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Stuck on stupid?
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/30/net-zero-power-station-to-be-built-on-loch-ness/
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It’s pumped hydro.
Just an energy-consuming battery, not a power station which one expects to be a net producer of power.
The UK should take a lesson from Australia’s disastrous Snowy Hydro 2.
If either of these schemes were economically or engineeringly viable (as indeed some traditional pumped hydro schemes are) they would have been done long ago at a time when engineers made engineering decisions, not politicians or woke subsidy harvesters.
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Google Earth can fly you to Loch Kemp.
It is only 1 km from Loch Ness and 150 m elevation difference.
So not much of an engineering feat. The continuing trashing of the lochs’ ecology is the egregious part. Well, there’s more but not much need to go over it here.
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They haven’t quite stuffed up the Highlands enough yet. There is work to do.
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What if Nessie the plesiosaur gets sucked up into the anti-gravity tubes, or worse, spat back down again and turned into mince meat through the turbines … Oh the (in)humanity!
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On a bright note, it’s only going to cost one billion pounds (smirk) we have a bigger one than yours and ours was only going to cost two billion dollars (smirk)
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UK’s “grooming gang” atrocity gets even worse with the revelation that some police officers were involved.
A sure sign of a society in rapid decline or collapse.
https://x.com/RightSide_Uk/status/2071471314074775576
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We used to have have Election Day here in the US.
Now we will have Election Month.
It shouldn’t cause any problems because by the time the public is informed by the media who won …
they will have forgotten who was running.
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Old story really, when everyone is in charge, nobody really is.
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Common corporate “logic”.
https://youtube.com/shorts/JF2D-MRi9bg
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https://youtube.com/shorts/OzqR0lFouNU
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https://youtube.com/shorts/aXE27LMb8jQ
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A question for Peter C –
Are you still interested in attending the ACCESS workshop?
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RickWill,
I’ll briefly hijack your question for Peter C with a question for you.
Looking at your comment from yesterday afternoon, you outlined a discussion you’d had with the CSIRO, and near the end said:
I suppose it’s fashionable these days to demand apologies, but isn’t it a bit much to have to apologise “for being wrong” on a technical point?
Sure they should apologise to the Australian public if they have misled the Australian public, and they should apologise to you if they’ve dragged your name through the mud in some way (or other misconduct), but if their only sin is being wrong, would it not be good enough if they adopted the corrected position on the technical point?
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They did not engage on the topic from a technical perspective other than giving me unrelated references. They were wilfully wrong and made the reference that the ACCESS model produced “middle of the road” result. That simply makes all the other models wrong as well.
So the apology is for not engaging on the technical merits but resorting to be “middle of the road” consensus. Now every AI model “knows” that open ocean surface cannot sustain more than 30C.
When I pointed out the possibility that all models are wrong in my response, I was contacted by their legal officer rather than any further technical exchange.
In terms of apology, it is to acknowledge their model produces physically impossible results. The apology should be to all Australians for misleading them by making claims about their ACCESS model and related work like:
We deliver the science Australians need for the nation they want – productive, sustainable, healthy and secure.
https://www.csiro.au/en/research/environmental-impacts/climate-change/ACCESS
They deliver the science that the UN requires. Nothing they do is for wellbeing of Australians other than they get paid for lying.
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RickWill,
Thanks for the reply.
I think your desire for them to admit that they’ve been wrong is optimistic, and to admit that they’ve been “willfully wrong” is — um — heroic. I wouldn’t hold my breath.
My main point was that calls for apologies mark political arguments, not technical ones.
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Thanks Rick,
Remind me again about the ACCESS workshop.?
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Are you presenting?
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Peter
The dates are now 19-21 August. Registration is now open:
https://www.access-nri.org.au/access-workshop-2026-connecting-machine-learning-to-earth-system-science/
The cost is $150, which I expect provides a heated venue and sandwiches with trimmings but I have not checked those details. I do not know the venue but it is in LaTrobe Street.
I am not presenting however I am interested in the particular topic because I know that AI is shifting the belief a little. The fact that SSP 8.5 is now dead is probably a result of AI taking a more factual perspective than the UN paid editors.
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Seriously, is Penny Wong a man?
Now watch the woke Left suddenly know what a woman is!
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Now that’s a question which would have their woke little brains working overtime.
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You meen Peeny Wong.😎
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Is Wenny Pong human?
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Latest Spooner cartoon in The Australian sums up Blackout very well.
