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The old saying still holds true - "Good judgement is the result of experience, and experience is the result of bad judgement".

I store petrol in full jerry cans (of all types, PVC, poly and steel), inside sea containers, and the 91 ULP I use for all my equipment, keeps for 6 - 9mths with no problems. The secret is full, sealed containers.

Brendan has no reason not to buy his Electric Truck now! Except for the fact he's an addict to diesel! 😄 Tesla's electric semi just hit 1,000 kilometers of range - the number that makes long-haul trucking electrification genuinely practical. The Tesla Semi Gen 2 uses four rear motors producing 1,000 kilowatts, drawing from a 1,000-kilowatt-hour pack using Megapack cell chemistry. Aerodynamic drag coefficient of 0.16 - lower than most sports cars - reduces energy use to 1.1 kilowatt-hours per kilometer at highway speed under full 37-ton load. The same cell chemistry powering utility grid storage now powers trucks crossing Germany coast to coast, without stopping to charge. Megacharger stations at 1,000-kilowatt output charge from 10 to 80 percent in 30 minutes - exactly matching the EU mandatory driver rest stop every 4.5 hours of driving. Drivers rest while trucks charge, adding zero time to legally regulated journey schedules. Tesla is deploying 500 European Megacharger stations through 2026. PepsiCo, DHL, and UPS collectively committed to 8,500 units. Walmart and Amazon pre-ordered 2,000 and 1,000 units respectively - the largest commercial EV fleet orders ever placed. Source: Tesla Inc, European Automobile Manufacturers Association, 2025 https://www.techspot.com/news/111776-tesla-semi-finally-going-production-early-drivers-already.html

Or he did a touch and go, and then lost control whilst getting airborne again? I note he was a student, and the Cirrus belonged to a flying school.

Is the term MoGas used in any formal handbooks or formal aviation literature? Only in terms of it being an "unofficial" word, from what I have seen. In other words, aviation "slang". But strangely, CASA use the term TWICE in the following advisory document (page 11 and page 40) - without including it in Acronyms or Definitions! https://www.casa.gov.au/fuel-and-oil-safety

.........issue financial reports on the Thursday before Easter Friday, after all the markets were closed, and financial regulators were heading off on their Easter break - which nowadays, thanks to extremely limited fuel supplies, means heading out on a bicycle, towing a boat with oars. Nonetheless, the well-timed release meant that there was no scrutiny of the financial reports - and the mentions of machetes, the dubious "Just Bull" products investment, the further advances into bin-manufacturing and distribution (which seemed like an odd choice for a company whose primary income and focus was on Cat farms) - and the even more dubious numbers (some people referred to them as "unrealistic") at the bottom of the reports, were all overlooked. It was a master stroke of genius planning from the Master of Diversion himself. Turbo knew the markets would be concentrating on Iran War news and petrol supplies (or rather, the lack of them), and his plan worked to perfection - except for the one annoying part-time journo from the West, Onetruth, who wrote an opinion piece for the West Australian, opining that the financial reports of TESM and TMBFPD were overly optimistic, bordering on fantasy, and possibly even rating on a par with Trump speeches for truthfulness, accuracy and............. (just to keep readers properly informed, here's the financial regulators heading off for the weekend. It's good to see them exercising restraint during this dreadful period of fuel shortages....)

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

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..............

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.

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.

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.