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Yep, but baseload can be renewable too, like hydro.

no, Iron Ore is are largest export, Coal is second though.

While we have a few, I don't think you will find Australia has a significant amount of factories that run 24x7.

good whisky is expensive everywhere not just Australia. Hell even in Scotland a cruise up the golden mile can be a heavy tax on the wallet.

there is nothing wrong with it as a drink, it is just not worth the money when there are so many exceptional options once you get in that…

I still have half a bottle of blue from 15 years ago. Not even close to being worth the money, so many better whiskies in the +$150 range.…

It goes on the theory (which often proves true) that many people are more conservative when looking at prices online or in the paper and…

You aren't generally having them haggle, the best price usually involves drumming up the most interest to engender a FOMO in the potential…

That is very different to your first statement that you are in no rush. If you are in no rush then you don't need to consider dropping…

yep, but not money laundering, will be they are being used (or refused to be used) for black market cigarettes or vapes or simply some of…

I would think it would be hard to make money laundering with a barber work well, it just doesn't have the turnover to wash enough cash…

$110/hour after tax, that is $200k a year post tax or well in excess of $300k a year pre tax. Are you sure you don't mean $110/hr pre tax?…

Clippers bought about 5 years ago, zero dollars since.

I think regardless of which party gets in eventually an EV Road Tax or similar is inevitable as EV's are eating into their tax revenue.

I am not anti EV, fully expect my next car to be EV. Just struggling to see the value in this. really what Tradie or place that does…

The standard version is 150 miles. So about 240km unladen best case scenario, add in a load and more realistic driving and you are well…

Made in the US Less than 400km range from the EXTENDED battery version Specs that would mean a fail from ANCap rating let allow missing…

Damn creaming soda sugar freeis the only one i like. Bought the sugar free pasito last time and had to throw it out as i could not find…

Not sure why you got modded down, for flight sim you are 100% correct. The experience will definitely be far better on an Xbox if your…

yeah I understand that, but what happens when they say "return the system and we will investigate". They rarely say pull the faulty parts…

For those that buy to strip for parts, how does warranty go with it? I imagine you would be on your own to seek warranty from the…

why would anything there represent precedent a) that was about a TV that only lasted 2.5 years. b) It was a completely different technology…

No. 20 years ago 1gb was about $300-$500

When it comes to drug dealing...yup :-)

not quite, it is 50-100 times more powerful. regardless fentanyl isn't coming in as pure fentanyl, generally it comes in as tablet form or…

I am sure it is reality in your mind. thankfully the real world doesn't work that way.

Then go ahead and cite them or are you just like Gordon where your "studies" consist of what a mate told you back in the 70's.

The truly disgusting part is really that a lot of these luxury brands also destroy old or unsold stock rather than sell at a discount to…

I must say I usually sit just on or 1 or 2 km over with cruise control on and I am amazed at how many cars I cruise past. It has made me…

Europe has more speed cameras per kilometre of road then Australia, The autobahn has higher accident and fatality rates on sections that…