tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7152838478303681330..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond marvels at Tony Schwartz, Graham Lloyd and the Caterists ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66062720990018078942016-07-20T07:32:07.468+10:002016-07-20T07:32:07.468+10:00Thanks Jim, and the pond has always been a big adm...Thanks Jim, and the pond has always been a big admirer of Mile End and Thebbie town hall.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebarton_Theatredorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-2446657016382229172016-07-20T01:40:29.944+10:002016-07-20T01:40:29.944+10:00Maybe add a little Talleyrand to the Oscar, FD: &q...Maybe add a little Talleyrand to the Oscar, FD: "he has forgotten nothing and learned nothing" (or thereabouts).GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68980023640605707732016-07-19T20:37:58.385+10:002016-07-19T20:37:58.385+10:00"lazy, deceptive, tick"...well, probably..."lazy, deceptive, tick"...well, probably all true, but the Boy from Billericay suffers from a much more fundamental deficit, shared by most on the "right" side of the political spectrum - he is a cynic, in the Oscar Wilde sense: he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.<br /><br />South Australian electricity prices (which I read recently have been surpassed by those in coal-fired New South Wales) bear no relation to South Australian electricity costs, because they do not (by definition) include externalities, the hidden costs of an activity borne by people other than the provider. Anything from elevated cancer deaths downwind of power plants, to higher water costs due to competition for supply, to government subsidies, to the manifold effects of climate change. These increase the <b><i>cost</i></b> of coal-fired electricity several-fold (the usual estimates are 3 to 6 times), but not the price. Renewables have some externalities as well, but very much smaller.<br /><br />While the kind people of Malawi, Bolivia and Kiribati will pick up the tab for some of our climate change costs, others are local (cancer, water for example) and South Australia will indirectly save some money from shutting down coal plants. Whether this offsets higher electricity prices is beyond my poor powers to say.<br /><br />Two other quick observations:<br />Market reports suggest the primary driver for rising prices in SA is oversupply. People are using less electricity, suppliers have a matrix which includes fixed costs, so they jack up the prices to compensate. In Caternomics, the solution is obvious - if crow-eaters want cheaper electricity, they should leave their lights on all night.<br /><br />The other thing - less directly relevant, but something I saw on a Guardian discussion thread today: a lot of people talk about how China's emissions are going up, so what we do doesn't matter (much). The thing that always seems to be forgotten is that China is increasing its power supply partly so it can continue to supply ever greater quantities of consumer goods to the West. If emissions from China result from the manufacture of a TV that is sold in Australia, then WE are responsible for those emissions. Europe has virtuously hit all its climate change targets by simply not making as much stuff. They consume more (we all do), but claim no responsibility for the emissions from the manufacture of that stuff. A proper carbon-pricing system would track emissions to the point of consumption, not the point of emission (granted, that is many times more difficult to do accurately). I'm sure the Cater would disagree, but lets face it he's a lazy, deceptive tick so who cares?FrankDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9464706650799829012016-07-19T16:38:33.641+10:002016-07-19T16:38:33.641+10:00The lesser Murdochs are looking for an excuse to g...The lesser Murdochs are looking for an excuse to get rid of Ailes, I think. They might have found it.GlenHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978357851849422273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-69547433129535775042016-07-19T13:20:10.762+10:002016-07-19T13:20:10.762+10:00"The pond has been there too..."
I think..."The pond has been there too..."<br />I think applies to many of us, but not everybody is doing such fine work in atoning for past sins with a must-read blog-confessional :-)<br />Yours with appreciation,<br />Jim in Adelaide (western suburbs if you don't mind)Jim Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396028149692613199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27890678781303679712016-07-19T13:20:03.180+10:002016-07-19T13:20:03.180+10:00"The pond has been there too..."
I think..."The pond has been there too..."<br />I think applies to many of us, but not everybody is doing such fine work in atoning for past sins with a must-read blog-confessional :-)<br />Yours with appreciation,<br />Jim in Adelaide (western suburbs if you don't mind)Jim Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396028149692613199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-2550734366790229702016-07-19T13:15:24.306+10:002016-07-19T13:15:24.306+10:00Right now, DP, I am imagining Tony Abbott with a h...Right now, DP, I am imagining Tony Abbott with a huge, bushy, Ned Kelly beard and shaved head. The nation is crying out for a true Leader, one with heaps of charisma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-61771351861726333602016-07-19T11:53:14.491+10:002016-07-19T11:53:14.491+10:00Take it away Warren:
https://www.youtube.com/watch...Take it away Warren:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0NlXKPaqZgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-592366827744651832016-07-19T11:43:00.016+10:002016-07-19T11:43:00.016+10:00Can't wait for the word manglers to get to wor...Can't wait for the word manglers to get to work on the life and times of the supreme arsehole Roger Ailes.<br />https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/18/roger-ailes-fired-fox-news-sexual-harassment-gretchen-carlsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-92177703492455853662016-07-19T10:45:43.841+10:002016-07-19T10:45:43.841+10:00Touche' DW. Good links,nicely showing what Dor...Touche' DW. Good links,nicely showing what Dorothy so eloquently stated. That Cater is a lazy,deceptive and parasitic little tick. Certainly proves the adage that some pricks would sell their own mother...and their fellow citizens down the river for a buck.I doubt he would even have a mirror in his nest,lest he actually had to look at his own dial which is quite close to that of a man crossed with a rat.Then again that is probably just the consequence of living like one, and hanging out with all those other rats in the bunker.<br />Interestingly,quite a bit of chatter re.price gouging in the gas industry on the radio this very morning.Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21597881003489308072016-07-19T09:35:26.098+10:002016-07-19T09:35:26.098+10:00Hi Dorothy,
"Resident tree hugger", &qu...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />"Resident tree hugger", "slavish obedience to the "experts"", "fantasy green-tech future", "technocratic pixies who created this mess".<br /><br />All strong arguments from Cater, it's just a shame that none of them are based on facts or reality.<br /><br />http://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/electricity-price-gas-em5569/<br /><br />And of course no mention from Cater that Australian consumers are being price gouged by a cartel.<br /><br />http://www.michaelwest.com.au/its-a-gas-australian-gas-prices-are-a-bargain-in-japan/<br /><br />DiddyWroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-70598317070685755972016-07-19T08:49:34.358+10:002016-07-19T08:49:34.358+10:00We have:
"Some, such as the immortal Dame Sl...We have:<br /><br />"Some, such as the immortal Dame Slap, are simply barking mad and live on Planet Janet. They're more Trump than Schwartz, out of touch with reality, but gripped by a passionate, narcissistic self-regard which gives them a wondrous certitude."<br /><br />and:<br /><br />"...what room does that leave, except to respond by calling the wretch a lickspittle, fellow-travelling, sell-out quisling?"<br /><br />Just delicious, DP. You're in truly fine form this morning. And there's quite a few that are fellow inhabitants of Planet Janet, I reckon (Kevin, Julia, Tony, Malcolm, Andrews of various hues, Cory . . . )<br />GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67448690287653686532016-07-19T08:15:32.031+10:002016-07-19T08:15:32.031+10:00They'll probably die a horrible, painful death...They'll probably die a horrible, painful death, won't they?Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.com