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Nuclear is tough, MOAB's are easier.

I'm relieved to hear this, there is no chance of an insurrection on January 6, 2025.

I have stated my position on the gun culture in America, don't need to restate it. An average of one mass shooting event per year in Australia, against dozens in America every year, is enough fact-based evidence for sensible people. There is one point in your post which amuses me. Using semi-automatic weapons for hunting. I have been out at night with professional shooters. They are after rabbits, pigs, and kangaroos commercially. It's their living. They are very cost-conscious when it comes to ammunition, frequently using only a 0.22 or 0.22 magnum. Everything is head shot, anything else spoils the meat and may cause it to be rejected. They would regard anyone needing a semi-automatic for hunting as an incompetent butcher.

If people from other countries come here, they should expect to obey the laws of Australia. If they can't, they are not useful members of a multicultural society. Racism is the dog whistle used to enjoin against sending them back to wherever they come from. I am in Thailand. I fully expect to be deported if I was to break the law here. Explain to me why it should be any different in Australia.

Sick people will kill far less children if they do not have semi-automatic weapons available. There are plenty of people who drive sensibly. Speed limits are there for the ones who can't. I understand there has only been one school shooting in Australia ( actually a university ) which resulted in 3 deaths. One, since Federation. 340 in the US in 2023. Spitting the dummy and putting me on your ignore list simply demonstrates how pathetic your defense of the indefensible is.

Every time there is a mass shooting, particularly at a school, gun sales skyrocket. What has that done to solve the problem of mass shootings? Why are semi-automatic weapons still available in America, when their only purpose is to kill multiple people as quickly and efficiently as possible? Would a serious hunter use one for game? Why is a weapon bought for protection far more likely to inadvertently kill children playing with unsecured weapons, or be the instrument of choice in a suicide? If a weapon is securely stored, what use is it for protection? Do you think home invaders will politely wait while you retrieve it? I'm just wondering when the Second Amendment will stop killing American children.

No. Not necessary in places like Condobolin or Cobar. Or Broken Hill. The trouble spots usually have high Aboriginal components, and alcohol/drug related violence. Their populations tend to congregate around permanent water sources. To me, even those places are far less risky than some of the places I have been through, such as Soweto, the Thames embankment, Philadelphia projects, and Detroit. IMO one is far more likely to get into trouble carrying a gun, than being without one. I am not an experienced bushman, just someone who enjoys the outback life. Simpler, no time pressure. There is too much light around cities for the heavens to be appreciated. Get into outback Australia on a clear night, it shows how insignificant we are.

Utter BS. With the exception of places such as Wilcannia, Alice Springs and Bourke, most Australian country towns are as safe as houses. There's that leftist label again, we have had Labor governments since Federation. They are the ones usually introducing reforms. Somewhat ironic the ban on semi-automatic weapons was brought in by a Liberal Prime Minister.

My favorite holiday for many years. Kangaroos can control their gestation cycle, putting embryos into dormancy in times of drought. Their populations explode when there is heavy rain to bring up fresh feed. I learned a lot of things in outback Australia most city slickers never get to know.

I thought it was the other way around, Putin took over the commies. I remember Consohocken, agree food was good.

Your opinion might change if you were a station owner or environmentalist trying to control introduced vermin such as rabbits, feral cats, pigs, and foxes. Or an excess population of kangaroos eating pasture his stock needed. I always ate edible game I shot, or fed it to the station dogs. They enjoyed fresh meat a lot more than their staple diet of dry dog food. Rule #1 on all the stations I hunted on was no shooting of birds, except ducks for eating, and crows. The crows were almost always too smart to get hit anyway.

Australia has had 18 mass shootings this century, an average of less than one a year. In America, the average is more than one per day. It is a NRA myth Australians are not allowed to have guns. Post Port Arthur, I legally owned four firearms for hunting purposes. I remember traveling in a car with an American from Philadelphia to Consohocken. He had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. On balance of probability, logic, and history, America is the nation least likely to be invaded by any other country. It has an ocean on each side of it. Jim Jeffries points out the absurdity of the American Second Amendment obsession.

You're probably right. My guy does not chat, he's serious. I know, because I have watched his workout. Puts me to shame.

I like facts to back up opinions. When someone says their EV has a running cost of 0.3 baht/km against an ICE cost of 4 baht/km, that's a fact, easily checked. When someone says an ICE is 60 times more likely to catch fire than an EV, another fact. When someone says an EV fire burns at 2700 C, compared to an ICE fire at 900 C, it's an unpopular fact to EV owners. I get irritated when people make vague statements such as recharging is a cup of coffee, or most EV owners are recharging from the solar panels of their house. That puts my BS antennae on full extension. Post data, don't waste my time. Science does not care what you believe.

I am not anti-EV. Like all technologies, there are advantages and disadvantages, which have been debated ad nauseam. I am anti EV owners who do BS virtue signalling, or respond with personal abuse when I am seeking facts. If I was flush with funds, I would seriously consider an EV. At my stage of life, sticking with a reliable older car which is dead easy to service makes better financial sense. An EV would probably be wasted on me, as I drive defensively.

My 18 yo Vios has next to no depreciation, has never let me down, and takes me a couple of minutes to fill up. You danced around my question like Nureyev.

According to Google, the minimum time it takes to recharge an EV is 20 minutes. Or up to 8 hours. I guess the 20 minutes is where the cup of coffee comes from. This assumes the two charging stations which seem to be the norm on most highway fuel stations are not already occupied, otherwise an EV owner is SOOL. As I have never run out of fuel for any vehicle in over 60 years of driving, your suspicion would be wrong. I'm familiar with disinformation, non-information is a new one.

Any fisticuffs ended in my late twenties, when I trained with a jiu-jutsu champion. Never graded, but he said I had reached brown belt standard. That gave me the confidence to walk away, never got into a fight again.

Complete failure to answer the question, and I fixed the km variable. OK, give me a range of recharge times with a commercial dispenser. Battery depleted by 400km of travel.. Everybody knows how far an ICE will go on a full tank. The fuel economy of the vehicle , and the tank capacity - it's simple math. Quoting jargon acronyms such as WLTP and NEDC does nothing to explain recharge times, your answer is as clear as mud. Saying a vehicle is recharged while having a cup of coffee is not an answer either.

Really. I guess Trump doesn't insult anyone either.

It seems to be a cultural thing among both Brits and Aussies to only insult their friends. It's known as sledging. When either nationality is is freezingly polite, time to watch out.

Could you explain the difference between reading a book in paperback form, and reading the same book on a smartphone?

I would like some factual information posted on how long it takes to recharge an EV that has done 400 km from a commercial dispenser, at normal temperatures. I am not sure how this would vary with the battery capacity of the different EV models.

I didn't take your comment as aimed at me. I do find it somewhat ironic when foreigners have lived here for years, and still have not learned to communicate in Thai. Then call Thais stupid,

I have never thought of Thais as stupid, except when they get behind the wheel of a car. But that's more down to poor driver training. My GF has very little in the way of formal education. In that respect, I am way above her. She walked 2 km to school in bare feet because her village family could not afford shoes. Having said that, in terms of street smarts she is far superior, with an ability for making friends I can only envy.