I don’t know how much you know about Germany, but energy security is not a huge problem over there. Over 60% of generated electricity is now coming from renewables. Nuclear peaked as early as 1995 (30%) and has been declining ever since. At the same time, Germany is steadily reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels.

The thing is, if Labor had announced such a completely undercooked policy - no timelines, no validation, lots of contradictions, and most importantly, no costings whatsoever - the media would be collectively crucifying them. And I’m not talking about the polite way The Guardian or The Conversation are dissecting the policy and bringing counterpoints. No, it would be open season in the most derogatory and aggressive language possible.

The fact that Dutton can bring this to a press conference and not get laughed out of the room is just utterly sad.

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2013/04/baseload-power-is-a-myth--even-intermittent-renewables-will-work

The owners of one of the proposed sites have already gone on record saying that a) they had not been contacted by anyone about this, and b) they had no plans to sell the site because they already have their own plans for it.

They’re more than happy to spend eyewatering amounts of taxpayer money on projects where they can funnel said taxpayer money into the pockets of their donors.

There is a reason the Minerals Council is backing the policy…

That’s the thing. Apple has that track record already. This years iOS update will be available for phones released as far back as 2017. And that’s not a recent development - 4+ years have been the norm with iOS devices for a long time, while many Android phones have suffered from much faster obsolescence.

Google have yet to prove that they can fulfill this promise.

I’ll touch base with you in 7 years to see how that’s going.

*from the manufacturer

Does your Android phone get 5+ years of software support?

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I know that now. Would you be so kind as to remove the full quote from your previous comment?

The comment is showing as deleted in my profile.

But thanks to you posting a full quote, there’s no point in me doing anything else, is there?

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My in-laws brought me back a pack of 4 different craft beers from a trip recently. I can’t drink and enjoy them - way too hoppy. Even the Pilsner - and I like a good Pilsner - was not enjoyable at all. The one that’s left is the dark beer - going to be an expensive dirty Diesel one day.

Freedom of religion also means freedom from religion. If legal and moral standard of society are dominated by the tenets of one religion, that’s not freedom of religion.

You can have your faith, so long as you stop forcing it down other people’s throats.

Als in Australien lebender Deutscher kostet mich ein Passantrag über mein verantwortliches Konsulat satte 180 Euro…

Es ist immer das gleiche dumme Geschwalle, als ob noch nie jemand das versucht hätte, was Lindner hier als so tolle neue Idee vorschlägt.

Weil die Islamisten ja im Moment wirklich am zahlreichsten und lautesten zur Abschaffung der freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung aufrufen. Die paar Faschos im Bundestag sind dagegen gar nichts.

Wo ist eigentlich der Aktionsplan der CDU, junge Deutsche vor dem Faschismus zu schützen?

I pointed out that your JOKE was shit. You’re the one who started calling me names, so don’t lecture me on twisted knickers.