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Sorry, missed this bit.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/daily-cartoon/image-gallery/2403b703a84c4deb3bbc4247796b447f?page=1
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As if he cares. He is flying around the world first class visiting as someone who matters on the world stage. Communism turns idiots into rulers. Like Albanese.
And their view is that based on salary, perks, fame, future income they are so far aheaad of the pack it doesn’t matter. Of course it’s all a lie. So what?
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As I have posted in the past.
Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union was noted for his sartorial splendour . Italian suits, hand made shoes etc.
Well Leonid died and went to heaven and was greeted by his mother.
Leonid, my son, such beautiful clothes,
Leonid my son, such beautiful shoes,
Leonid my son, your are so wealthy,
LUCKY THE COMMUNISTS ARE NO LONGER IN POWER!
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I wonder how many readers of the Australian actually agree with Spooners cartoon?
spooner is pushing the boundaries of the papers editorial policy.
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PeterC,
Emphatic answer – Yes, the cartoon excels in requirements like reflecting reality, easy to grasp the fun, good artistry, a matter of importance, a good instant laugh, it is apolitical in the sense that a naive reader would not know that the person was current Prime Minister of what was, in my lifetime, the best Nation in the World.
I suspect that other cartoonists would mark it high.
I suspect that woke people would mark it low.
What are your worries about it?
Geoff S
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I like the cartoon.
It is clearly poking fun both at Bowen and Climate Science.
But the Murdoch press supports Climate change! And most of their readers do also.
That is where my question came from.
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Given that The Australian also supports Johannes Leak’s very good cartoons that are in a similar vein, plus regularly has articles denouncing the climate zealotry, including excellent articles by Chris Uhlmann and Nick Cater, I am surprised by that statement.
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I just watched the rebranding video for Sky News to News24:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVg1_W6RHYQ
I was surprised by the number of comments of support from US viewers. I have seen how they have been moving into the US market but was surprised by the respect it has from that audience.
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Sky News has a lot of support from both the USA and the UK.
The UK has their own Sky News. Unfortunately the UKs version is almost as bad as the BBC.
UK viewers often comment on this. Sky News UK = woke.
I have never been a fan of rebranding. It costs money and time – for what?
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I have reckoned for a long time that the enthusiasms for re-organising government departments would be curbed by decreeing that the re-branding of everything from signs to stationary had to be paid for out of existing funds.
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The civilian side of Australia’s Department of Defence seems to be particularly obsessed with endless reorganisation and rebranding, a sure sign they are way too over-funded.
And yet with all that, there is still massive mismanagement of Defence projects and hugely high ridiculous prices paid on Defence contracts. The public serpents involved don’t have any idea of the realistic or fair prices of anything from office stationery to nuclear submarines. I often wonder how they manage their own household budgets.
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Rebranding provides a good example about the fundamentals of wealth.
Think of two broad classes of personal employment. One group creates new National wealth. The other group moves wealth from one wallet to another, often their own.
Mineral exploration is an example from the first group. There is National gain from developing a paddock producing wheat at a low return per tonne, to producing metals at a much higher return per tonne.
Rebranding is for the second group. It does not give many, even any, people a better standard of living. It takes away time that might be spent on first group work.
We are now hearing that Australian productivity is dropping. In a nutshell, too many workers have drifted from first type work to shuffling Other People’s Money.
Geoff S
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In my old workplace we had a few “paper shufflers”.
Busy, busy little bees they were.
Produced nothing but emails and paperwork.
But they were always busy!
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Golden Rule in the Army for Skiving – Wander around with a Clipboard looking like you were going somewhere important
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Rita Panahi’s show “Lefties Losing It” seems to have a particularly strong following in the US.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2OFHLSeLxlZJVEmO_zBi1X2CQur2ekGX&si
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https://www.powerlineblog.com/?s=Rita+Panahi+&x=19&y=12
Search Results for: Rita Panahi
June 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker – Frequently on Sky News and Commenting
Murder, the Deal, Socialism, Libel and the Supreme Court
Last night I was on the Rita Panahi Show, and the conversation was lively as usual. We talked about the Karmelo Anthony case, the bizarre situation in Iran, the Democrats’ rush to socialism, Elon Musk’s threatened libel suit against Ro Khanna, and the Supreme Court’s most recent immigration decision. All good stuff. I come on following the video clips at 4:30, but you shouldn’t miss Lefties Losing It: »
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FWIW
“Letter to the Editor: Enough of ‘climate doom’ ”
“Every once in awhile, a letter like this makes what I do all worth it – Anthony
From the Chico Enterprise-Record:
Stop wasting our time with climate alarmist letters. Just stop.
