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The judge is saying you can't win this, taking it too court is a waste of time and money. Have a look at how the case against Alan Jones is going, the Wagners are demanding $4.8M without being able to show any damages.

so what happened Binghi? did you lose your job

I think its time to accept Binghi has some sort of emotional issue

I can't see how Wagners can win this, the law is pretty clear on infrastructure fees.

Binghi, once you let your pride stop you admitting your misjudgement, you find yourself forced to double down on that misjudgement.

failed academics often turn to the media, claiming persecution for their 'controversial views' and looking for patrons for their work, we are better off being rid of Ridd.

'Ridiculous' Council-Wagners dispute to get mediator by JOHN WEEKES 4th May 2018 5:15 AM Subscriber only SPEND millions on lawsuits if you want to, but it might be money down the drain. That's the advice a judge has given warring Wagner Investments and Toowoomba Regional Council. The construction company went to court over council infrastructure charges for services including stormwater discharge. A labyrinthine legal dispute was aired in Brisbane's Planning and Environment Court on Thursday. Judge Willliam Everson said a "plethora” of litigation had emerged about disputes which should have been negotiated. "I just think this is ridiculous, to be honest,” he said. The court heard issues discussed on Thursday related to $1.2million in charges. More broadly, about $2million across 10 separate appeals was at stake. The judge said an experienced mediator could bring Wagners and the council together. "Otherwise, you can all spend millions of dollars litigating ... it just seems pointless,” Judge Everson said. "I want someone of substantial stature and experience ... who's got the forensic background for this type of dispute.” Judge Everson told both sides to "resolve the whole dispute or at least narrow the issues”. He said the 10 appeals posed different challenges to different infrastructure charges. The court heard argument about whether the council was trying to apply charges that were too simplistic. One dispute needed traffic engineers to carry out modelling in order to calculate the right charge. In October, Wagners chairman Denis Wagner said the firm would take business elsewhere unless charges were made fairer. After Thursday's hearing, his brother John Wagner said the council had made no effort to change charges since then, but he still hoped "common sense” would prevail. "We agree that we've got to work together with the council to try and sort the issues,” Mr Wagner said. "As has been the case from the start of these proceedings, Toowoomba Regional Council remains committed to working with the Wagners to resolve these matters,” the council's Planning and Development Committee chair Chris Tait said after the hearing. The council website said charges existed so new developments helped share costs of additional demand on things including trunk infrastructure. The matter will be reviewed on May 17.

Crikey! Australia Zoo goes solar, with 648kW of PV Australia Zoo, the Queensland native wildlife park founded by the late “crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin, is going solar with a 648kW PV array – the largest of any zoo in Australia. Local commercial solar specialist GEM Energy said on Thursday that it had been selected to install the huge PV system on the zoo’s landmark “Crocoseum” rooftop, with work starting this week. The PV system is expected to cut the “significant” amount of power the zoo draws from the local grid in Beerwah, in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, and in doing so, slash its electricity costs and emissions. In a statement on Thursday, GEM Energy said the solar system had been designed to meet the park’s “complex energy needs,” including heating pumps and pools, kitchens and retail shops, spread over hundreds of acres. “Australia Zoo was paying a significant amount for their power and it’s a real honour to be able to help them operate more efficiently and reach conservation goals through renewable energy,” said GEM Energy national sales manager Aaron Hilton. “Our in-house engineers … have been able to satisfy stringent network requirements in an area of limited infrastructure and bring this project to fruition.” The array is expected to generate 21GWh, or 21 billion-watt hours over 25 years and cut the zoo’s emissions by 16,500 tonnes, GEM Energy said. Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion said the investment would allow the park to put even more resources into conservation. “Our ultimate goal here … is to have a world class facility and reinvest our proceeds into saving wildlife and wild places around the world,” he said. “By installing solar, it helps us two-fold – we’re contributing to the reduction of emissions in our own environment, and we’re also saving a substantial amount on electricity long term.” Australia Zoo is not the first of it kind to tap renewable energy – although, according to the Climate Council, it’s solar array will be the largest of any zoo in the nation. Elsewhere, the Perth Zoo has a 237kW PV system installed across a number of buildings, that generates up to 30 per cent of its electricity needs. Back in Queensland, Townsville’s Reef HQ aquarium has installed a 206kW system; while in South Australia, Zoos SA have installed solar at its Montarto Zoo (99kW), and 140kW at the Adelaide Zoo. Zoos Victoria have installed a total of 188kW across their sites in Melbourne, Healesville and Weribee, and has also claimed the title of the first zoos in the world to be certified carbon neutral. And in NSW, Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo has installed a total of 109kW – 99kW of which is ground mounted.

