onetrack

Moneybox -So, you'll tak' a ha'penny worth of peetrol, and thruppence worth of tatties? Ye'll no get far!!

Quote

Fuel is paid for 6 weeks before it appears at a retail servo

Not to my knowledge, which comes straight from a fuel distributor. When the tanker rolls into the servo, the cost of the fuel on board that has been ordered, is paid for by instant funds transfer, just before the tanker unloads. No funds transfer, no fuel. I don't know how payment, "6 weeks before delivery", would work.

Costco at Perth Airport have been selling "brand" diesel at $2.86 a litre all day today - and tomorrows price is the same. Yesterday, they were selling diesel at $3.12 a litre, so they have passed the full 26c a litre excise reduction on to customers on the same day as the Govt instigated it.

No other servos in Perth are under $2.89 for diesel today, most are over $3.00, some are $3.30. But tomorrow, it appears nearly all have dropped their bowser price for diesel by around 26c a litre, some have dropped a bit less.

jhs_61 - There is a New Haven Display LCD module that uses a part number of NHD-12232AZ, which sound suspiciously like a close version of your RPM12232Z.

The leading letters in the part numbers appear to represent the manufacturers name, and the actual LCD screen is likely to be a generic model, with the individual companies producing their version of the module.

The linked webpage below is extremely informative with regards to the module design and electrical layout, and the webpage also include live links to numerous other very useful sites, such as "Product Usage Guidelines" for LCD screens.

https://newhavendisplay.com/content/specs/NHD-12232AZ-FL-YBW.pdf

The simple fact remains the Chinese are beating the Western countries hands-down, because Xi insisted the country go electric as much as possible, and as soon as possible.

It should be obvious to even the biggest hard-line fossil fuel addict, that the air quality in Beijing alone has improved out of sight - a visible effect of major electrification of transport in that city.

Over 50% of vehicles being sold in China today are EV's, and the Chinese produce new battery designs and improvements on an almost weekly basis.

I have little doubt all this has been aided by the Chinese intellectuals who fled Trumps divisive America to return home, and thereby assisting in battery improvement research.

Admittedly, China has plenty of hydro-power to assist in the transition - but also thanks to Chinese manufacturing efforts, solar panels are now only a fraction of the cost they were 15 years ago.

Battery costs will continue to plummet as the Chinese continue their strenuous efforts to come out "top dog" in the effort to make electrification of transport a winner.

Meantimes, America continues to concentrate on the manufacturing of arms, and to massively increase expenditure on the countrys security in the form of walls and security forces - while it largely ignores increased electrification. It has lost any leading position it might ever have developed in that area, thanks to the fundamentalist crooks and financial greed merchants running the country.

While the right-wingers whinge endlessly about the "absolute zero" target, I see that as exactly what it is - a target. To reach improvement goals, you need to set a target.

We have "zero deaths and injuries" targets in the OH&S area. While I believe that target is unrealistic, it gives people a point to aim for.

You set targets for yourself, in life and business. You aim for a sales level, an improved income level, an asset improvement level, a health and fitness level.

If they're never achieved, any money or effort spent in trying to reach those targets is generally worthwhile. So it is with electrification and renewable energy targets.

Any effort or target designed to get us weaned off our Middle-Eastern oil addiction - which has cost us dearly over more than a dozen decades, has to be a worthy effort or target.

And any effort to increase local oil extraction is too little, too late, and is on a par with building more horse-drawn carriages to compete with the new-fangled motor car that is a total fad.

.....because "Just Bull" was exactly that. It was made from abbatoir leftovers, prawn leftovers, and vegie shop "expired date" discards. But it was all wrapped in a neat thick pastry wrap (just like dim sims, Chiko rolls and spring rolls) so you can't see what's inside them.

This is a classic style of Chinese food presentation, just as they bury mystery meats inside thick sweet doughy coating and call it "honey chicken". We won't even discuss "claypot chicken" here.

Bull's "gourmet", "Just Bull" treats started selling like hot scones at a church fete. This was because all the purchasers thought they were getting a gourmet beef snack - when the truth was, Bull was simply using his name as a selling point. He thought that, because he was known worldwide due to his status on the NES, his name would supercharge sales of the treats, and..............

Quote

Electric buses might be ok in Perth around the city. It's flat and not much bigger than Ballarat

We have lots of people living in the Darling Ranges and further inland (that's over 70kms), and Perth City is one of the most spread-out in Australia. It stretches 150kms from Two Rocks in the N, to Dawesville in the S.

We also have the biggest grid batteries of any Australian State. The Transperth electric buses have a range of around 300kms, and utilise maximum regenerative braking.

The wheel brakes only operate at low speed, all other braking from above about 20kmh is pouring current back into the batteries. Plus, they recharge during the day at shift changes.

