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Last Seen 26/06/2025
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Did you earn it somehow, or it is one off inheritance thing etc?
26/06/2025 - 16:56
> I have no wife, no partner, work in a stable job 145k give or take. You currently have the highest disposable income you will ever have…
26/06/2025 - 13:30
The hand is waving very broadly. Work out the cost of the '5 hour' 120 GWh battery for example... ~$70 billion The whole thing is invented…
21/06/2025 - 11:49
Maybe buy one as a collectors item haha
20/06/2025 - 17:53
Not your fault. It is surprising you couldn't stop in time though, how close were they to you when they pulled out?
19/06/2025 - 11:14
If I raise a cow inside a lab, does that count as lab grown meat?
19/06/2025 - 11:09
> Average over the past year is circa about 4.5GW, about 40% of capacity, dipping as low as 1GW. Total wind over last year was 30,747 GWh,…
16/06/2025 - 21:21
> You don't need 13 times name plate capacity, because the times when demand is high and wind is low line up infrequently. No. Look at NEM…
16/06/2025 - 13:09
> 35GW of wind power needs 35GW of turbines when the wind is blowing and infinity of turbines when it isn't. lol, so how much do you think…
16/06/2025 - 13:05
> plus 5 hours of battery storage. This is also ridiculous. Why not just put down 20 hours of battery storage and the graph will look even…
16/06/2025 - 13:02
35 GW of wind generation will require ~465 GW of installed capacity, which is completely ridiculous. He's making up fantasy numbers.
16/06/2025 - 12:56
> David Osmond has run the numbers showing how much power can be generated with renewables and 5 hours of batteries, and it is routinely…
16/06/2025 - 12:00
We don't have to - and we can't actually anyway, we will have to pay for both. That why electricity prices will continue to go up even…
16/06/2025 - 11:46
They’re just trying to flatten the load curve. Everyone get's home from work and all plug in their EV's at ~6pm which is peak demand. By…
16/06/2025 - 11:34
> NL is unlikely to be of huge benefit unless on quite a high income. If you're buying a car on loan anyway it will be better to NL it.…
16/06/2025 - 11:18
> you know batteries exist right Right now, coal and gas are effectively acting as our batteries. No matter how much solar we install, we…
16/06/2025 - 11:16
> I mean it's a lot of money, but ROI is 5-7 years on average Nobody is paying $20k-$40k for electricity over 5-7 years.
16/06/2025 - 11:01
If you doing novated lease just be aware for a PHEV the electricity costs are difficult to claim pre-tax, whereas the fuel cost are no…
14/06/2025 - 12:29
This is short-sighted - your 15-year-old will be an adult before you know it. Start easing them into the real world now, while you still…
11/06/2025 - 10:15
Just use Grab. Takes all the hassle away and makes getting around cheap, painless and comfortable. Maybe not as fun as a rickshaw ride -…
10/06/2025 - 16:12
> As above, Vietnam is very very scammy. Himm... what area was this? I found the north and Hanoi to be really nice. No issues with scams at…
10/06/2025 - 16:10
No don't engage with this at all. Just ignore it. Well if you're really bored you could mess with them for a bit - but just be aware it is…
10/06/2025 - 15:59
Yes of course this is a scam.
10/06/2025 - 15:55
This link shows a different peak output power, only 1800W
09/06/2025 - 15:44
> Jumpstarted my car with a bad battery more than 5 times on a single charge Well it says '60x Jump-Starts Per Charge' so I would hope so...
07/06/2025 - 17:36
Go a few days earlier, outside the school holidays. Meet up with the others when they arrive.
04/06/2025 - 15:02
> Could you transfer half share if the property to them in this financial year and the second half share in the second financial year You…
03/06/2025 - 19:26
> but you still need to pay CGT on inherited property Not until you sell it though - this is the critical difference.
03/06/2025 - 19:17
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