The Essential Research poll series continues to chug along on its fortnightly schedule without offering anything on voting intention, with this week’s survey mainly relating to bushfires and climate change. Support for the proposition that Australia is not doing enough to address climate change have reached a new high of 60%, up nine since March, with “doing enough” down five to 22% and “doing too much” down three to 8%.
However, perceptions of climate change itself are little changed, with 61% attributing it to human activity (down one) and 28% opting for “a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate”. On the debate as to whether it was appropriate to raise links between climate change and bushfires, opinion was evenly divided – out of those who considered such a link likely, 43% felt raising the matter appropriate compared with 17% for inappropriate, while another 30% rated the link as unlikely.
A further question related to the issue of medical evacuations for asylum seekers, and here the situation is murkier due to the need to provide respondents with some sort of explanation of what the issue is about. As the Essential survey put it, the relevant legislation allows “doctors, not politicians, more say in determining the appropriate medical
treatment offered to people in offshore detention”. Put like that, 62% were opposed to the government’s move to repeal it, including 25% who believed the legislation didn’t go far enough. That left only 22% in favour of the pro-government proposition that “legislation will weaken our borders and result in boats arriving”.
The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1083.
it’s time @ #1192 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 6:13 pm
That’s us! We run our whole retreat off solar panels and lead-acid batteries.
Yup. And it’s cheap as chips – even Australia can manufacture lead-acid batteries.
Firefox
OK, that makes a lot of things clear. No point arguing with you – the Irish have their own (cough) unique take on matters historical.
Another little headache for Scrott as some plot thickening happens.
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CHINA’S SPY SECRETS
Proposed Chinese spy Nick Zhao pictured in Gladys Liu’s home
Nick Zhao sitting next to Gladys Liu at a meeting at her house .Liu says she has “no recollection” of meeting him
https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-nick-zhao-made-enemies-faced-charges-and-was-allegedly-asked-to-spy-for-china-20191128-p53ezs.html
Zoom
Éirinn go Brách!
Great for lighting, phone charging and other devices. Yet still can be too exe for your average village hut owner. And when you add cooking and fridge… you are talking thousands of dollars.
There are efforts being made to get renewable power into these villages – either for each house or a hub in the village. But it is a long way to go. At the same time… villages are being connected to the grid at a rapid rate. So they now have the option – connect to the grid at grid prices or invest in a stand alone system. Ideally, a renewable powered grid needs to win that one. So, India needs (and is adding) large scale renewable grid connected generation. India are one of the few countries to be given a HIGH ranking on the climate change performance index.
https://www.climate-change-performance-index.org/
https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-new-newspoll-and-2019-polling.html
The New Newspoll and the 2019 Polling Failure
And Bushfire Bill, you are full of self-serving claptrap. And I’ll leave it at that, other than to say if you had actually monitored when I have and when I have not posted here today you would have realised that what you wrote was garbage. Because I have been away from the blog more than I have been on it, although excuse me if I enjoy having conversations with the people here, as opposed to your method of engagement which is to try and lord it over us with your pronouncements (not that anyone asked for them), from the top of Mt Bushfire.
Not that I care what you think. I stopped caring a long, long, long time ago when you first showed your true colours.
And please excuse me if I continue to stand up to sexist tossers like you who think that I am ‘waving my girlish gender at anyone who bites back’ , which is just the biggest dumpster-load of self-serving, self-justifying sexism that I have heard an elderly male come up with recently.
As I said, you are a pompous blowhard. And endless attempts to humiliate me will never change that, only reinforce that impression to all who have to put up with it here.
You are for the high jump….
As a picture is a thousand words I should add the link
https://www.theage.com.au/
Frednk
That’s undoubtedly true in FNQ with a developed nation supply chain and developed nation safety standards.
Powerlines once built tend to stay there for a while. Insulators need maintainance, but if one is not concerned about safety (as decision makers in developing nations often are not) one can wing it to some extent until something goes wrong. Then when something goes wrong it’s all hands to the pump to fix it… (probably at great cost, but that’s in the future, not now)
Batteries on the other hand seem to need a more active supply chain to maintain them – unmintained battery systems will rarely ifail completely (necessitating response) but instead just degrade ….
In developing countries there is a always a statist influence in politics, and this will favour visible powerlines over less visible batteries.
“You are for the high jump….”
Oh man that’s one unhappy Morrison lol. If looks could kill…
The Drum was excellent on food values, sustainability, nutrition and veganism.
The Westpac propaganda unit is hard at work getting sympathetic media on side:
Perhaps BB and C@t could take this elsewhere.
Simon
MY own view is the grid is going to become increasingly important for transport, delivering renewable energy to industrial processes and high density living. If no long makes sense for rural electrification.
