Richard Dodd

If you put that ethanol into the combustion engine of a car (that throws ~75% away as heat) and compare it with an electric vehicle, the end result becomes ~500:1 in favor of solar. And solar can go on roofs or be combined with other agricultural appliations.

@DavidShoebridge How much is @AlboMP giving @JacintaAllanMP for the Melbourne rail system?

Labor cutting the Melbourne to Brisbane inland rail off at Parkes is so shortsighted. Parkes is nice but who would spend billions building a Melbourne to Parkes freight line? Just when we need to move freight from road to rail they do this. No vision.

No accountability within Labor!

@EVCurveFuturist Would it not make more sense to have freight trains used between depots / hubs and EV from these hubs / depots to end users?

@EVCurveFuturist Heartily support EV across city usage however have you done any modelling on inter city and inter state freight haulage given that is 70% to 80% of freight haulage ( Total Australian road freight: ~223 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) in 2020.) and the down time to recharge?

The case for #EV trucks in Australia gets stronger by the day. Every time I switch on the news, there’s another story of diesel truckies struggling to cover monthly fuel bills. Some are in tears... The pump pain is real. And it’s exactly why the economics are shifting so fast. Trucking isn’t just about cost per kilometre. It’s about cost certainty. Diesel swings. Hard. Margins get wiped out overnight. Electric flips that completely. 👉 Daily: EV ~$77 vs Diesel ~$553 = $476 saved every single day 👉 Monthly: = ~$14,000 saved 👉 Annual (150,000 km): EV ~$28,125 vs Diesel ~$202,500 = ~$174,000 saved per year 👉 10 years (energy only): = ~$1.74 MILLION saved 👉 Total cost of ownership (10 years): = ~$1.6M–$1.8M advantage For this extended piece, I used a more realistic Aussie duty cycle: 👉 120,000–200,000 km/year 👉 Modelled at 150,000 km My earlier estimates were tad conservative. The more a truck works… the harder diesel gets exposed. Before the usual comments: 👉 “They’ll use Superchargers” No. Fleet trucks are built around depot charging. Think 7–15c/kWh with contracts, solar, and storage. 👉 “Those electricity prices aren’t real” They are at scale. Fleets don’t pay retail. They engineer energy. 👉 “What about downtime?” Charging is scheduled around breaks, loading, and shift changes. Utilisation is designed in. 👉 “Grid can’t handle it” Depots + batteries + off-peak charging smooth demand. It helps the grid, not breaks it. 👉 “Range / payload” Already working in real fleets. Close enough today, improving fast. 👉 “What about battery replacement?” At high utilisation, diesel engines are more likely to need major rebuilds long before LFP batteries wear out. At 150,000 km/year: 👉 Diesel engine rebuild: ~5–8 years 👉 LFP battery life: ~10–16+ years The battery isn’t the weak link by a milion miles. The combustion drivetrain is. And in Australia, the gap gets even bigger: 🚛 Long distances 🚛 Expensive diesel 🚛 Cheap depot + solar charging Personally, I’m leaning Windrose EV Truck. Big fan of the #LFP direction (soon #LMFP). It’s built for utilisation, long cycle life, safer, cheaper, predictable degradation, which matters more than chasing max range on a spec sheet. That said, the Semi still looks seriously strong on paper, and the integration angle with autonomy will be fascinating to watch play out. I’ll be breaking down other EV truck options on the global market this week. This isn’t just Tesla vs diesel. It’s a full-blown freight reset with new entrants emerging regularly. Those building ground up BEV trucks have clear advantages. I would advise keeping an eye on what else is coming out of China, as this, is now, the capital of disruption. This isn’t about preference anymore. 👉 It’s margin protection 👉 It’s cost stability 👉 It’s survival The ones who switch first won’t just keep up… They’ll take the up whole lane. ⚡

@EVCurveFuturist From Grok - Average distance: Inter-capital truck hauls are typically long-distance, often 800–4,000+ km depending on the pair (e.g., Sydney-Melbourne ~850–880 km, Sydney-Brisbane ~920–950 km, Sydney-Adelaide ~1,367 km, Sydney-Perth ~4,000+ km).

@AaronDodd They already do - ever heard of the NIAA niaa.gov.au/about-niaa/who…

If only aboriginal people had some sort of direct representation to policy makers... you know, "a voice" in parliament... something like that.... #auspol

@RutherglenLamb @QuentinDempster @michelle4farrer Apologies 'emulate' should proof read!

@JenzRich @QuentinDempster @michelle4farrer Spelling?..

If the electors of Farrer want to send a message to the cynical major parties and to the Trumpist copycat Pauline Hanson’s ‘One Nation’, there’s only one sensible choice: community independent Michelle Milthorpe ⁦@michelle4farrer⁩. Back yourselves folks.

