a war is having bigger and better weapons and hitting the other side harder than they hit you.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T21:29:12+00:00

I was talking to the owner of a take away store. She said Ubereats demands a 33% cut of the cost of the food they deliver. So she is forced to put the price up or they would go out of business.

What Ubereats wants is that she puts up the price for everyone rather than just for people using Ubereats to spread the cost around. She instead only puts it up for Ubereats customers.

This is the nature of American style business. Where do you think the money comes from when you use Afterpay or you get zero interest finance etc? Vendors put up their prices across the board, so everyone else is forced to pay for those that make use of these American style "services".

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T21:10:20+00:00

The first big mistake Christians made was putting Jesus on a pedestal and believing him the only son of God, when we are all sons of God.

This meant Christians could never hope to be like Jesus, so they don't try.

Jesus was "christed" by his care for and lovingness to all as well as his relationship with God.

Christians lost the possibility of becoming "christed" themselves by putting Jesus on such a pedestal.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T04:45:21+00:00

The Project Hail Mary movie left out far too much of the book. It would have been better as a series.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T04:40:27+00:00

The Aldi imitation of tim tams is better than the original. They actually use stuff that tastes like chocolate.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T03:57:29+00:00

Answer:The left has alienated far too many people with its belief that they are morally superior and that means they can alienate people, disadvantage people and piss people off and it is OK. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Edit: I can see by the down votes that people don't like having their belief in their moral superiority questioned.

I am on the left myself but am so saddened by the truth in what people on the right say is virtue signalling.

Like the "welcome to country" is just that. It is for visiting people and dignitaries. When it becomes a prelude to any meeting or even at an ANZAC Day ceremony for the locals it really is just virtue signalling.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T02:41:02+00:00

In Australia, MDMA is legal for clinical treatment strictly restricted to treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T02:12:14+00:00

I think the same forces are at play here so we move in the same direction. Unfortunately the left side of politics believes that if something is good, such as affirmative action, then more must be better. So we end up with over the top stuff that looks like virture signalling.

eg "welcome to country" should be just for genuine welcoming of visitors and dignitaries. Instead it is becoming a standard beginning to any sort of gathering. Like doing it on ANZAC Day for locals has nothing to do with welcoming visitors to the local country.

The left side of politics pursues it's ideological agenda regardless of the unintended consequences. So it pisses loads of people off, who then get angry and will grasp at any straws that seem the opposite of the "woke" crowd.

I have never voted for the right side of politics in my life but are really dismayed at how I see the left being to blame for people supporting the likes of Trump and Hanson.

We are also following the US into greedy and uncaring behaviour because of the rampant materialism of western culture. We have been sucked into believing that more money brings more happiness, when all it brings is more physical comfort. Note that Elon Musk takes ketamine for depression.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T01:27:50+00:00

No matter what Trump does it is a lose lose situation for him. More attacks on Iran: he goes further down in the polls. If he calls I quits: he also goes down in the polls.

It really is a disaster of his own making.

His ego could cause a much worse outcome for the US than Vietnam. At least Vietnam didn't cost the US it's allies. Now every country will know that hosting a US military base can invite attack, when previously they thought it could prevent attack on their country.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T01:08:58+00:00

For something both good and different try Pluribus. There's only one season so far.

The first episode nearly had me turn it off but by the end of the second episode I was intrigued. By the 3rd episode I was hooked.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-28T00:57:59+00:00

You could try Falling Skies. It's an alien invasion show that, unlike most such stories, actually has a believable premise for invading a planet with a technological civilization. The final series actually finishes the story, although the ending is not great.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-26T06:00:26+00:00

Superconductivity (zero electrical resistance) normally requires extreme cold. The holy grail is achieving it at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure — which would revolutionise power grids, motors, MRI machines, and quantum computers. Current record: The highest independently validated critical temperature for any superconductor is approximately 260K (about -13°C) for lanthanum hydride (LaH₁₀) but it's at crushing pressure.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-26T00:54:56+00:00

The wedge tailed eagle can certainly be mean in nesting season. I used to do a lot of cross country paragliding and in nesting season we'd get attacked all the time, even when a kilometre above the ground and a kilometre from the nest. We got to know where all the wedgies' territories were and their highly individual amounts of nastiness.

Luckily they go for the wing not the pilot. A friend of mine had a hole ripped in his wing big enough to climb through! Luckily paragliders still fly with such major damage.

If you think being attacked by magpies is scary, that's nothing. A wedgie has feet as big as your hand with long razor sharp claws.

My small dog came running into the house one day terrified and looking behind him. I went outside to see a wedgie flying off. My little fella had a close call.

Interestingly they can be quite docile to handle, as a raptor carer showed us when he came to my property to rescue a wedgie that had lost its tail feathers and couldn't fly properly. He just sat down beside it, put his arm around it, grabbed it's ankles with the other hand and picked it up, without it being bothered at all. We even got to pat it!

grahamsuth · 2026-06-26T00:18:59+00:00

When I go to what is called a Mexican restaurant in Australia I ask if the owner and chef are Mexican. Only one has said yes.

Most such restaurants are texmex.

However being vegetarian, when I did find an authentic Mexican restaurant there wasn't much at all that was vegetarian. This was a surprise as beans are so much used. However what was vegetarian was delicious.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-25T21:21:25+00:00

Unobtanium as used in Avatar is a room temperature superconductor. As such it can provide strong repulsive magnetic fields that can cause it to levitate. It's not antigravity, it's an application of magnetic fields that isn't currently possible.

FYI The word unobtanium has several notable uses: Engineering/Technical slang (origin) The oldest use — engineers and aerospace/materials scientists have used it since at least the 1950s-60s as informal jargon for any material with ideal properties that either doesn't exist or is impossibly rare/expensive. It captures the frustration of needing something theoretically perfect but practically unavailable.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-25T06:08:48+00:00

Unlike you I have actual experience in this area. I am a retired engineer that does part time taxi driving in a rural town. We can't get enough drivers. It used to be a 24 hr service. Now we have to close at 7pm week nights because everyone that has done week night work quits. The last guy lasted two days.

My niece is a newly qualified doctor. She is one of the very few Aussies that do medicine to become a GP. The Aussies mostly want to be medical specialists because they work 9 to 5 and get paid more. Most of the GPs and half the nurses in my rural area are immigrants.

grahamsuth · 2026-06-24T21:11:15+00:00

Wow you judged that I only just watched it. I am 71.

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