In Australia distributors are going to take less risks on total fire ban days and turn the rural distribution off.
It is now cheaper to install a battery based system than to get the network to install a SWER transformer.
You can’t judge any of this on what was sane two years ago. The cost of stand alone systems batteries, solar cells has fallen so rapidly.
Re KJ @5:19. On Bizzaro world, the oceans would pool into inland seas at the centre of each of its six faces, each possibly surrounded by a habitable zone, with ginormous mountains at the corners joined by ridges along the edges, both projecting well into the vacuum of space. It would be six separate worlds – until they are destroyed as the whole thing collapses into a sphere.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/rfs-overhauls-fire-danger-warning-system/
Can’t Morrison dream up a bill that in some small way benefits society rather than unions bad, refugees bad, welfare bad etc etc. It’s all so vindictive.
William Bowe @ #1213 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 7:06 pm
As you probably realise, I didn’t start this. Bushfire Bill just landed here with a mouthful of abuse directed towards a slew of posters. I simply would not take it lying down. I know it is extremely distasteful for you to have to put up with it, but what am I supposed to do? Just let it go through to the keeper?
Your advice would be appreciated.
Steve777 says:
Friday, November 29, 2019 at 7:10 pm
On Bizzaro world,
I have that Pauline feeling; please explain?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-29/cash-ban-law-could-create-criminal-activity-senate-inquiry-told/11751232
Do governments in developing nations regard powerlines as symbolic of man’s ability to generate electricity? Is that why they view them with awe and pride?
Ballantyne @ #1002 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 12:17 pm
Quite right, Ballantyne.
Just a brief glance at the history of the Windsors will tell you there’s no chance of Elizabeth abdicating.
She is an amazing woman to have endured the life that she’s been forced to live by the British people.
I’ve no doubt she and most of her family would much prefer a life away from ‘Royal duty’ but it’s what the people want and demand of them.
“Can’t Morrison dream up a bill that in some small way benefits society rather than unions bad, refugees bad, welfare bad etc etc.”
Morrison and his team dream up bills that benefit people and interests that they favour and / or damage or suppress people and interests that they don’t.
Boeing’s big bang:
How can a soul as beautiful as C@tmomma coexist with a blog that has personal abuse on it? It’s a conundrum that may never be resolved.
“I have that Pauline feeling; please explain?”
I was actually a response to a Kayjay post at 5:19 PM, on the previous page where my iPad was positioned. It showed a picture of Bizzaro World from space – apparently a cubic Earth. However, I discoverd after I posted that this was nearly 2 hours ago and the discussion had moved on several dozen posts since then. I’ve made that mistake a few times.
mikehilliard @ #1217 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 7:12 pm
Voters continue to support the corporatocracy by voting for the establishment parties.
Why they do that baffles me.
Steve777 @ #1220 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 7:10 pm
Praise Athena – God of science and invention.
I thank you for your well timed advice. I will aim to spend my afterlife in the Phantom Zone*.
*The Phantom Zone was a “pocket universe” discovered by Jor-El that existed outside the space-time continuum; it was used on the planet Krypton as a humane method of imprisoning criminals. … Inmates do not age or require sustenance in the Phantom Zone; furthermore, they are telepathic and mutually insubstantial.
Note. Both Bizarro World and the Phantom Zone are completely denied by the current Gummint despite the overwhelming evidence surrounding us.
📺🏏 🍹 (Creaming Soda).
Time, space and pages don’t exist on Poll Bludger…..♡
Firefox says:
Friday, November 29, 2019 at 12:41 pm
…”Also in India…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana_II_Solar_Power_Plant
Now that’s what we need to see much more of!”…
Way ahead of you:
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/mega-solar-farm-planned-for-gympie-qld/8451774
Compared:
18 MW = 800MW
18,000 people = 315,000 people
16 hectares = 1,700 hectares
0.0000001% of India’s power = 15% of Queensland’s power
How is it possible for you to be aware of something so insignificant in a foreign country and yet remain ignorant of a behemoth in your own backyard?
Citizen
Would that 777 be full carbon fibre construction do you know?
William Bowe @ #1225 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 7:23 pm
I’ll take that as a comment and advise you that it may be edited for brevity in the future to bolster my case. 😉
The Adani Mine issue was settled by Australian electors at the last election.
They killed Bill.
They gave the Greens 10% of their attention span.
And they re-elected a Government that was open and emphatic about supporting the Adani mine.
All the pros and cons since are about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin: irrelevant then and irrelevant now.
Theodore..
Even in developing countries, economics will usually dictate that you don’t go out and invent something new – you simply use what is available on the market and that market is dominated by the supply chain feeding developed countries.
