miteyak

An oil shock would be the best thing to happen for the environment, so here's hoping...

Currently it's $AU1.22 here, with another 7 cents predicted this week. I think It could be 1.50 by the end of October here in Tassie.

I'll somewhat eat my words here as I tuck into a James Squire strong ale, top stuff, but still a lttle too gassy for my taste. Indosnm, I like the good stuff, spent a good bit of time buying cellar door, I know my wines to a degree... If you know where to buy in Japan, high quality Aussie wines are very reasonable. I am comparing Tassie wines though. My personal pref. is the Barossa valley et al. Many Tassie pinots are greatly over valued/rated here (esp. compared to the mainland, sorry Dims...), but there is some wheat in the chaff... Dims, yes, I'm saying BWS and 9/11 are more expe

Good lord no...

As for Boags and Cascade, great if you're a lager drinker...

I'm afraid, Dims, that us Brits, esp. the ale drinking variety, can be very hard to please. I was pointed in the direction of Little Creatures pale ale, and it doesn't come close to a good English pint. Dark Isles IPA, PA and bitter are pretty good, but, again, the style is geared more to local tastes (probably a good marketing ploy, that) with more fizz and a colder serve. I've given up the search, and have decided to brew my own. I have found a great local brewers shop that provides a huge range of ingredients, and even have a mill out back. In four weeks time I'll have to suffer LC's,

Quote: Originally posted by SubZero: Don't know what all the Yanks and Poms are complaining about - your pollies shine like beacons of hope and intelligence compared to Aussie pollies. The rhetoric, party politicing, contempt and unintelligible crap shites me beyond reasoning. They still treat their constituents, who generally are more educated and experienced, like morons Three weeks in to my new life as an Aussie, and I might be starting to agree with you... although I'll keep my opinions to myself until my visa is irreversible... (The popularity of Ned Kelly

Quote: Originally posted by Toque: Quote: Originally posted by SubZero: Karrimor Rucksacks - absolute crap. Why is that? My friend just bought a big bag for our 6-7 day trek through the south alps. Should I be prepaired to pick up his stuff if his bag explodes? Had several karrimor packs over the last eighteen years, and they were fantastic. Dumped my first one three years ago after climbing Rinjani in Indo, still all stitched together but a little beat up... needed to loose the weight! Not bought one recently, however, and the Co.s changed hands a few times...

Just asking has always worked for me. Ask for the exit seats, or as just happened on my flight to Oz, I asked for a spare seat next to me. (Halfway through the flight a rather insistent chinese chap tried to sit in it, so I had to order him back to his own seat). db's friend's idea would be good if you couldn't get a discount business class flight for less than a full price economy... but very often you can. Indosnm... funny how the business class upgrades only happen when you're traveling alone... I'd noticed the same thing myself!

I just sent parcels through the post office, SAL (about two weeks) 13kg for 15,000. They have a fast service for a bit more. They also have EMS, similarly priced (the best value for what you want). Never sent stuff out from Japan courier, but I'd try UPS, they've always given me fantastic service TO japan.

Britain has loads of warnings, Japan has loads of cameras, but I've yet to have any probs in Japan or the UK. Australia, however... speed at your own risk. I've never seen police appear so fast at the mere thought of speeding. And lets not start on parking tickets...

And it:s not like Florida is that far from the UK!

That stat is based on one pessenger's share of emisions Vs average car use (about 16,000kms, I believe), so, yes, you personally are polluting as much in one flight as a car driver in one year. * One return flight to Florida produces the equivalent CO2 of a year's average motoring. * Emissions at altitude have 2.7 times the environmental impact of those on the ground So, if you add these two together, you're actually contributing 2.7 times more to global warming in one flight than one car year. Using these stats, it follows that flight already contributes more to global war

let't throw another major offender into the mix.. how:s everyone going on the flying front (a long haul flight a year pretty much matches a year of motoring...). I got my flights down to one short haul to the philipines last year, 5,000kms in the car, and the rest, mountain bike. A vast improvement on years before, but considering it was all for entertainment... This year, it will be a one way to Oz. Anyone else cutting back on the foreign travel/trips home, etc. The facts about flying... * Air travel produces 19 times the greenhouse gas emissions of trains; and 190 tim

Quote: Originally posted by Davo: The whole make your own biofuels process shouldn't even be necessary, I admire anyone who has the determination to do it. Right now I have no vehicle and get around by train, bike or foot-even so there's a lot more I could be doing to avoid being part of the problem. And it wouldn't have had to be, but many western govts decided to levy the same fuel tax on biofuels as soon as they started to become a viable option (oil lobby pressure, I believe), basically removing them from the marketplace. A few more dollars on a barrel, and many think biofuel w

Davo, just by getting around without a car you're doing more than the rest of us in this discussion. The polluting effects of biodiesel or the prius are still way more than public transport. The guilt, the guilt... still, the flying dimension to transport use pretty much nulifies all efforts to be good in the car department. I haven't researched it, so I don't really know, but. Mr Wiggles, generally gasoline contributes much more to greenhouse gases than regular diesel, let alone biodiesel. Given this, how do the emissions from your prius compare to the emissions from a biodiesel over the

Couldn't you just use a pair of them 'girlfriend tracker' panties... it seems they also have a heart-rate monitor, enabling you to prioritise the ones still kicking (and I believe the panties came in cheaper, too).

A problem with biofuel is that, on a small scale, using waste oil, it's an envornmental no-brainer. As it becomes commercialized, however, other factors come into play, not least damaging farming practices... I'm sure a good future investment could be had in farming and refining organic biodiesel. The huge soy conglomerates are really pushing the biofuel issue, I believe... a worry in itself. Still, it's less pollutin' and that's a start, and if your brother's in the frying business...

"That's no ordinary rabbit, that rabbits a killa!" "What's your favorite color?" "I wave my private parts in your general direction" Once you hit monty python territory, the list is endless (which any of you who've spent a night in a pub with some tedious Brits will no doubt already've found out) They still amuse me no end, however.

And no sign of "Charlie don't surf"

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning, it's the smell of ... victory" "You don't think we're just gonna let you walk out of here, do you?" "We, who's we" Me, Smith and Western" and where's... "Right turn, Clyde"

That's more like it... I've always wondered why avie beacons were so primitive, comparatively. I guess the recent boom in BC travel has attracted a bit of R and D.

Actually, for an eco-terrorist, the by-product can be very useful indeed... can I get in trouble for saying that... glycerin has a plethora of other uses, from cleansing products to pharmaceuticals. I hope this chap doesn:t have ALL of the chippies in Tassie covered...

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What company/ies are problematic?