Emergency Cheese has a tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If I have emergency cheese in the fridge, I find I suddenly have an emergency that requires cheese.
My wife has been fascinated by this case and listens to the daily podcast about it. She's gone from "oh she definitely did it" to "maybe she's innocent, I can't be say beyond reasonable doubt" after this week's testimony. So Erin is clearly doing some good for her case on the stand.
I haven't been following the case closely, but I listened to one recap podcast a week ago where they describe the multiple phones, the missing phone seen on camera that wasn't provided, with the one provided to police being factory reset first, and taking her dehydrator on CCTV to the tip after telling police she didn't have one - it was all pretty damning.
That sort of vote manipulation wouldn't be posted to this community. š
I'm a little surprised at how many people have seen this post. More people subscribe to Meta/browse Local than I would have guessed. Whichever it is, I love how engaged our users are in the health of the instance. You guys are great!
Nah, Eureka is legit. He just doesn't think news should be in Australia. And that's perfectly fine. There may come a time where we are getting enough content that we'll want to introduce that as a rule.
It has been reported, yes. I got the report because it was an aussie.zone user who reported it. As an admin, I can remove the post, but that will only remove it for aussie.zone users.
For reports on communities on other instances, I rarely take action unless one of my users is causing issues or the post is spam/something super nasty.
This image is pretty misleading. It's super easy to overlook that "900km" at the bottom. They would somehow transport the raw product 900km to existing infrastructure.
This is on top of the problem of capturing the gas they want, while leaving behind the gas they don't want (CO2) - which makes up 40% of what's in there.
These are pretty significant bridges to cross. I don't want to say that they're dreaming, because the technology to do this does exist. But it's going to be super vital to hold them to the whole 'put the Carbon Dioxide back into the hole' part of the picture, and not just let them 'whoopsie, we accidentally let it loose into the atmosphere'.
She's trying to tarnish the character of her critics by (falsely) suggesting that their own consumption makes it hypocritical to criticise Woodside.
That wasn't the take I got at all.
āSo that human impact and the consumerās role in driving energy demand and emissions absolutely is a missing space in the conversation.ā
She's basically saying the entire reason they exist and are doing what they do is because of consumer demand. That's you and me. We just aren't to accept it if we flick a switch and power doesn't come on. In the medium term, we still need fossil fuels to support our society.
The correct response to her is to keep developing and employing sources of energy that reduce this demand. And not only for us, but for people globally.
You've completely missed the point. Yes, those companies are driving emissions. Where are they driving those emissions to though? People like you and me who are generating that demand. Nobody is burning fossil fuels for shits and giggles. They're doing it to make a profit. It is also worth looking at who those companies are - very strong representation in developing nations who are lifting their populations into the modern world. If you are the beneficiary of two centuries of industrial advancement, it's a bit hypocritical to sit there and claim that people who are trying to join you are the problem.
We're talking specifically about Australian environmental issues here and an Australian company. In Australia, renewable energy is subsidised and more incentives are on the way. I don't think you'll find too many people in Australia who will agree that their home electricity bills are low. They are in fact so high that the federal government has stepped in to help households pay their power bills.
We are also talking about a gas company in WA. WA has a scheme where gas is sold to its domestic market at a lower rate under a very smart quota system, but this is not a subsidy - it is a recognition that the gas is owned by everyone and does not just belong to the company that happens to extract it.
This isn't wrong, but it would also be a mistake to ignore her altogether. The wider point she is making is that many of the people protesting Woodside's actions are also consumers. Home energy in particular is something people take for granted. People also don't think about the energy it takes to order stuff online, or to buy asparagus and avocados from Mexico etc.
Woodside exists to make money. They make money by meeting a demand that we the consumers are providing. I'm no exception here, so this isn't a soapbox spiel. We need to work toward a renewable future, but simply are not yet in a position where we can avoid burning any fossil fuels as well. If we accept that we need fossil fuels in our world for the moment, it is our responsibility to keep the Woodsides of the world to practices that are as sustainable for the planet as possible, not only sustainable for their profit margins.
Hold these people to a high standard, yes. But don't ignore the difference millions of people can also make. Don't simply go "eh, my teeny carbon footprint is insignificant next to Woodside's" - because collectively all our footprints together are in fact a bit significant.
Good intel, ta. I've not had any information or misinformation on this matter - over here in Perth this just isn't a news story.
This does then beg the question: "Why does a local council manage such a major artery for the state?" If it's going to cost upwards of a Billion dollars to repair, I can see why a local council is unable to attempt that work. They just don't have that sort of budge to spend on a bit of road.`
To really make their point, they should take over the left lane. Every day. Full of cyclists. Then the motorists would start campaigning to get them their own lane.
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