The condescension and smug self-righteousness from self-professed experts over the past few decades have gone on long enough. You were short on science and unapologetically long on hysteria.
You know who says so? The very same people you’ve quoted for the past 30 years: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). ”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/30/letter-to-the-editor-enough-of-climate-doom/
Concludes
“But, as I detail here you can be sure that climate alarmism will be back with a vengeance once the political winds of power shift. That’s why it is important that WUWT be there when it happens. Please consider becoming a supporting member, thanks – Anthony”
And “Jo Nova”
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Another Ian,
Yes, please support Jo Nova and WUWT blogs.
Ian and readers, what further blogs of similar themes can you recommend?
Importantly, what are the names of the main blogs with opposite views? One needs to keep up with the counter arguments. Geoff S
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FWIW
Like Germany – more energy that wasn’t free with illusory emission reductions
“RGGI Investment Proceeds Report Implications”
“On June 26, 2026, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) organization released its annual Investments of Proceeds report. Cap-and-invest programs like RGGI are frequently touted as a program that will kill two birds with one stone. “It simultaneously puts a limit on the tons of pollution companies can emit — ‘cap’ — while making them pay for each ton, funding projects to help move the jurisdiction away from polluting energy sources — ‘invest.’” Advocates praise RGGI as a successful model for cap-and-invest programs citing observed emission reductions and the quantity of funds raised. Recent events and the investments report suggest that RGGI advocates are mistaken.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/30/rggi-investment-proceeds-report-implications-2/
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Briefly listened to an overly indoctrinated expert / professor / investor / robot / whatever he was (on radio) use the word carbon 5 times in one sentence – yes it was a long, long sentence – once followed by pollution, once by emissions, the other three simply carbon but hissed out with a vengeance similar to a preacher cursing the devil… Hiss! 🐍
Clearly not trained in the traditional style of science (enquire!) this zombie acolyte demanded his audience ‘take action’ to get carbon out of the atmosphere to achieve nirvana (he called this paradise ‘Nett Zero’). Not wanting to join his cult, nor hear the ‘C’ word yet again, I flipped stations: aah music, sweet instrumental music…
[Now that the IPCC has announced their bogeyman is ‘implausible’, surely there’s a booming trade in psychological help needed for these lost souls…].
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What does he intend to do about the carbon in the human body: almost 20%?
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1. How long would the sentence be if the scientist had said the name of all the atmospheric carbon containing molecules (not just CO2 btw) .
2. Removing industry emitted carbon and other excess carbon from the atmosphere is a perfectly legitimate way of expressing the removal of the molecules that contain carbon.
3. Yes it is pollution if it was emitted from an industrial process.
4. For Stanley, the atmospheric humans are easily spotted and brought down.
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“other excess carbon”
The devil’s always in the details… ‘excess’ huh?
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FWIW
“Trump Just Put the American Car Owner Back in the Fight”
“A man who used to change his own water pump knows when ownership has been hollowed out. For decades, Americans could pop the hood, grab tools, call a friend, and keep a car alive for another season.
President Donald Trump’s June 29 memorandum speaks to a frustration millions of drivers already feel: too many modern vehicles have become machines owners pay for, insure, fuel, and maintain, while someone else controls the repair gate.
Trump directed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to issue guidance within 30 days clarifying what vehicle owners may do to repair emissions systems—or have those repairs performed—while remaining in compliance with the Clean Air Act.”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/29/trump-just-put-the-american-car-owner-back-in-the-fight-n4954509
The regulatory goal seems to have been
“You can service your own wheel barrow but only if it is steel wheeled”
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I inherited from a family member a GMH-Holden HR 1967 sedan purchased new and driven for 32 years by the one owner driver. He did all of his own servicing and people commented on the paintwork condition and interior. Six cylinder engine and column mounted three gears forward and one reverse. The Holden towed an eighteen foot caravan or the fibreglass hull boat on trailer easily.
Some here might remember how accessible the engine was in those Holdens, Ford Falcons and Chrysler Valiants.
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My dad trained us kids on his Falcon 500 in the 1970s, changing plugs & oil & other general maintenance, plus mum’s Morrie Minor.