In other words, if you have limited solar power you’re going to use it to charge off the shelf stuff that includes its own batteries. Lights, phones etc. The biggest issue is actually cooking fuel and that’s where there needs to be gains in terms of providing carbon neutral fuels. And that’s a big subject in its own right.
Now if you’re talking about batteries for micro grids then there are plenty of “battery in a box ” products and I think India is developing its own brands. You don’t need to know what goes on inside the box – it just works.
Going back to one of your original premises. Even if you had a source of non-conventional gas, its going to cost quite a bit of money to produce it. And that’s not really economic if you’re only using the gas for short periods. If you do have a micro grid and you need backup, then your choice is between “battery in a box” solutions and a conventional diesel generator. Fuel costs (and storage space) are not really an issue if its just there as a backup.
Australia is desperately trying to block various Chinese initiatives in the Pacific. Yet another example:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-29/png-budgets-reveals-canberra-spending-440million-keep-china-away/11751110
Will it work? IMO, for a short term here and there. In the long term, no way. We need to be seriously rethinking out strategic approach to China.
“Bellwether says:
Friday, November 29, 2019 at 7:46 pm
Citizen
Would that 777 be full carbon fibre construction do you know?”
Sorry, I’m not a technical person. However searching on “boeing 777x” gives a list of references including by Wikipedia and Boeing itself.
Oh me, oh my, I don’t think I should post this (but I will nevertheless): apparently, and anecdotally via the trailer park soirée, it seems that “Gerrad”, in the urban dictionary, means the “dumbest mother fucker” – I can’t believe I’ve posted this(?)! In any event, it can be taken two ways: either Fuller named the operation into the complaint to belittle Dreyfus or Taylor’s such a wonker, in the eye of the commissioner, he’s deemed it expedient to all but to dismiss it. Fuller, who was seen shortly after his appointment on SkyNews nodding in agreement with Jones, is little doubt a Tory sympathiser. The result of the Taylor investigation will be keenly analysed.
‘Cud Chewer says:
Friday, November 29, 2019 at 8:17 pm
Theodore..
Even in developing countries, economics will usually dictate that you…’
A key variable is the level of corruption.
Incidentally many years ago I stayed on a farm in upstate New York. What was interesting about this place was that it came with its own gas well. Indeed the geology was so favourable for easy gas extraction that the underground water also tasted yuck (sulphurous).
The upside was you could crank up the furnace (gas powered) and you’d be toasty and warm and it’d be snowing outside and it wouldn’t matter if there was a window open. Yeah I know very naughty.
How can a soul as beautiful as C@tmomma coexist with a blog that has personal abuse on it? It’s a conundrum that may never be resolved.
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I just vomited.
nath
Did your laptop survive ? It took quite a beating.

Make that “garrad”.
Oopsie!
“How is it possible for you to be aware of something so insignificant in a foreign country and yet remain ignorant of a behemoth in your own backyard?”
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Huh? We were talking about energy in India. I’m aware that there are solar farms in Australia. I was saying that we need to see more of them. All over the world. Whats the problem with that?
Quasar@5.05 pm:
Thank you.
It is something that I wondered about, but apparently not something that anyone else has. It just seemed an area (to my non legal mind), that was worth asking about.
Any way, back to the cricket now that “tea”, “dinner”or whatever is finished.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/multibillion-dollar-central-precinct-plans-could-see-vast-expansion-to-sydney-cbd/news-story/cba99123bb7db2233c2471fa96bb7516
Well, actually, Central Station is no needed for a HSR network. In fact its a bad idea to have a HSR terminus at Central.
Question to the Greens people. How does one go about communicating with a Greens MP such as Jamie Parker in order to explain this?
Backburning now occurring along a 6km front less than 2km from our property. We trust the RFS knows what they’re doing, and also that there are no “pro-coal” Labor party idiots in the crew. They would no doubt just light it up and let it burn, since on a global scale our bush fires would be of no significance whatsoever 🙁
Seriously how can Gladys Liu not recall someone who went to her home and sat next to her for a meeting.
citizen
“ Alleged Chinese spy target pictured in Gladys Liu’s home
Nick Zhao, who reported the inducement to ASIO and was later found dead, attended a local Liberal meeting at Gladys Liu’s house.”
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It would be hilarious if Gladys Liu turns out to be, like M in James Bond, the head of the whole Chinese spy network for the whole of Australia. 🙂
“ We trust the RFS knows what they’re doing, and also that there are no “pro-coal” Labor party idiots in the crew. ”
What fresh idiocy is this?
Hoping that the pyromaniacs in the RFS know what they are doing, whilst simultaneously obsessing about the attitudes to coal amongst the imagined labor party supporters in the crew.
You are doomed P1
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1249 Friday, November 29th, 2019 – 9:25 pm
If the “four musketeers” are the best the “pro-coal” forces can muster, then I still have hope.