300kms is plenty of range for the average city bus. The myriads of solar panels on the roofs of Perth houses are pouring bulk electricity into those huge grid batteries all day, every day.

Add in the multiple wind farms and grid solar farms scattered throughout the State, and we are generating more than 55% of our power from renewable energy sources most of the time.

Electrical energy pricing fell 30% in W.A. last November, primarily due to renewable energy and big grid batteries. But I guess you reckoned those new-fangled electric lights were a fad, and you can't beat candles and oil lamps!

Key WA Grid Batteries (South West Interconnected System):

Synergy Collie Battery Energy Storage System (CBESS): Located in Collie, this state-owned facility boasts 500 MW capacity and 2,000 MWh, powering 785,000 homes for over 4 hours.

Neoen Collie Battery: A major project rated at 560 MW and 2,240 MWh, commissioned in Dec 2025, and WA’s largest grid battery.

Kwinana Battery Energy Storage System 1 (KBESS1): A 100 MW/200 MWh battery located at the decommissioned Kwinana Power Station.

Kwinana Battery Energy Storage System 2 (KBESS2): Currently in development, aimed at expanding capacity.

Quote

On another subject why all the bullshido with massive explosions and flames at airshows?

Didn't you know, you can't have any decent entertainment with blowing something up? It's the American way! Coulda had a shoot-em-up match, to add to the excitement, too! 😄 

Ikea are laughing all the way to the bank, as they turn their delivery fleet to electric. They have just purchased 4 Volvo electric trucks here, they can carry 5.5 tonnes and have a 450km range.

All the Perth bus fleet is going 100% electric Volvo buses. That's around 1700 buses. There's over 110 of them on Perth roads and highways already.

I've ridden in them, they are great - smooth, dead quiet, and very fast. No exhaust fumes, no gearchange jerks, and the drivers seem to like them.

The interesting part is, fossil fuel prices have rocketed up so much faster than electricity prices - so the cost of recharging an EV - even if you have to pay for it at a fast charger, hasn't gone up like fossil fuel prices have. And if you have solar panels you can recharge with, the recharge cost is zero and you can amortise the cost of the solar installation over many years.

Anyone who think the future is still in fossil fuels, is living in MAGA-land with the orange goon.

Quote

While we're talking warbirds I sat and watched an 1:49min about Evelyn Whitmore who brought her P47 Thunderbolt down in enemy territory. She survived for a short while but even though she'd radioed her position nobody came looking

Unfortunately, Moneybox, you've been conned with a fake, BS YooToob video - of which there are thousands. Even your YT photo has a caption saying "altered or synthethic content". In other words, fabricated BS.

There is no record of any WW2 woman fighter pilot by the name of Evelyn Whitmore, and the Allies did not use women for front-line combat piloting during WW2.

Women pilots were utilised for aircraft delivery during WW2, in which they did an incredible job, with minimal support. Only the USSR used women as combat pilots. The "Night Witches" of Russia were greatly feared.

The Govt has announced it is halving the fuel excise for 3 months, meaning a 26c litre reduction in petrol and diesel price at the bowser. How they are going to ensure the money-grubbing oil companies pass on the full amount of the excise reduction is something they apparently haven't addressed.

In addition, the heavy vehicle road user surcharge of 34c litre is being suspended indefinitely. The reductions are estimated to cost the Govt $2.55B foregone in revenue.

Brendan will be killing it now - all these fuel price reductions and he'll still keep adding the fuel surcharge.  😄 

I reckon you must be at instructor level, to lower and land on your undercarriage, on water!! 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2M9_Tlal0c

Buying an EV has to be a simple economic and practical decision. In the case of a massive fuel shortage, as well as prices going ballistic, an EV makes sense for the long term. They will come out in front, over the next few years.

We have installed solar panels twice. First in 2011 - the cost to us for 1.6Kw in panels was $4000 and the Govt subsidised another $4000 to cover the $8000 installation cost. We recovered our outlay in 3.5 years.

After 10 years, we upgraded. We pulled out the 1.6Kw setup and installed a 6.8Kw setup, the largest allowable that can be connected to the grid. It cost us $3800 and there was no Govt subsidy, the solar panels had got much cheaper in the intervening 10 years.

We recovered our solar outlay within less than 4 years again, and we now enjoy a power bill that's less than $80 a month, even using 3 A/C's in the house. We don't skimp on power use, but we do make sure we have all the power-consuming items on during the day, when the solar system is producing lots of power. If we sell the power to the grid, we get bugger-all per Kw for most of the day - except for after 3:00PM, when we get 10c Kw for solar power generated. 

A forgetful pilot or a pilot who doesn't follow a strict checklist, is a dangerous pilot. Complacency is behind many "very highly qualified" pilots crashes.