1st car in Queensland 1981 was a Chrysler Valiant station-wagon (pos) soon upgraded to a mint EH Holden wagon (1967) 6-cyl 3-speed column change – what a machine and only $700 – why oh WHY did I ever sell it! Oh right, I flew out of Perth to Bali on my way to Tibet. At least I have photos.
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Greg, had a Valiant VJ station wagon back in the day, early seventies. When the back seat was dropped I could fit in 6’x4’wall sheets flat on the floor with room to spare. Funeral Directors could turn them into a hearse without extending the body.
Also had a 65 HD Holden in the sixties, the mates called it the VD.
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EH’s are going for $35k to $45k at the moment in good restored condition. We have had a couple sold from our local car club recently.
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Don’t feel too bad, my 1st car was a V8 Valiant Charger, it cost to much to run during the 90s fuel crisis so i sold it for 2.5k! Also had a factory original HT Holden Premier 308 V8, Ford XA coupe V8, and ’77 F100 XLT. If only i’d kept at least one of them.
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FWIW
The previous model was the HD
In the vernacular of the time
“Holden’s Disaster” (HD) was succeeded by “Hurried Rectification” (HR)
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My brother-in-law got a new HD when he had the money to trade his FE. He could push the 2-speed Powerglide transmission to about 40MPH before it would change to top gear.
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Dennis,
Around 1955 to 1970 my Dad was a General Motors rep with a new Holden every 3-4 months. We teenage to later sons fixed most of the fixes ourselves.
However, after about 1970 I took a lovely job that had a policy of very few company cars, so the private, affordable Mini entered the picture. overall, I bought 2 for own use and 5 for children, all second hand so many more repairs. I am 6ft 3in tall, so getting large arms into a Mini 1275 cc engine was not easy. The contrast was with an old 1934 Buick straight eight of about 6,500 cc with enough room around the motor to swing our cat.
I refrain from mention of the new cars of today.
Geoff S
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Geoff, a Mini Minor story from the 1960s and University of Sydney, at that time NSW Police Special Branch was keeping various people under surveillance and creating files, Police Inspector Fred Longbottom (now deceased) was parked on the grounds sitting in a Mini and he was a rather large man. A group of university students walked to the Mini and picked it up, carried it outside and dumped it with occupant on Broadway, the roadway out front.
Police Special Branch was shut down by the NSW Labor Government in the 1990s and the files were destroyed, however watching student activists was only part of the intelligence gathering I understand.
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My first car when I came to Australia in 1974 was a Holden HR. A wonderful car and I drove it from Brisbane to Sydney many times. She was named Judy. From memory I think I paid $300 for her.
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I wrote an article on “right to repair”.
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2021/June/The+Right+to+Repair+%28and+Modify%29
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I purchased a 1987 Holden Commodore sedan for my son as he wanted that particular model, a one driver company car, and I had it repainted in original colour but upgraded the window surrounds and colour coded bumpers front and rear, work done by a professional smash repair business owned by a friend. Despite regularly checking engine oil and water the engine overheated and was damaged requiring a replacement. The workshop owner explained that with the Nissan six cylinder engine GMH Holden had raised the height to fit it in and did not change the radiator installation specifications, accordingly unless the vehicle was raised at the front end before filling with coolant/water with the radiator appearing to be filled there was insufficient water in the engine block.
The manual supplied did not explain this.
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As some of you might know, I’ve been following the proposed ‘monster’ hydro that China has now started construction on, the Motuo project, coming in at 60,000MW Nameplate power plant, delivering around 300TWH of energy each year. (around the same as the total power consumed in the whole of Australia, both AEMO and WA combined) This actually is a power plant, not an energy consumer like Snowy 2, and if you do read what I have, just compare them. This proposal will cost around $AUD200 Million.
I started it all back in 2014, but with nothing concrete, my considered hunch on what it might look like was just that, a hunch.
Two years ago, after seeing so much guesswork, none of it even close, I actually decided to commit to what I thought it would look like. There were two reasons for this, (one of them vanity I suppose) the first to show what something like this might actually look like, and the second, if proved correct, then I was on the button before anyone else, and here, everyone is still thinking ONE humungously large dam, a physical impossibility in this ‘wilderness’.
