And when they didn’t have a stream of babies they traded to get more people. Or just outright stole them.

It’s going to be an interesting time when the generation of 10 people is faced with hunting and gathering for the generation of 1000. Pro-tip: It doesn’t end well for the generation of 1000

The number of people in the world is predicted to start going negative before the end of this century.

Safe bet they will not use any of the old mines or remote ports you mention because $$$

!The best way you could do this is to just spend half a billion buying panels now and give them away. At least at the end of it, you’d have some solar panels putting out electricity instead of making millionaires out of some con men.!<

Spend all that money without claiming cheap votes and making your mates rich? You madman

Sounds like you need a better plumber or a better tenant

While it is the right thing to do, continued cultural isolation of its people is exactly what the Taliban want

Because now the ute is a holiday/recreation vehicle whose expenses can be written off for work as opposed to a pure work vehicle.

If we did ban them, I think the economy would be better off overall. For the majority of trades, vans are a way more efficient work vehicle. Using a big ute for the daily school runaround is simply inane. The only winners of big ute are the automakers and campground operators.

Nah they won’t get outed or penalised. They’ll just get invited to less cool parties now because treason is gross and nobody wants to be seen with that

Remember governments past and present piss away this and more routinely for far less social benefit

Check out a developer called yiotro. His stuff aint flashy and almost entirely strategy/puzzle but are light on resources (i.e you can pick up and play/stop whenever without losing progress. Also won’t kill your battery), and not most importantly not bloated with ads. The perfect time killer.

Some of his games are pretty fun/addictive/challenging. Paid versions are a few bucks and free for life.

Most people commenting here don’t have kids. Private schools are so prolofic because the majority of public schools are so defunded and sad looking that there is a native demand for schools with… non-below average facilities which families are willing to pay for.

This country doesn’t spend enough on education and instead is letting its citizens fund the education sector out of their own pockets. It’s kinda criminal.

So instead of blanket banning private schools we should be funding public ones to the level that makes most private schools redundant.

That’s way too basic to be a solution. If you take from them they’ll simply take it back from us by cutting jobs and services while raising fees.

We should be making it harder if not outright illegal for them to arbitrarily cut costs in the way they do i.e closing branches, offboarding atms, making workers redundant to keep up profits. They are in many ways a public service and the service component is worth protecting.

Countering this behaviour would be far more impactful to Australians and the economy than just having them hand a bag of money to the government.

Love the smell of cheap KPI attainment in the morning

That Lego could have been quickly converted into cash without much fuss. Not the most space efficient way to launder money but it makes a lot of financial sense.

An interesting read, but the solution of using our media to influence human behaviour into being pro-ecology ain’t gonna work unless being sustainable is equally as profitable which it cannot be because sustainability is ultimately linked to less consumption of primary resources which is, contrarily, one of the biggest drivers for economic growth.

One thing the article highlights rightly is that all this focus on renewables should be secondary to humanity needing to simply consume less. It’s a change we can make within a generation and would be far more impactful than any technological advances or deliberate population control.

Saddam takes Kuwait oil = AIRSTRIKES!!!

Genocide in Rwanda = no airstrikes

Genocide in Darfur = no airstrikes

Gadaffi threatens to renationalise oil = AIRSTRIKES!!!

Genocide in Burma = no airstrikes

Islamic State takes control of oil assets throughout Middle East = AIRSTRIKES!!! AIRSTRIKES!!! AIRSTRIKES!!!

Russia basically annexes Georgian territory = no airstrikes

China’s cultural genocide of Uighurs = no airstrikes

Russia invades Ukraine = no airstrikes

Some rebels threaten the global economy = AIRSTRIKES!!!

In a large city they can be practically boycotted. Most people just can’t be bothered.

For the best, even if not toxic the texture and will have gone to shit

Fear and prejudice transcends all education.

In Australia

Ryobi: for DIY, apprentices or otherwise cheapskates. No shame in it. Best bang for buck if you don’t wear them out and the best part is you’re not going to be worried that someone will nick off with them. A lot of their range isn’t brushless and these tools will let you down the moment you need to do something moderately demanding.

Milwaukee: has won the trades tool war. They have a huge range of tools and their customer service with regard to warranty replacement can’t be beat. Tradies are very comforted that know that they can abuse the crap out of their tool and not be out of pocket.

Makita: my house. I consider more of a gentlemans tool even though many swear they are the most rugged things out there. I think their batteries are better than the competition in terms of overall cycles so long as they are not abused. Their carpentry tools are so so buttery to use. Wish they had a bigger tool range.

Bosch: Not as good as the above two but priced the same or higher. Limited tool range. Batteries are really not amazing. Sad to see but the only persons using these are really those who insist on buying only a german/european branded product.

Dewalt: Yellow is not as good as red or teal and is priced accordingly. Weird second best niche. Batteries kind of trash imo.

Ozito/Ferrex/etc: Chinesium. Bit of a roll of the dice. Some stuff may last but generally expect these tools to fail at some point even with light usage. Generally not fun/comfortable to use either.