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by rubberman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460216

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

I agree that increasing rail speeds is a priority, but removing stations is not the only (or the ideal) way to do this. Gawler line station spacing is mostly 1-2km apart - perfectly normal for urban heavy rail or modern metro rail. Yes, there are a small number of stations which it would make sense...
by rubberman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460216

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

The new housing developments under construction around Roseworthy are projected to to eventually add 12,000 people to the area. A Gawler to Roseworthy extension would be a similar length to the Seaford to Aldinga extension, so not unrealistic. But unlike Aldinga you have the chance to build a quali...
by rubberman
Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460216

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

I'm curious - what do people see as the purpose of bringing back rail services to Roseworthy and the Barossa Valley? Is it so that those areas can lose their "country charm" and become more sprawling suburbs full of detached housing for people who commute further to the Adelaide CBD? Is i...
by rubberman
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The SA Politics Thread
Replies: 1250
Views: 329512

Re: The SA Politics Thread

Does anyone know what the hold up is in the Dunstan by-election count?
by rubberman
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: SA Economy
Replies: 858
Views: 229282

Re: SA Economy

2021 is Victorians fleeing Dictator Dan's totalitarian dystopia Just before Victorians returned the ALP to power with a crushing victory...effectively endorsing everything he did. It must have made Sky "news" (lol) foam at the mouth at their impotence and irrelevance that nobody with the ...
by rubberman
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1580
Views: 377691

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Using the boffins brains on this forum, can someone please explain why you u can't transport electricity with fibre optic cables?? I understand that they are not conductive so you would need to transfer electricity into light and then have receptors or converters at the other end (like solar panels...
by rubberman
Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: SA Economy
Replies: 858
Views: 229282

Re: SA Economy

I'm not sure that's entirely true. I thought S.A's net interstate migration losses only became entrenched from 90/91 onwards (State Bank collapse and extended recession). Happy to see some stats though, I might even look it up myself at some point. Here's the net interstate migration flow from 1981...
by rubberman
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Housing Crisis
Replies: 76
Views: 3960

Re: The Housing Crisis

The high level problem is that the Federal Government gets income tax revenue from more skilled migrants. It needs that extra money to balance the books, otherwise the "Debt and Deficit!!" hawks start screaming. The public has been conditioned to believe that debt and deficit are bad, and ...
by rubberman
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Housing Crisis
Replies: 76
Views: 3960

Re: The Housing Crisis

Page 2 includes a long article that includes a quote that housing construction was already slowing. Nobody (in the article or here) has attempted to either challenge or explain that statement. There seems to be plenty of land "released" for housing. Has somebody done an analysis of what i...
by rubberman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1580
Views: 377691

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-sunshot-albanese-pledges-1bn-to-take-australia-from-pit-to-panel/amp/ Big announcement by Aus government today, aiming to get Australia producing panels. Will be interested to see if we can actually compete on price with Chinese ones, but still great to see investm...
by rubberman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1580
Views: 377691

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

"this was a stuff up" is not exactly journalistic language but then I realised this publication came from "Renew Economy" blog. Their editorial license put a spin on the unrelated facts in the article to slant it in a way to indicate there was no fault of renewables. Yeah. Renew...
by rubberman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Forum Etiquette
Replies: 21
Views: 824

Re: Forum Etiquette

abc wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:49 pm
Beware this Dvious character is a known troll. The hint is in the name. Be very wary of any claims made by Dvious. I would recommend blocking Dvious.
:hilarious:
by rubberman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1580
Views: 377691

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Gas plant to pay a fine for failing to be available during high demand period back in 2017. From Renew Economy "this was a stuff up" is not exactly journalistic language but then I realised this publication came from "Renew Economy" blog. Their editorial license put a spin on th...
by rubberman
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1580
Views: 377691

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

so someone who didn't want a solar farm next door expressed "concern" to their local FOX station, who published the story without waiting for comment by the solar farm owner, nor results of any soil or water tests. I'm not sure if there's any reason for "concern", but this artic...
by rubberman
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The SA Politics Thread
Replies: 1250
Views: 329512

Re: The SA Politics Thread

WOW! I don't very often get accused of having a "progressive agenda". I guess if I'm less-right than you, then I'm left. "Its not a metric I care about." - I've repeatedly said I don't think a nuanced position should be boiled down to one line, and you keep coming back to it. Wh...