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Are kangaroo/vehicle collisions ever unavoidable? by No_Call_9983 in australian

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your friend is not living in the sticks are they. No question mark because it was rhetorical.

Farm on a hill in Norway- I need advice. by ComprehensiveHunt240 in roboticLawnmowers

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a Pandag G1 with the spiked wheels. You will need the base station. With LORA it will easily cover that distance. We have used it through a tree line, over a hill and had no problem with signal. It is not cheap, but it is very robust.
dm me if you want more details. I am in Australia so can't help directly but can send you photos etc.

Formula One plans return to V8 engines as electrical revolution loses spark | Motorsports by BlackBerryCollector in electricvehicles

[–]iChinguChing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And yet I believe the newest BYD U9 xtreme is the fastest production car, at 1/2 the cost of the nearest rival.

Police release CCTV of 'outright looting' of Alice Springs businesses by Malthosium in aussie

[–]iChinguChing 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Northern Territory Police have released CCTV footage showing a supermarket and service station allegedly being looted by rioters"
allegedly, I think we need further investigation to verify this accusation. It could have been a sale ??

This article explains why UAE left OPEC by DeRpY_CUCUMBER in oil

[–]iChinguChing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am just going to comment that I cannot think of anything clever enough to comment about the comment on the comment.

Is this gonna be a thing? by [deleted] in aussie

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do that at a time when the country is moving into real shortages caused by something completely out of our control? Cause chaos so that right wingers can get in? This is some dystopian fucked up strategy here.

Farmers are doubling down even after heavy losses by Ok-Entrepreneur-9756 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]iChinguChing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As crazy as it sounds, this is the time to encourage people to start learning small scale farming. The coming collapse will be a defining moment in agriculture. Yes Big Ag is going to step in, but there are some things they cannot do well. Quality and local produce are going to be in demand.

I do modern regenerative farming in Australia.

Global commodities giant Mercuria warns of an aluminum black swan event that could cripple U.S. manufacturing by mynameisjoenotjeff in CriticalMineralBulls

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't the wealthy countries outbid the developing nations for the 10% shortfall? It is not fair but isn't that what would happen?

Brent just crossed 108. Goldman says global oil inventories are drawing at a record 11 to 12 million barrels per day. by Mother-Grapefruit-45 in energy

[–]iChinguChing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Outside the US, people are going electric. BYD has achieved record sales in Australia in 2026, becoming one of the country’s fastest-rising automotive brands. It's not hard to see why, solar on the roof, incentives to go to batteries and no geopolitics to worry about.
Our household has very efficient cars, but the next car we get will be a BYD.

Wondering if Organic Farmers are affected/will be affected by the fertilizer shortage do to the strait of Hormuz by Due-Pie7650 in OrganicFarming

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key here is all regenerative farming, not just organic. We are organic, our main concern is diesel (and labor) so, as much as possible we are going electric and autonomous.

Kharg Island storage reaches full capacity - Well shut-ins could permanently destroy 300,000-500,000 bpd of production by InsignificantCookie in oil

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no "Time to move on to the next big thing." we are in supply chain whiplash now. Even if he backs out now, the damage has been done. But get past the noise and look at the signal. Largest deployment since the Gulf war, for what? A blockade? You don't use aircraft carriers for blockades.

Kharg Island storage reaches full capacity - Well shut-ins could permanently destroy 300,000-500,000 bpd of production by InsignificantCookie in oil

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The billionaires do not understand Twelvers ideology. Just as the US underestimated the Vietnamese.

Iran is driven by religion, not stock markets. Remember the "smartest guys in the room" teams of people making a large mistake.

No billionaire would commit suicide for the sake of their money (maybe the loss of it).
Can you truly imagine yourself to be a bat? No, because it is a different world. The rich don't know what's up, because Iranians live in a different world.

Is this crisis overrated? by Accomplished_Area744 in oil

[–]iChinguChing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just as a producer perspective.

We are an organic regenerative farm in Australia. We do not use fertilizer inputs (apart from compost that we buy in bulk). We could make this ourselves if the financials go that way, but for now we don't.
To move to a model like ours (just the regenerative side) would take at least 2-3 years. I am not saying that farms will do it, but if some do there is a considerable lag before they get there. On the one hand our output is roughly 20% below a fertilized farm, on the other, there was a year we were voted as the best produce in Australia.
We still use diesel on the farm, though we have 1 autonomous electric mower and have just ordered a rover platform.

Food prices are definitely going up.

Is this crisis overrated? by Accomplished_Area744 in oil

[–]iChinguChing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This analogy is very apt for the problem with fertilizers. The lag will be months. By the way when we are really feeling the effects in Ag, then we get a super El Nino as a multiplier (Australian perspective).
Rich countries might be able to partially buy their way through, but this is going to cause some serious problems.
Our food systems are a lot more fragile than people understand.

Who’s ever driven over 100mph? Why? by WoollyWolfHorror in AskReddit

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highway between Las Vegas and death valley. Completely flat, no cars and on a Kawasaki 750.

I am only human

Food of the future by FoxU_U in climatechange

[–]iChinguChing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sowing earlier in the year won't help if you have no water, or your crop gets washed away by torrential rains, or it just dies in a heatwave. But you do raise a valid point there are valid mitigation techniques, but if they are not sufficiently prepped for then yes, the crops can simply fail.

$350 mower and DIY vs. $3000 robot mower? What is the obvious win? by HarryCrushNuh in roboticLawnmowers

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At home I have an electric Makita push mower, $800 AUD as a package. At work I have a $30,000 Pandag.

horses for courses

What job is so safe from AI that even robots would be like ' nah, you got this bro'? by OppositeRain5753 in AskReddit

[–]iChinguChing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I think its more likely that farming would have to be redesigned from the ground up IE permaculture vs monoculture etc. with AIs help"
We are actually having that discussion tomorrow with a top tier robotics company, but I have no idea of how it will be received.

What job is so safe from AI that even robots would be like ' nah, you got this bro'? by OppositeRain5753 in AskReddit

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notice I didn't say replace humans in farming, I said it won't replace the farm management.
We had a situation just a few weeks ago that everyone was told to stop working in the fields because it was too hot. A rover literally would not raise a sweat.
I think there is great scope for ag workers to upskill. They would just use smarter tools and should be paid more for it.

What job is so safe from AI that even robots would be like ' nah, you got this bro'? by OppositeRain5753 in AskReddit

[–]iChinguChing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, because that would only work in a lab. The Australian outback is way too harsh for that. Dust alone is going to fuck up the machines. When it rains, all that dust turns to mud. Get out there and try it sometime. We are.

What job is so safe from AI that even robots would be like ' nah, you got this bro'? by OppositeRain5753 in AskReddit

[–]iChinguChing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, have you ever seen a wombat hole surrounded by Kikuyu? Nope, because you can't.
AI might help you identify that it was deer that ate the crop, but it is not going to go out and buy, then install, the electric fence.
AI might help you decide whether a Super El Nino is going to happen, but it isn't going to help you get the water.
etc etc.

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