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Reply #240 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 10:47am

We get more rain one year. Less rain another year. We have modest winters one year. Cold winters another.

I am currently cleaning up my house (not right now) getting ready for the onset of a cold winter this year. There is a good chance that I will be covering the windows with blankets to trap in the warmth.

Whether we use coal to fuel our power plants, or nuclear energy, the climate is not going to go "Oh, look at that. People are using different energy sources. We should hold off raising the average world temperature levels".

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Reply #241 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 11:25am

Big Donger wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 10:32am:

Happening right now, you tendentiousss old fool. Lee's miffed they can't do the Nullabor.

Now, we'd like your apology, please. Intelligence and integwity.

Chop chop.

The promise is happening right now, demented, grimacing fool:

Janus Electric flags five-year pathway to electrify Australia’s freight fleet, cutting diesel use by 10bn litres

Electrifying Australia’s heavy freight fleet could be achieved within as little as five years — far faster and at significantly lower cost than widely assumed — according to new analysis from Janus Electric Holdings Ltd (ASX:JNS).

ASX:JNS, eh? Send money now to sendmoneynow.com.au, innit.

Also, you are familiar with the conditional, aren't you? and that 'pathway in 5 years' IS about a future promise, not present reality.

Still, carry on grimacing like a moron with Alzheimers.

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Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics'
Reply #242 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 1:35pm

Big Donger wrote on Mar 21^st, 2026 at 10:34pm:

There you go, old boy. There appears to be a smug belief.

And its all yours.

So let's ask a few questions -

1. Do these batteries need to be returned for recharge? The two battery packs weigh 2.08 tonne each, according to the Lodestar website. And the 400 km relies on regenerative braking. Not much braking happens on long haul routes.

2. Do they have rechargers of sufficient size, so that they can be charged at the change depots. 620KWh batteries at a normal 32KWh charge rate, would take 19 hours charging each. Special chargers require more input power than the standard.

And according to Lodestar the Europeans don't think it will work, but hey hey have no experience, right?

https://theloadstar.com/swapping-batteries-on-electric-trucks-cant-be-done-but-a...

But hope springs eternal in the unqualified engineer. Roll Eyes

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Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics'
Reply #243 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 4:50pm

Frank wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 11:25am:

Big Donger wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 10:32am:

Happening right now, you tendentiousss old fool. Lee's miffed they can't do the Nullabor.

Now, we'd like your apology, please. Intelligence and integwity.

Chop chop.

The promise is happening right now, demented, grimacing fool:

Janus Electric flags five-year pathway to electrify Australia’s freight fleet, cutting diesel use by 10bn litres

Electrifying Australia’s heavy freight fleet could be achieved within as little as five years — far faster and at significantly lower cost than widely assumed — according to new analysis from Janus Electric Holdings Ltd (ASX:JNS).

ASX:JNS, eh? Send money now to sendmoneynow.com.au, innit.

Also, you are familiar with the conditional, aren't you? and that 'pathway in 5 years' IS about a future promise, not present reality.

Still, carry on grimacing like a moron with Alzheimers.

No, dear, on the market now.

So stop stalling.

Say it.

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Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics'
Reply #244 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 4:59pm

lee wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 1:35pm:

Big Donger wrote on Mar 21^st, 2026 at 10:34pm:

There you go, old boy. There appears to be a smug belief.

And its all yours.

So let's ask a few questions -

1. Do these batteries need to be returned for recharge? The two battery packs weigh 2.08 tonne each, according to the Lodestar website. And the 400 km relies on regenerative braking. Not much braking happens on long haul routes.

2. Do they have rechargers of sufficient size, so that they can be charged at the change depots. 620KWh batteries at a normal 32KWh charge rate, would take 19 hours charging each. Special chargers require more input power than the standard.

And according to Lodestar the Europeans don't think it will work, but hey hey have no experience, right?

https://theloadstar.com/swapping-batteries-on-electric-trucks-cant-be-done-but-a...

