Rob McCann
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Rob McCann
@RobbMcCann
Observer, writer and consultant in technology, sustainability, economics and society.
Australia Beigetreten Şubat 2024
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What an incredibly useless National Announcement from Albo.
I knew he would be incompetent, but he really outdid himself this time.
Vague nonsense which will not address anyone's concerns.
The takeaway from it was 'I too have no fucking clue what is happening and I don't know what to do. Good luck everyone.'
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@88888sAccount Housing, hospitals, roads and day care centres could really do with some more demand right now.
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Let’s make Persia great again
Free the citizens of this brutal theocracy
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@ironic_capital @88888sAccount That’s right fuckstick.
I’ll get some crayons out for you and explain why relying on one fuel source from thousands of kms away is a bad idea
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@rationalaussie Normie: go the doggies!
Autist: the thing that does the load bearing for all civilisation is beholden to one man’s ego and a technologically advanced death cult who will use the Sampson option if they feel like it.
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Do the normies even understand what is about to happen
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Walking in the forest is an underrated form of therapy.
All day Astronomy@forallcurious
🚨: Research suggest that just 3 days of camping in the forest can increase the production of cells that kill cancer by more than 50%.
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@AussieBatt37904 It’s dropping the ball on a National scale that I’ve not seen in my entire lifetime.
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Australia should of been prepared for any conflict or disruption to our energy sector. The world ain’t sunshine and rainbows we only live in pockets of peace.
Scotty Chal@shallowchal
I’m so glad that liberating the people of Iran will now result in business collapses, ruined families, divorces, another mental health / suicide crisis as well as the further erosion of your freedoms and liberties Australia. I hope the Middle East appreciates your sacrifice for their freedoms whilst your government lays you out on the alter of agenda 2030. #Shitshow
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Rob McCann retweetet
Laying the foundation stone of Lakemba Memorial Hall. Sydney, NSW 🇦🇺🇬🇧 1929
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@realRick_AUS You need to realise why this is happening mate. You are getting closer by the day.
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Imagine the outcry from Anthony Albanese and labor,
If it were “Nazis” heckling and him needing 20 people escorting him to safety.
But, because he doesn’t wanna lose votes,
It was just a couple “people”, nothing to see here.
Deplorable.
He has no shame.
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@JEChalmers Mate a tub of butter costs $12 and there isn’t enough shelter to go around
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Eid Mubarak! Wishing a joyful and blessed Eid to all those observing.
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@ausstockchick Had we been run by savvy economists and govt officials Australia could have been in a once in a lifetime position to take some of Qatars market share and make generational sovereign wealth from this.
But no
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This may be a good time to remind everyone that if Australia had taxed and owned its gas exports and resources sensibly we could have created multi generational levels of wealth right now and avoided a catastrophe.
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@michaelsnape 100% it’s a multi decadal managed deadline we are now reaping the consequences of.
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Jim trying to get the bad news out early.
It is dire.
I din't blame only him. Every PM, Treasurer, Energy minister etc in the last 25 years should be deposited on some Sth Pacific atoll and left there
Jim Chalmers MP@JEChalmers
A thread on my Budget preview speech for the Australian Business Economists in Melbourne just now: The conflict in the Middle East is a defining influence on global growth and inflation this year, and that’s why it will be a defining influence on the May Budget.
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@rationalaussie If we had any sort of government we could now export our gas to the world at a price which suits us and have Norway level sovereign wealth. But we won’t.
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Guys, is this bad?
Does this mean Australian dogboxes are in fact not worth millions of Pacific Pesos??
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@BADALEX_ @rationalaussie I’d strongly suggest getting away from the steam engine mate. It can definitely play a role in the energy mix but relying on it is a sure fire way to turbo charge inflation further. Coal prices went up 400% during Covid
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@RobbMcCann @rationalaussie Without question once you amortise all costs over time and look at the situation critically, current photo-voltaics are an incredibly bad option for large scale usage and coal is MUCH better.
Operational costs |= longevity costs and a host of other factors.
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I hate to break it to you, but what is about to happen with this energy crisis is the exact type of reason why world wars actually start.
If you don't have enough energy for your economy to run, nor enough food to feed your population, you will fight to fix that out of sheer necessity.
This entire situation with the Iran War is a mess, and extremely dangerous.
Nina Schick@NinaDSchick
Very bad for Britain, which is uniquely susceptible. 1/ The Iran war sent British wholesale gas prices surging — up nearly 90% in a month. This hits Britain with unique force because the nation remains 75% dependent on fossil fuels for its primary energy needs. 2/ As gas sets the marginal price for all electricity, a spike in the Middle East becomes an immediate, unavoidable tax on every British business and household. 3/ The reality is crushing. Analysts warn of household bills hitting £2,500 if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for more than six weeks. 4/ As energy-driven inflation surges, hopes for interest rate cuts have vanished. Britain is now servicing a £2.9 trillion debt mountain with £114 billion of interest expected to be paid this year. That’s nearly double the nation’s entire core defense budget. 5/To make matters worse, Britain has no supply buffer. Westminster based its storage needs on optimistic assumptions of frictionless global markets. It has a maximum gas storage capacity of just twelve days. Compare that to Germany’s 89 days, France’s 103, or the Netherlands’ 123. 6/ Unable to stockpile, Britain is forced to buy gas at the worst possible moment. European gas futures have already surged above €60 per megawatt-hour, roughly six times the US price. 7/Britain’s main gas provider, Norway, is at maximum capacity, and Qatar (the UK’s swing supplier) had already declared force majeure, halting shipping after the unprecedented shutdown at Ras Laffan. Now, missile attacks on Ras Laffan, and threats by Trump to pull out of the Strait of Hormuz.
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@Andymb28 @rationalaussie Yes, I know you need materials to build things.
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@RobbMcCann @rationalaussie Those all need rare earth minerals that are precisely why countries like China, Russia and USA have been trying to exploit places for years 🤦♂️
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@BADALEX_ @rationalaussie No it’s the private energy suppliers, distributors and govt that are screwing you.
Do you really think solar panels are more expensive to operate than a thermal coal plant?
Very important you learn that distinction.
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@RobbMcCann @rationalaussie Okay, has this plan of yours ever resulted in a net positive result anywhere in the world?
The PV/wind renewable scam was been an unmitigated disaster for Australia driving energy prices through the roof while causing unmitigated environmental damage.
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@BADALEX_ @rationalaussie Cost of production and economies of scale = plummeting costs. This is true of almost all battery and pv tech across the world.
The reason consumers are being screwed is because people are using this cheap tech and selling it to suckers at an enormous mark up
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@RobbMcCann @rationalaussie You what.
All of those technologies have lead to a drastic increase in prices and structural failures across European lands globally.
How are they...deflationary?
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