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I thought Ron Boswell died but has just retired, good research bingi I like how you use Ron's opinion as a sort of factual statement

he's a climate truth champion and you can't stop him

the good news is Malcolm Roberts is going to run for mayor of Ipswich so you might finally end up with a "sensible" voice in local government

Your pride forces you to keep arguing the same point

Facts versus pride

THE largest operating single stage solar farm in Australia is being built on the outskirts of Townsville. On-site work began on the Ross River Solar Farm in September last year. Project director Lyndon Frearson said construction was expected to finish in the third quarter of this year. “Following commissioning during the third quarter of 2018, the Ross River Solar Farm is expected to be operational towards the end of this year,” he said. Given the scale of the solar farm, hundreds of people will be employed while the project is built, according to Mr Frearson. “At present, around 90 workers are on-site and nearly $15 million of work has been contracted out to local subcontractors and suppliers,” he said. “To date over 50 Queensland businesses have received work through this project. At the peak of construction, up to 250 workers are expected to be employed on-site.” Downer Utilities is the lead engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the project. Construction management is being led by Palisade and technical consulting firm Ekistica. Mr Frearson said work was on schedule despite the rain in Townsville earlier this year. The $225 million project will generate 148 megawatts. Mr Frearson said when completed, it was expected to be the largest operating single-stage solar farm in Australia. “When operational it is expected to produce enough clean electricity to power over 54,000 houses across Queensland every year,” he said. A road to the site, perimeter fencing, an on-site office and facilities for the construction team were part of the initial build stages. “Following site establishment, the on-site construction team has worked to install steel piling supports for the solar panels,” Mr Frearson said. “Piles are being fixed into the ground using single-operator drill and pile rigs.” In an incredible number befitting how big the project is, more than 62,000 piles will be installed on the site to hold more than 413,000 solar panels. One of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, JA Solar, is playing a key role in the project. Mr Frearson said the Shanghai-based company was producing the solar panels, which are in the process of being delivered to the site now. “Deliveries will come via the Port of Townsville in one of the largest shipping consignments to come through the port,” he said. This is the next major focus of the construction work on the renewables project. Recently a 105-tonne transformer was delivered to the site. Mr Frearson said the transformer would “step up” the voltage of the electricity generated by the solar farm to 132kV for use in the local electricity transmission system. There are numerous solar plants planned or being built throughout the broader Townsville region at the moment. Mr Frearson said the Ross River Solar Farm would use the region’s abundant sunlight to produce clean, zero-emissions electricity. “The site location is also in close proximity to urban areas where sustainable, renewable electricity is needed,” he said.

I often think the climate truthers are too proud to admit they been taken in big oil's marketing machine, they double down on the stupid conspiracy theories. You only have to look at how the same people go on about different types of motor oil to see how effective the big oil companies are at marketing.

you don't have any real choice in Australia, why don't you emigrate? Sad that your desire for comfort and security overwhelms your desire for CHOICE

yawn

I think you have confused socialism with office work

Depends on the outcome of the CFM56-7B inspections, these large turbofan engines could be vulnerable to blade failure