But hope springs eternal in the unqualified engineer. Roll Eyes

Did you say the Europeans?

Currently in a race with Chi-na to sell more electric trucks?

There appears to be a smug belief, as every schoolboy knows.

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Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics'
Reply #245 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 5:57pm

Big Donger wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 4:59pm:

Currently in a race with Chi-na to sell more electric trucks?

oh cheaper? Nothing about the payload ability, nothing about kilometre range.

European countries are only about 3-4% individually in size, compared to Australia. So no great distance to travel. can't you find something beyond "cheapness"? Grin

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Reply #246 - Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 11:18pm

lee wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 5:57pm:

Big Donger wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 4:59pm:

Currently in a race with Chi-na to sell more electric trucks?

oh cheaper? Nothing about the payload ability, nothing about kilometre range.

European countries are only about 3-4% individually in size, compared to Australia. So no great distance to travel. can't you find something beyond "cheapness"? Grin

Is there a question in there?

I'm curious.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20332 Gender:	Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics' Reply #247 - Mar 23^rd, 2026 at 12:53pm Big Donger wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2026 at 11:18pm: Is there a question in there? So you don't understand the written word. That explains so much.
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6135 Gender:	Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics' Reply #248 - Mar 23^rd, 2026 at 2:29pm From a scientist:
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Reply #249 - Mar 24^th, 2026 at 3:52pm

Belgarion wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2026 at 2:29pm:

From a scientist:

Sorry? The temperature's up by an average 1.7 degrees. It's rising more than a tenth of a degree annually.

Perhaps you'd like to confer with Lee, dear. Depending on the season, he pretends it's cooling, rising, dampening, drying, you name it.

It is a jolly world, no?

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Reply #250 - Mar 24^th, 2026 at 4:05pm

Big Donger wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 3:52pm:

. Depending on the season, he pretends it's cooling, rising, dampening, drying, you name it.

Sorry you named the wrong people. The "climate scientists" have said it is getting wetter and the "climate scientists" are the ones saying drought is increasing. So much for the null hypothesis. Roll Eyes

After all drought is the absence of rain. Grin

"Over the past 2 years, Earth got hotter faster than ever before"

https://www.science.org/content/article/over-past-2-years-earth-got-hotter-faste...

But of course we don't know how fast it warmed "ever before", the ice core data isn't that accurate.

"Droughts are coming on faster"

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh3097

BTW - Big Donger wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 3:52pm:

The temperature's up by an average 1.7 degrees. It's rising more than a tenth of a degree annually.

So 1.7C/ 170 years is not 0.1 degrees annual rise. I knew about your science lack, I wasn't aware of you lack of maths. Bur maths is racist, isn't it. Wink

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Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics'
Reply #251 - Mar 24^th, 2026 at 4:57pm

lee wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 4:05pm:

Big Donger wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 3:52pm:

. Depending on the season, he pretends it's cooling, rising, dampening, drying, you name it.

Sorry you named the wrong people. The "climate scientists" have said it is getting wetter and the "climate scientists" are the ones saying drought is increasing. So much for the null hypothesis. Roll Eyes

After all drought is the absence of rain. Grin

"Over the past 2 years, Earth got hotter faster than ever before"

https://www.science.org/content/article/over-past-2-years-earth-got-hotter-faste...

But of course we don't know how fast it warmed "ever before", the ice core data isn't that accurate.

"Droughts are coming on faster"

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh3097

BTW - Big Donger wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 3:52pm:

The temperature's up by an average 1.7 degrees. It's rising more than a tenth of a degree annually.

So 1.7C/ 170 years is not 0.1 degrees annual rise. I knew about your science lack, I wasn't aware of you lack of maths. Bur maths is racist, isn't it. Wink

You see?

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20332 Gender:	Re: the gullibility of climate 'sceptics' Reply #252 - Mar 24^th, 2026 at 5:20pm Big Donger wrote on Mar 24^th, 2026 at 4:57pm: You see? I see your Bullschidt.
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