As an Australian who’s travelled a fair bit I’d say the level of racism in Australia varies depending on where you are and most parts of the world I’ve visited are more racist than the major cities of Australia. But that’s just my personal observation.
The base load argument doesn’t hold water any more - not when there are places which are progressing towards being totally free of base load. Eg. South Australia is already nearly all renewable power with in-fill from batteries and transient gas power when needed. They’re still currently getting some base load from other states but it’s small and gradually being phased out.
They’re not economically feasible anywhere right now. Unfortunately nuclear power is very expensive compared to all the alternatives. Unless there’s some radical breakthrough I can’t see much nuclear being built in the future. No company would pay such a huge up-front cost to produce uneconomic electricity.
So the strict answer is - no, they’re not feasible everywhere. And also not feasible pretty much anywhere.
But they don’t want anyone to get out.
It’s actually 25. But it’s amazing to think that people in Florida can get 30 years just for possessing some weed. I think it might be the US that has the problem here.
Is this a thing that actually happens?
Wow. That’s horrible. The US health system sounds like a dystopian nightmare.
Because they often don’t get updated when security updates become available
They’re deliberately drafting troops from rural areas as much as possible to minimise the number of angry parents in the major cities who might actually mount a visible complaint.
Nice way to openly declare your intention to commit crimes under international law.
So skeptical. And then a few hours later the US gives its blessing for exactly that: https://lemmy.ml/post/6687184 .
And the Israeli defense chief says “troops will soon see Gaza ‘from inside’”
It’s not like they have a choice about their government. There’s no voting and hasn’t been for decades.
The Gaza strip ceases to exist when it’s taken by force and “settlers” move in so it becomes part of Israel. Millions of Palestinians die in refugee camps.
I guess it depends which media you use. My mother watches channel 7 mostly and she seemed puzzled as to why anyone would vote yes. “Apparently even the Aboriginals don’t want it.” And this was a few weeks ago. I think the mainstream media’s been pushing “no” pretty hard throughout.
The weight of the media was against them from day 1. It doesn’t really matter what your messaging is if it doesn’t get reported. What did get reported was whatever Murdoch’s news media wanted to be reported, and if they reported the “yes” side only in terms of weak points then that’s what people think the “yes” side had to say.
Simple answer: Israeli “settlers” will move in. Gaza will become part of Israel. Millions of Palestinians will be displaced and most will die in refugee camps.
The mining lobby funded some of the yes campaign and then proceeded to put out those vague and questionable messages. They really played both sides very effectively.
That actually makes it much worse. Kinetic energy is a square law so to reach orbit at 5 times the velocity requires 5x5=25 times the energy they’re currently using. And air resistance is also a square law so making it go 5 times faster also results in 25 times the air resistance and 25 times the heating due to it.
Most likely if they did get it going fast enough to make it to orbit, it’d burn up in the lower atmosphere before it even got very far.
The mining lobby seems to be behind it too - they stand to lose a lot if Aboriginal rights are given more credence.
To be it looks like Australia’s getting the better end of the deal with Tuvalu essentially agreeing to be a military foothold of Australia in the Pacific.