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‘I guess our country owes its existence to a form of foreign investment by the British government in the then unsettled or, um, scarcely settled, Great South Land.’ – Tony Abbott talking after his keynote address to the Australian-Melbourne Institute last Thursday. Nice one, Tony. Having the portfolio for Indigenous affairs under the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet might be less than uplifting for the First Australians Abbott believes had trouble ‘settling’ here for an estimated 40,000 years or more. Massacring people and stealing their country is an interesting form of ‘foreign investment’. Q Q Q Q
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As Echonetdaily reported, residents living in areas around Splendour’s North Byron Parklands are warily welcoming the return of two ‘CoWs’ to the site this year. They hope the late confirmation that Telstra will provide two of its Cells on Wheels (temporary phone towers) to the event will not only improve phone reception for festival-goers but also spell an end to outages they have experienced during peak periods in the past. Festival site owner North Byron Parklands still considers itself in the five-year ‘trial’ stage – some relief to locals who oppose it. Organisers said in a media release that they are ‘not in a position to invest in permanent infrastructure, but we look forward to working with Telstra on a mutually beneficial plan for the future’. Festival goers take too many selfies to be bothered with enjoying the great outdoors, we guess. Q Q Q Q
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you know the future will look different (even if our own government is stuck in 20th century technology). In his article How To Lose $40 Trillion (http://tonyseba.com/ how-to-lose-40-trillion), author and ‘entrepreneurship’ lecturer Tony Seba explores the concept of ‘market disruption’ which in the case of energy shift will see coal, natural gas and oil as ‘stranded assets’. One of the disturbing aspects is that the International Energy Agency is placing its bets on the past, but given its set-up was proposed by that old war criminal Henry Kissinger, that might be expected. Giles Parkinson, editor of Reneweconomy, looks at Seba’s book, Clean Disruption Of Energy and Transportation, at http://bit. ly/GilesTony. Q Q Q Q
Speaking of renewable energy, here’s an interesting piece of history courtesy the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (aeva.asn.au): ‘The first electric cars were built in the United States in 1891. They were quieter, smoother, easier to drive, and required less maintenance than petrol cars. During the First World War the cost of petrol dou-
bled in Australia and electric cars became so popular that in 1916 Sydney City Council set up a special charging station in Palmer Street, where owners could recharge their vehicles for a reasonable fee. At this time it was expected that the petrol engine would soon become obsolete, but the electric car continued to
be hampered by its heavy batteries. The inability to find a cheap and easy-to-produce alternative battery, the limited range and its lower maximum speed were restrictions that are still not fully resolved today.’ But a lot of work is being done on improving those batteries. Read, for example, Phil Berg’s article 8 Potential EV and Hybrid Battery Breakthroughs: http://bit.ly/ evbreakthru. Q Q Q Q
What are the horrific results of legalising marijuana in Colorado? Less crime, for one. Policy.Mic reports on the first six months of consequences at http://bit.ly/ Denres. ‘According to government data, the Denver city-and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9 per cent since recreational marijuana use was legalised in January.’
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