What if you lived in Australia?

[loosegoose]

Originally Posted by bloke57

I'd love a cupboard tank. So easy for the modern housewife to store away for those "difficult" times of the month.

DOH!

[blondifan]

Westpac appears to have ruled out funding the controversial Adani mine by limiting lending to basins that are already producing thermal coal.

Australia's oldest bank on Friday updated its climate change action plan in which it said it would limit thermal coal project lending to producing basins where the coal quality is highest - a move the bank said demonstrated support for the transition to a zero emissions economy.

Westpac had long been targeted by protesters over its failure to follow its rivals in ruling out funding for the $20 billion Adani mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin, which critics say would severely jeopardise the state of the Great Barrier Reef and destroy indigenous land rights.

Source: http://au.pressfrom.com/news/money/-...ani-coal-mine/

What this didn't mention is that the government planned to spend a billion of tax payers dollars to build a railway to service this mine, something Adani could have payed for themselves.
More so, India plans to greatly improve use of renewable energy by the end of this year. This railway would never pay for itself and at the risk of the Great Barrier Reef.
Westpac are the sixteenth lending institution to turn Adani down.

In 2016 84% of Queensland was in a drought and the government thinks it’s a good idea to give free groundwater to a coal mine, while farmers have to pay.
According to a supplementary environmental impact statement, the mine will draw 26 million litres of water per day from its pits by 2029.

[trailmaster]

Just when you thought it was the end, it isn't. Quokka Terrace now faces a new threat, but this time it is from the Australian government. Hey, I paid for all the construction and all other permits. What are they bothering me about now! Find out Monday night( that's early Monday morning for me ).

[andw]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Just when you thought it was the end, it isn't. Quokka Terrace now faces a new threat, but this time it is from the Australian government. Hey, I paid for all the construction and all other permits. What are they bothering me about now! Find out Monday night( that's early Monday morning for me ).

It's likely you upset the locals by starting ww3 in your back yard and the gub'ment wants to "meet" you and find out where you got your weaponry...

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

... Find out Monday night( that's early Monday morning for me ).

Or is it Sunday?

32 Things Every American Thinks When Visiting Australia The First Time.

[effCup]

Originally Posted by blondifan

32 Things Every American Thinks When Visiting Australia The First Time.

Hey bf, have you ever tried drinking hot vegemite through a timtam?

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by effCup

Hey bf, have you ever tried drinking hot vegemite through a timtam?

Coffee yes. Vegemite? No, but Pa will.

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by blondifan

Or is it Sunday?

32 Things Every American Thinks When Visiting Australia The First Time.

Just as an example. Melbourne is 15 hours ahead of Chicago, USA Where I live, so when I get on my computer early Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. it is 8:30 p.m. Monday night in Melbourne.

[loosegoose]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

so when I get on my computer early Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. it is 8:30 p.m. Monday night in Melbourne.

If you send me a FedEx money order for ten thousand dollars TM, I will give you tomorrow' s winning lottery numbers.

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by loosegoose

If you send me a FedEx money order for ten thousand dollars TM, I will give you tomorrow' s winning lottery numbers.

Why do you think I have that kind of money? I am still driving a 16 year old Toyota Camry, and anyway I don't believe in lotteries. My late Mom and Dad played the weekly lottery for more than 10 years and never won anything.