The Govt did exactly nothing to help us in the 1980-81 fuel crisis (which was worse than this one), so don't expect politicians or the Govt to help in this fuel crisis.

As the old saying goes, you wouldn't let politicians start a lolly shop outside a girls school, they'd send it broke in 5 mins with mismanagement.

Good God - I clicked on the thread and scrolled down to your post, glanced at the photo - and thought you were reporting "first on the scene", of a major airshow disaster! 🫣

Kerosine-flavoured sausage? No thanks!

Marty, it sounds like the secondhand Spitfire story is complete BS to me. In the link below is the explanation of crosswind limits for the RAF vintage aircraft, and a well-trained pilot is allowed to land in 25kt crosswinds.

The part about the Spitfire being "blown over" is suss - the major problem would be, a crosswind outside the limits would just result in a ground loop - which, while dangerous and damaging, isn't the same as flipping an aircraft completely.

According to my info, all Spitfires had undercarriage lowered indicators, early ones were mechanical, later ones used lights. Why didn't this pilot have a checklist for gear down indication? Especially important with such a rare and valuable machine.

.....all the lessons were in the Queens English and Xi was still having trouble understanding it. Plus, he got laughed at a lot, because of his Chinglish style of writing and speaking. 

However, Xi persisted at the UWA, and came back to China with a Masters in Chinglish - thus the reason all our Chinese products come with instructions in Chinglish today.

Furthermore, Xi learnt many good Aussie swear words while at UWA (as well as learning how to drink like an Aussie - Oi, Oi, Oi!)

The problems started when Xi met up with foreign leaders and started using all the lessons he'd learnt at the drinking sessions at Steves in Nedlands.

So, when Xi met up with Donald Trump, he slapped Donny on the back and said, "How the hell are ya, ya fat bastard! You look like ya slept with the.....................

The blokes who've been there, tell me, every field S of Mexico has a DC-3 parked in it!

But most of them will never fly again, though. They nearly all got parked in unplanned landings, so I'm told.

The weather conditions are looking a bit vicious between Paynes Find and Cue, Moneybox. You're in for a rough time, I'd reckon.

..... a bunch of One Nation voters, sand in evelything, scleaming constant wind, and unberievable heat! To add to that, we already own most of W.A.'s ploperty anyway, own half the mines there, have got the EV car market stitched up in W.A. - so it would just be confusing trying to figure out what we alleady own, and what the Ozzies own!

Besides, they got no subs, they still talking about getting some flom Amelica in 30 years time, and they got no fuel, so I not waste time with pushover regions!

But if we talking Taiwan, that place is diffellent story! Taiwan is thorny ploblem! That's why it important to keep Orange Hair One occupied in Middle East, so it makes easier our move into..........

The pilots flew low and depressurised the 727 for D.B. Cooper! He even let himself out, via the rear stairs!

Storing fuel gives you a strong base from which to counter cyclical price variations, threats to supply disruption, major disasters, and being held to ransom as we currently are.

China has stockpiled vast tonnages of iron ore, 163M tonnes at last report. It's not called a "strategic reserve" for nothing. They also have large strategic reserves of many other minerals.

And guess what? They have a massive strategic stockpile of oil, too - the worlds largest, at around 1.4M barrels. Who's laughing now?

Watch out for China invading Taiwan, now that the Tangerine Toddler is fully tied up with playing Middle Eastern War Games with all his toys.

It's 1980-81 all over again - with the double whammy of gas supplies being curtailed as well. Most of Asia runs on natural gas, with Qatar being the worlds largest supplier of NG. When oil prices go ballistic, gas prices follow.

The next thing you can look forward to, is "there is no fuel - so supplies will be rationed to critical services". This almost happened in 1980-81, we were told we soon wouldn't be able to get any fuel. 

It's all fear factor, nothing like generating fear to send prices ballistic, and to create long lines at servos. In 1980-81, all heavy users invested in massive levels of fuel storage. Some of my farmer clients purchased 50,000 litre fuel tanks.

The biggest concern is that an oil price through the roof generates a substantial increase in inflation. Watch for tyre prices going up 25-30% soon, because oil is a major constituent of tyres. Synthetic clothing, the same.

Even Chinese-produced products will soon start becoming much more expensive, simply because of oil and gas prices.

I went to buy a packet of my favourite bacon yesterday, the price has gone from $7 to $8 in just the last week. All groceries will soon follow the same trend. 

What we could do, is start up an AI-controlled load movement system, ensuring no trucks run empty. I see roadtrains by the hundreds, still running the highways, empty. What a waste of fuel that is.

There is absolutely nothing any Australian politician can do about keeping a lid on fuel prices, or increasing availability. Their lack of vision and planning over decades, even to the extent of having low levels of fuel reserves, is showing up now.