Along the way between 2014 and now, I would revisit the area three or four times a year, chasing up any information (if any, never really much at all in fact) and looking around on Google Earth Pro, and now Google Maps. I have watched as this whole area has grown exponentially in that time. Now here, just saying that (grown exponentially) can be ….. ‘just saying that’, but luckily, Google Earth Pro (and not Google Maps as far as I can find) has a tab where you can look at what it was like at an earlier date, you know, sort of like a way back machine. The comparisons are stark to say the least, especially at that city Nyingchi, which has grown like you would not believe to a City now with a population a little North of 250,000.
That exponential growth has included things you might not really associate with what is still basically, wilderness, new huge highways, a road through the most inaccessible place on the Planet, an airport that only the most experienced pilots can fly into, and a high speed rail link, and that rail link is the reason for this Comment here at Joanne’s Unthreaded Post.
That rail link has been in operation now for two years, and runs from Lhasa, the Capital to Nyingchi (or Linzhi in Mandarin) It’s high speed rail, and during the travel time the train ‘hoots’ along at 160KPH. So, when the slowing down, speeding up, and stopping at the six stations is taken into account, the average speed for the trip is 120KPH, still pretty good really. The trip takes 3 hours 48 Mins for the 436 Kilometres. There are 118 bridges, (16 of them River crossings) and 47 tunnels with a total distance in those tunnels of 216 Km, so almost half the distance in tunnels, and the longest tunnel is 17.3 Km. The cost is cheap, well, I suppose it is Tibet. (all in AUD here) Business class (and I have an image of that Business Class, wow!) is $96, First Class at $40, and Second Class (similar to Economy on QANTAS) comes in at just $18. The train leaves Lhasa at 7.45AM seven days a week. There is a slower train (but not much slower) that leaves a little later, also seven days a week, and another service five days a week.
I have a separate Post at my home site on just this rail link, if any of you wish to have a look, and I’ve included a 14.37 video on the journey.
So much about what is happening in this region makes you really wonder just which of our two Countries is in fact not developed!
Link to my Post – Train Travel In Tibet
Tony.
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There are some very good documentaries on that train and the line, including how it was built across the frozen tundra. The train also carries oxygen bottles and has oxygen stations for those being impacted by the high altitudes.
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I’ve been on the train from Lhasa to Guangzhou, train Z266. It takes about 55.5 hours to cover the 4,980 kilometer journey.
It had built-in oxygen outlets in the cabins but no masks and no oxygen. Perhaps you had to ask for them, I don’t know.
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Thanks Tony, that video’s a wake-up call as to how far the ‘developing’ country called China has come since my visit 40 years ago.
Rickety old buses were the only way to get around (apart from walking or riding a neutered yak) having trained from Beijing to Golmud, halfway across the steppes to Kashgar (?) with another 2-3 days south to get ‘up’ to Lhasa.
Was looking out for Samye Monastery Station in the vid but thankfully ‘the future’ whirred past at 120 km/h along the banks of the upper Brahmaputra, leaving the monks to their sonorous meditations in peace at 10,000ft. The day I and an Australian woman boarded the punt/barge across to the northern bank for a few days at Samye was like the one in the video: crystal clear, blue skies, fluffy little clouds and near-freezing, even in high summer.
There’s more than a few fault lines running through that twisted & tormented geography – for the billions living downstream you’d hope Xi’s engineers knew their numbers upside-down and back-to-front.
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It’s like one of the first things I found was an ABCTV article with a video attached to it, that I posted in one of the first Posts I made back in 2014. One of the experts was asked about it, and his response was that if the Chinese can work out an engineering solution, then they would go ahead with it. That slid right over the head of the ABC journalist, and at considerable altitude.
Anyway, there’s something people forget about hydro power generation. The water held behind the dam is not held there ….. forever. It flows down the tunnel, across the turbines to drive the generator to make the power, and then ….. back into the same River it started from. And there was immense grumbling about water politics. That River, the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the Bhramaputra, and then another river, and then another until it flows into the Ocean at Bangladesh. The Indians and the Bangladeshis complained about the water politics, how China was somehow holding it back. And then, when I went and checked, the Indians have more dams (with hydro plants) planned for that River and its hundreds of tributary rivers as well, far and away more than the Chinese are planning for Tibet.
And this proposal, (my thinking) is an upper dam, divert the water through tunnels across that gap, down past a number of run of river plants, in a long cascade, and then back into the same River, only way downstream. They have used that tremendous altitude variation (top to bottom across that gap) to generate power. I explain it in intricate detail in my Posts where I did finally commit to what it could look like.
THAT is the engineering solution.
Tony.