plenty of academics trying to get on the minerals payroll

Damaged coral reefs are going quiet and young fish can't find their way home Share ABC Science By environment reporter Nick Kilvert Updated yesterday at 15:01 First posted yesterday at 12:08 The sounds of healthy reefs attract young fish. (Supplied: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey) Healthy coral reefs are alive with the pops, snaps and clicks of the invertebrate creatures that inhabit them. And many newly hatched fish species use these sounds to guide them towards new habitats. But now scientists have found reefs damaged by coral bleaching and cyclones are much quieter than intact reefs, and are failing to attract as many new juvenile fish, which are crucial for reef recovery. An international team published its findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencestoday, and study co-author Mark Meekan from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) said the results were worrying. "During bleaching, corals lose their zooxanthellae, they starve to death, they die and live coral cover is replaced by algae," he said. "Those young fish graze the reef and keep the algae down. Without the fish suppressing the growth of algae, the corals have essentially no space on the reef and can't get through." Dr Meekan said listening to a healthy coral reef through underwater audio amplifiers called hydrophones, was like "listening to bacon frying in a pan". "But it's punctuated by the chirps and tweets and all sorts of screeches that come from fish." Healthy reefs sound like 'bacon frying in a pan'. (Supplied: PNAS) The researchers compared underwater acoustic recordings from reefs around Lizard Island in the northern Great Barrier Reef off Cooktown from November 2012 and November 2016. Between recordings, the reefs were hit by Cyclone Ita in 2014, Cyclone Nathan in 2015 and "the most severe global mass-bleaching event on record" in 2016. The most recent recordings had "significantly reduced acoustic complexity, richness and rates of invertebrate snaps" when compared to the earlier recordings. Fish larvae not attracted to 'quieter' reefs Fish are spawned in the open water where they are safer from predators that live on the reef. After a month or so of development in open ocean, they need to navigate back into shallower waters where there is shelter and food, Dr Meekan said. "Baby fish that have been drifting off into the open water have to find their way back home, and what they use is sound. "Turns out that the sounds of the degraded reef — the reefs that have undergone the bleaching and the cyclones — are both much quieter and much less attractive to the baby fish." To test whether this was the case at Lizard Island, the researchers set up a controlled experiment using recordings from before and after the cyclones, which they played underwater over 18 consecutive nights at small "patch reefs". Reefs around Lizard Island are quieter since being hit by two cyclones and severe bleaching. (Supplied: PNAS) They consistently found fewer fish larvae and young fish were attracted to recordings made in 2016, compared to recordings from 2012. The phenomenon of fish using sound to navigate has been shown in previous studies, but observing it in a reef environment suggests bleaching may have far-reaching consequences, according to Ivan Nagelkerken from the University of Adelaide, who was not involved in the study. "You're talking about natural food webs. If you take one species out, you're talking about cascading problems throughout the food web," he said. Fallout from record bleaching continues The bleaching event of 2016 was so severe, scientists say parts of the reef in the north were "cooked" rather than just experiencing the usual stress associated with marine heatwaves. A recent study found that the bleaching event transformed the ecology of the reef, removing important habitats for some fish and invertebrates. As well as sound, Professor Nagelkerken said changes in water temperature, salinity and acidification could alter fish behaviour. His team exposed fish to ocean acidification levels "that we may see in the next few decades". They found that fish were attracted to the sound of habitats that they wouldn't normally encounter, and actively avoided sounds from their own habitat. Earlier studies have also shown that ocean acidification makes the smell of predators attractive to fish larvae, rather than triggering them to flee. Dr Meekan, who has been working on the Great Barrier Reef for 20 years, says the pressure that climate change is putting on the reef may have permanent consequences. "It was certainly the worst bleaching event that I've witnessed at Lizard Island," he said. "But we have to remember that corals can recover from bleaching events, even when they're very severe. "The point is how frequently they occur because it takes the reef about 10 years to recover. "If bleaching events happen every five years, the reef gets constantly whacked and never gets a chance."

Another 1250 wind turbines for the Pilbara, plenty of money going into electricity generation just not coal $20b Pilbara solar, wind farm backers eye local market | The West Australian

the internet really is the embodiment of socialism and anyone that uses it a socialist. disagree all you like but you know its true The japanese are making great strides with wind, you can't build coal fired power stations in the ocean. Macquarie signs up to co-develop Japanese floating wind farm

its funny, to me, that a champion of capitalism like yourself spent nearly every day of his adult life working on state assets instead of acquiring capital.