This pretty much sums the situation up (albeit in language a little less moderate than some other commentators might use!)
Rivergang
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Aussies closed all the coal power plants...now we have blackouts no electricity!
by Witness 007 inso we have been "green" blowing up all our coal power plants now they are saying we are like north korea...expect regular power blackouts.
who is running this show?.
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Aussies closed all the coal power plants...now we have blackouts no electricity!
by Witness 007 inso we have been "green" blowing up all our coal power plants now they are saying we are like north korea...expect regular power blackouts.
who is running this show?.
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Rivergang
I never claimed that they had all closed - talk about the "Straw Man" argument!.
YOU, however, claimed that "over twenty" were still in operation.
YOU should therefore be the one producing an up-to-date list demonstrating that this is still the case.
(Instead of citing figures which are six years out of date).
PS: Also, never assume that a power station's "Installed Capacity" - i.e. the total sum of what is written on the nameplate of each of its generators - is what it is capable of sustaining. This is by no means always the case. (Speaking here as a former power station superintendent, I can only say "I wish").
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Aussies closed all the coal power plants...now we have blackouts no electricity!
by Witness 007 inso we have been "green" blowing up all our coal power plants now they are saying we are like north korea...expect regular power blackouts.
who is running this show?.
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Rivergang
Jeffro,
That list you provided which is claimed to show that there are “still over twenty coal fired power stations operating in Australia” is in fact quoting the situation as it was six years ago. Those statistics have no relevance now, during the winter of 2022.
What was planned and what has actually happened are not always the same thing!
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Aussies closed all the coal power plants...now we have blackouts no electricity!
by Witness 007 inso we have been "green" blowing up all our coal power plants now they are saying we are like north korea...expect regular power blackouts.
who is running this show?.
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Rivergang
That list of coal-fired Australian power stations was the case when published - but that was six years ago
i.e. 2016.
Even then, nine coal-fired plants had already been de-commissioned in the six year period prior to that,
Source: Australian Energy Council, Submission 44, p. 6.
Working for an electrical engineering company which is frequently engaged in trying to pick up the pieces which all too often happen after rushed attempts to "go renewable", I am all too aware of its pitfalls. All is not what it may seem!
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Aussies closed all the coal power plants...now we have blackouts no electricity!
by Witness 007 inso we have been "green" blowing up all our coal power plants now they are saying we are like north korea...expect regular power blackouts.
who is running this show?.
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Rivergang
The pinch is going to hit during the evening peak load, which typically occurs between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs. Not much solar energy available by that time of a winter evening!
Bloody ironic when this country has vast reserves of coal, large amounts both coal-seam and natural gas, as well as the world’s largest known deposit of uranium (at Olympic Dam, in South Australia).
However, not all is necessarily lost. Even some of the greenies now agree that nuclear energy may not be such a bad idea after all!
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Remembering back
by Hellothere inanything you remember that went in org that you feel embarrassed now?
i remember back in the 80s how seems like every magazine was about bashing other group's.
how holy and faithful watchtower was compared to catholic church.
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Rivergang
Every magazine was bashing other groups
Yes, they used to particularly target the Catholic Church and its abuse of children. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.
by jojorabbit inanother shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.
i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.
but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.
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Rivergang
and evidence of why civilians need to be armed to protect themselves from their government.
That the rebels at Eureka Stockade were so easily defeated was the result of indiscipline (the good old Aussie tradition of wandering "off to the pub" !) Successful armed conflict requires more than just access to weapons - any one with any military experience would be quick to point out that without discipline, "all you have is an armed mob".
This was an edge the American militia forces had at Concorde and Lexington, and noted by the British commanders in their after-battle reports (namely that the British troops displayed a noticeable lack of that same discipline). Those countries which to this day maintain effective militia forces (such as Switzerland) subject their militia members to a rigorous and continual routine of training. (Swiss friends have often described their country's routine for training of its militia - and an annual holiday camp it certainly isn't !)
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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.
by jojorabbit inanother shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.
i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.
but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.
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Rivergang
Has Australia had a revolutionary war?
Actually, it has. The event is generally referred to as "The Eureka Rebellion" or the "Eureka Stockade".
Protesting about unfair laws and heavy-handed methods of law enforcement for rather minor infringements, a large group of miners in the Victorian gold fields declared their independence. Although rapidly defeated in a massacre carried out by forces of the Crown, the rebels made their point and achieved most of the things they sought to change.
The State Library of Victoria has a short precis of those events, which may be viewed via the following link.
https://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/golden-victoria/impact-society/eureka-stockade
Also, an extensive description of the "Eureka Rebellion" may be found on Wikipedia. (All-right - I know it is "only" Wikipedia! However, Wikipedia's account is historically accurate, and provides a comprehensive history of the lead-up to the rebellion, its course, and its aftermath.
While nowhere near as long and bloody as the American Revolution, those who participated in the Eureka Rebellion did indirectly benefit from it. Britain certainly learned from the loss of its 13 North American colonies, and thereafter was quick to grant democratic reforms in its other colonial territories (including what was then the Colony of Victoria).
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Some Jw's are the worst employees
by Foolednomore ini found a company and employed an elder as an underwriter and two ms as sales and marketing.
anyway, this elder will delegate his work to the ms in sales and marketing, so he can go home early.
he knew when he got started that this would be a 10 hour a day job with some saturday.
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Rivergang
Shadow line,
That is to say that “All JWs are good guys / All non-JWs are bad guys”. The reality, however, is somewhat different. While they imagine themselves to have the monopoly on good people, the proportion of JWs who are good persons / good employees is about the same as the population in general (certainly in my experience, anyway!)
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Some Jw's are the worst employees
by Foolednomore ini found a company and employed an elder as an underwriter and two ms as sales and marketing.
anyway, this elder will delegate his work to the ms in sales and marketing, so he can go home early.
he knew when he got started that this would be a 10 hour a day job with some saturday.
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Rivergang
Coming back to the actual topic of this thread, many of the things about being a JW I don’t at all miss! And prominent amongst these is that all to common attitude of “I can do whatever I like to you, and you have got to forgive me.”
Not hard to imagine how that would cause problems in the workplace!