@German07091 @lady_valor_07 Where else are you expected to tip ? The doctors? The top end boutique? Do you go into the kitchen and give the chef a handful of bills? He is the one doing the valuable work. The restaurant depends on your patronage to survive - you should not have to pay the staff as well.

@lady_valor_07 20% per 100 equals 120...IF you are eating a high end place you should be able to AFFORD to tip with class and you were giving top notch service and FOOD/Drink

We went to a dinner as a group and had a $500 bill. We tipped $40. We were happy we can be able to give our server something, but her reaction was the opposite. She told us she assumed we're going to give her at least $120. When we asked for the manager, she said she was just joking, but she wasn't smiling at all. Idk, but is $40 tip enough for $500 bill? I just feel like expecting $120 is not realistic. ~Lea Robertson

@lady_valor_07 A tip is just that - a gratuity based on what you feel is adequate. All these dumbass that say ' if you can't tip x% then stay at home' have no idea about the economics of a business. By paying these ridiculous tips ($120 ) they are supporting a system that pays slave wages.

@TheUnfilteredOz @bazzacc2 I would hazard a guess that a parent on $250k a year should be able to provide a better standard of living. This is not the same as being destitute. It is choices!

@JenzRich @bazzacc2 If ya think this only occurs in the community, u need to pull your head from your fkn ass & realise that you’re part of the prob. Ik of many white children who grew up in far worse conditions than this. I was one of them. Use ur $ to lobby our gov like every other race is doing!

Stop bloody complaining.. You live in the best country on Earth. 💪👌👍👍👍👍 The far right dosen't want you to know this

@angelar68197975 Guess you have never heard ofthe NIAA ( the existing voice ) established in 3019. Have a read here niaa.gov.au

Liberals already seizing on death of little Aboriginal child and politicising it calling for Royal Commission. Typical. For ten years they did nothing to help First Nations people ..And voted against giving them a voice in parliament

@SheftzShirley @Melbourne_says $40 Billion and counting!

@Melbourne_says And so he should have. The voice was divisive and you know it. The aboriginals cannot handle the money they are given and it’s hundreds of thousands if not millions. How could they run a government. You are ridiculous

Matt Canavan backed the No vote with pride. Now he's on TV lecturing us all on what he thinks is best for First Nations people and communities. Yeah, righto. The audacity is breathtaking. #insiders

@TheUnfilteredOz @bazzacc2 OK - so the person living in that sewer pit is on the Aboriginal Housing Northern Territory as a Director on a (reported) salary of $250k per year. We Boomers with our tax contributions contribute to the over $40B per year to the First Nations. What more do you want us to do???

@bazzacc2 I’ll stop bloody complaining when you boomers stop hoarding your wealth and start putting it to good use like actually raising the living standards for ordinary people. If you still think this is the best country on earth after seeing this, then you must surely be a sewer rat?

@d8oNa @starman8888 @TopherField @Peter_Fitz I live in Qld with neither solar nor battery and find that by managing when I use power I can keep my bills at about $85 per month. I have a pool which accounts for 1/3 of my bill and the poles and wires also about 1/3. Amber is great if you have the ability to manage / time use.

@starman8888 @TopherField @Peter_Fitz If you have a compatible battery that allows them to sell your stored power. Without that we found our bill was much the same...

An inconvenient truth for the cookers... #Auspol

@EllaCoo55777104 The Voice has got absolutely nothing to do with this situation. The elder male living in this house is on the board of the NT housing and earning over $250k a year. In a case like this it is a choice - nothing imposed on them.

Living conditions of First Nations people ???? … Where were you during the Voice referendum ?? U voted against it .. Don’t speak about it, u disgust me !! What did u do for them ?? #AliceSprings #jacintaprice

@senatorbabet @GadSaad @senatorbabet an interesting conversation about a paper put forward by a female - so no bias! x.com/elonmusk/statu…

We really need to have a conversation about women and their suicidal empathy. If we allow them to continue on this path they will dismantle western civilisation. It’s not funny anymore and it’s getting serious. @GadSaad is correct.

We arn't!

@craigkellyAFEE So we should just retain a percentage of gas exports ( before exporting thst is ) for local consumption as per the ON proposal that was voted down. Retention of this percentage - stored - would provide Australians with a stable low cost supply of gas. Simples!!!

Konrad is a clueless, ignorant Communist grifter who hasn’t got the faintest idea what he’s talking about. He’s peddling complete nonsense and outright lies. You cannot import gas through an export terminal — it’s physically impossible. An export terminal exists to chill the gas to -162°C, turning it into liquid LNG and shrinking its volume to just 1/600th so it can be shipped economically over vast distances. An import terminal — a regasification plant — does the exact opposite. It uses specialized vaporizers and heat exchangers to boil the LNG back into gas, warming it to ambient temperature before pumping it into local pipelines. These are completely different facilities with entirely opposite functions. Claiming you can import gas through an export terminal is as brain-dead as saying you can freeze water on your stove just as easily as in your fridge.