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Fake AI down, down and staying down
A recent Gallup survey found that Gen Z’s use of AI has leveled off, but their feelings about it have not. Excitement has fallen 14 points in a year, to just 22 percent. And anger has climbed 9 points, to 31 percent. Even among those who use it every day, enthusiasm dropped by 18 points over 12 months. Eight in ten now believe AI will make learning harder. Forty-two percent believe it will hurt their ability to think carefully. Only a quarter believe it will help. Nearly half say the risks of AI in the workplace now outweigh the benefits, which is a sharp rise from the year before. And when asked whose work they actually trust, 69 percent said human work.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kids-are-not-okay-ai-and-they-know-it
Aaawww…the shiny new baubles not exciting the masses any more?
The latest toy lost its novelty value?
Who’d have seen that coming?
Just like the AI coding fiascos and Ford USA’s AI reversal, *REAL* AI needs to learn from real world experiences and not from tons of data thrown at it.
If you let fake AI do the work for you, you’re part of the problem.
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I told Copilot yesterday that it had produced a word salad. And it was close to incomprehensible. It tends to generate words in the wishy-washy guarded style that lacks confidence. “May” is used frequently as the verb in technical writing.
But I also find it can contribute useful thought streams and is quite a diligent reviewer in picking up holes and data gaps in arguments.
I am currently getting value from using it and teaching my Copilot useful stuff.
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‘The latest toy lost its novelty value?’
And there is a stockmarket bubble about to implode.
‘Who’d have seen that coming?’
Only recently Pope Leo raised a red flag on the risk of dehumanisation.
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We have to retain critical thinking through intuitive intellect, AI has its limitations.
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https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-6-29-in-france-the-government-tries-to-prevent-the-people-from-getting-air-conditioning
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It’s like the progressives/leftists are TRYING to lose elections. Check out this bit from the bottom of the article.
Nationall Rally is already the most popular party in France, and the center-left and socialists just handed them another 80-20 issue to campaign on. Vote National Rally and we’ll let you get AC for your homes. Sounds like a winning formula.
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In a country with abundant nuclear power and the ability to add more, what are they arguing about? Its insane. Almost as stupid as a country with copious reserves of coal, gas and uranium that doesn’t take advantage of them (and exports the benefits)
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Combining Capsaicin and Menthol can reduce inflammation over 700 times faster according to new study
However, this new study explored how certain spice combinations interact and influence inflammation. The results were astonishing: some combinations didn’t just add their effects together—they multiplied them, with one particular combination reducing inflammation markers by over 700 times.
This finding challenges the conventional wisdom that more ingredients or higher doses are always better. Instead, it highlights the importance of how specific compounds in spices interact with the body’s inflammation pathways.
https://dailyhealthpost.com/if-you-add-turmeric-to-everything-and-still-feel-inflamed/
Just use 15 million SHU capsaicin and peppermint.
No DON’T, just joking
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Today I asked a fellow I have known for 30 years if he is contemplating retirement. He said he is but his retirement plan has just been thrown a curve ball.
About 15 years ago he bought 30 acres of rural land within a kilometre or so of suburban development with the intention of doing what his grandfather did with the farm he owned in Narre Warren before it was developed for commercial and residential land use. His grandfather made a bundle in the day and now his acreage is on the boundary of residential development and his property set for residential zoning; a massive boost in value but also much higher rates so it will cost him more to hold it.
All was going to plan until the recent tax changes. He now has to find out how much he will have to pay if he sells soon compared with waiting it out for a couple of years to see if the tax rules change.
He will not be destitute but the difference is likely in the order of tens of millions. A decent legacy for his children.
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The Australian Government is now getting desperate with its wealth confiscation programs.
They must be reaching the limits of how much they can borrow.
And when there’s no more private wealth to steal to fund their unrestrained spending on useless projects, what then?
It won’t end well.
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One of several reasons is that Albanese Labor do not want international credit rating downgraded. For example during the Hawke-Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 downgraded twice to AA, later after 1996 Howard Liberal-National Government to 2007 upgraded twice to AAA.
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You’ll have your answer in less time than the plandemic ran for.
😉
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Which change affects him? If he is not a foreign national the 15% withholding is exempt using a clearance certificate. If the property was purchased before the budget it is grandfathered.
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Just tried to report a Flybuys phishing scam on the government scamwatch. It failed on time out so wated 5 minutes and another minute writing this!
