
colin wientjens
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colin wientjens
@CWientjens
dairy farmer 👨🌾 🐄 mad tiger 🐯 fan, fascinated by hobby farming, keen on exotic cattle breeds.








West Coast v Richmond: Which side is ahead in their rebuild? 🤔 READ MORE: bit.ly/41NWONa #AFL | @MarkDuffield1




AUSTRALIA IS THE SUPERPOWER OF ANTARCTICA (and it has oil) Antarctica is administered by seven nations: 🇦🇺 Australia – 42% 🇳🇴 Norway – 19.3% 🇬🇧UK – 12.2% 🇦🇷 Argentina – 10.4% 🇨🇱 Chile – 8.9% 🇳🇿 New Zealand – 3.2% 🇫🇷 France – 2.5% (Doesn't add up to 100% because of (a) unclaimed territory and (b) overlapping claims). Australia should show leadership and stop ignoring Antarctica's potential. From around 260 million years ago until the present Ice Age hit around 35 million years ago, Antarctica was covered in lush forests (similar to New Zealand today). All the ingredients are in place for lots of fossil fuels. No commercial oil and gas drilling has however ever been conducted in Antarctica. In 1991 the US Geological Survey estimated Antarctica likely holds 19 billion barrels of oil and over 106 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Given the massive leaps in extraction efficiency since 1991 these estimates are likely to be under-estimates. The Madrid Protocol (signed 1991, in force 1998) banned mineral exploration in Antarctica (we wanted to keep it pristine so the penguins view won't be impaired). The ban is indefinite but can be lifted. Repealing the ban needs the unanimous consent of the 29 nations that make up the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties. The ban was stupid when it kicked in … but on the bright side, we were putting it aside for a rainy day ie now. Given Australia's dominance in Antarctica, we should take the lead and campaign to lift the ban pronto and explore for energy in our own neighbourhood on a sterile and otherwise empty useless ice block. 1991 USGS report 👉 pubs.usgs.gov/of/1991/0597/r…












I’ve just woken up and heard about the announcement at 7pm. I just know it’s going to involve my flight home this afternoon being cancelled.






"If the AFL loses to the NRL Grand Final for the next two years, it will have been a mistake!" After rugby league won the TV ratings battle with its 2025 decider, could the AFL's decision to stick with a day Grand Final prove costly? #AFL360