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Elon Musk reposted John Stossel’s short interview with Wilfred Reilly about his new book “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula” and in particular the lie that American natives lived in harmony with the environment and each other.
Same BS we get in Australia concerning our natives.
https://x.com/i/status/2071968172647858409
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Humanity has always been ferocious, its the nature of the beast.
The Australians lived in harmony with their environment without being conscious of the fact. They didn’t exterminate the megafauna, a geomagnetic excursion did the deed.
It should be in Australia’s school curriculum.
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Meanwhile in Africa, they want the illegals out!
https://x.com/BallAndBuzz/status/2072019447926157339
Multi-level irony…
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Knobkerries… still not illegal..
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‘The democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections held on Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile victories for the party’s insurgent left.’ (Guardian)
Out with the old stalwarts and replaced with fresh faces.
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No such thing as a “democratic” socialist. Socialism relies on force and coercion against an unwilling majority of people.
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A lesson in momentum and kinetic energy.
https://youtube.com/shorts/IR86i2GmqAE
To answer the demonstrater’s challenge, the solution is entirely calculable.
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Sydney’s warmest June on record.
‘Temperatures ran well above average in June due to a lack of strong cold fronts sweeping over Australia. This absence of early-winter fronts was associated with a prolonged and strong positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM) event, which saw high pressure systems become a dominant synoptic feature over the Australian region, shielding the country from cold air masses. These highs also promoted more humid easterly wind over eastern Australia, which helped increase overnight minimum temperatures.’ (Weatherzone)
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Sabine Hossenfelder is sceptical about quabtim computing.
Not discussed by Sabine but it looks like the Australian Government’s gift of $1 billion of taxpayer money to an American quantum computer company is utterly pointless, as we already knew.
https://youtu.be/spRN7DfzhrU
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Gold and Bitcoin lose their lustre.
https://www.afr.com/markets/currencies/bitcoin-and-gold-collapse-as-traders-lose-faith-in-debasement-trade-20260701-p60bjt
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I started stacking at $700/oz so I’m still ahead but that house I was going to buy “cash” has receded.
There is a floor to Au and my guess is that we are near it now but the floor for all cryptos is zero.
Au and Ag will always shine, bitcoin shines like a tulip bulb does.
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Small modular reactor developments around the world. Notice Australia’s status under Bowens domain leadership.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/these-countries-are-building-most-small-modular-nuclear-reactors
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FWIW
“The Amish Clearly Do Not Want to Assimilate Into American Society, Yet the Right Doesn’t Care”
Read it all to appreciate the blistering that gets in comments
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/06/30/the-amish-clearly-do-not-want-to-assimilate-into-american-society-yet-no-one-seems-to-care-n2429802
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FWIW
“The Ridiculous Reason Why Camilla Has Angered the Left”
“Well, I’m here to report that the fickle leftists have now changed their minds. Prepare to be outraged: Camilla is no longer a cool European who was forced to spend time with Trump. She’s a “deplorable” traitor who did something even worse: spent time with JK Rowling. And in the final 24 hours of Pride Month, of all days.
Okay, I can’t even be sarcastically outraged. This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
So, here’s the deal. Camilla is a big fan of books and reading and encouraging children to find joy in books and reading. As a matter of fact, when she was in the United States in April, she hosted a literacy event at the New York Public Library and even read excerpts from Winnie the Pooh to schoolchildren. I’ve heard Camilla talk about books and her favorite novels from her childhood, and you can tell the passion is real.
Well, Rowling just happens to be one of the most famous and successful children’s book authors in the world. The queen consort invited her to Holyroodhouse in Scotland to talk about their “shared passion for books and a deep commitment to children reading for pleasure.”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/06/30/the-ridiculous-reason-why-queen-camila-has-angered-the-left-n4954544
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IFAC: Ireland could see €13bn annual climate bill by 2050
https://gript.ie/ifac-ireland-could-see-e13bn-annual-climate-bill-by-2050/
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I thought it was Thursday already there, downunder?
Dutch Farmers Threaten Summer of Protests Over New Nitrogen Rules
Dutch farming groups say wider buffer zones & tougher emissions limits would devastate rural communities & force farms to close
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/dutch-farmers-threaten-summer-of-protests-over-new-nitrogen-rules/
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European Union’s Air Conditioning Caste System
If not for the piles of regulation produced by the Berlaymont, AC would likely be far easier and cheaper to obtain by hundreds of millions of European
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-european-unions-air-conditioning-caste-system/
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