emptypockets

There has been a research reactor in Bangkok for decades.

And a similar research unit Australia in Sydney.

Both are critical to make products in nuclear medicine amongst others.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Ian Plimer is a geologist who has worked for a number of mining companies, who have a vested interest in preventing any carbon trading scheme.

 

He has also claimed CO2 emissions are the result of volcanic eruptions, when anthropomorphic emissions are about 130 times that of said eruptions.

 

He has as much credibility as the scientists and medicos working for the tobacco industry.

 

Carbon dioxide absorbs infra-red radiation from the earth, at 4.3 and 15 micrometers. It's the same mechanism as a blanket on the body, trapping heat which would otherwise escape into space.

 

Please post your explanation of how rising temperatures cause an increase in CO2 emissions. It's like saying pregnancy precedes sex.

As an alleged scientist, I'm sure you're capable of your own research into the commentary that rising CO2 levels follow a rise in temperature.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

True. However, this current variation is a direct result of anthropomorphic emissions of carbon dioxide.

 

We are the first species on Earth who has actually changed the climate. Put another way, we are sh!tting in our own nest.

Ian Pilmer may disagree with your comments.

I've also seen commentary that rising CO2 levels follow temperature rises and not the other way round.

I seem to recall that during the heydays of ISIS/ISIL one of the leaders ordered the faithful to do something that Mohammed had done and that was to invade certain places. I don't think the do called pull factors come into it. It was a religious order and the faithful are carrying it outthere is a term used for it that I cannot remember right now. Hajj, maybe?

I've spent many a day/ night wandering Sukhumvit from soi 3 to 33 in various states of sobriety and never felt the need for it to made to feel safer. Sure I've seen all sorts of things going on that never bothered me.....after all it is Bangkok! And that is the attraction for many tourists.

Do they want to sterilise it and turn it into another Singapore?

1 hour ago, jvs said:

Do you believe locally produced goods are cheaper?

The answer is no,that is the biggest reason people buy from outside the country.

It is the US population who will have to pay more but for some reason MAGA refuses to understand this.

Well maybe they just can't understand it.

No, of course I don't believe locally produced goods are cheaper.

People will pay more one way or the other. 

I guess the question is does my more expensive purchase benefit, for example China, or my home country and potentially increase employment and manufacturing capability? And in the long term reduce sovereign risk in the case that a conflict occurs.

Which is looking like a real possibilty in the not too distant future.

4 hours ago, garzhe said:

Do Trump and his supporters not understand tariffs? All that has happened is the government collected tariffs from American importers, which are then passed on to consumers. Some of that was returned to consumers through tax cuts, most of which will benefit the highest earners.

There is an alternative view. The consumer does not buy the now more expensive imported goods but buys locally produced goods.

The real pain is felt by the exporting countries who effectively see their exports plummet. They feel the pain big time.

Just now, emptypockets said:

Why? They use 747 freighters as do most airmail delivery services? The world isn't that big.

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

It's amazing what's possible. To get a laptop delivered from the EU to Chiang Mai within 3 days is absolutely incredible. Very impressed with DHL Express. 

 

Of course I did subtract the day when the laptop was delivered to DHL in the late afternoon, as I am assuming it did not travel that day. Still 3 days travel time is very impressive.

Why? They use 747 freighters as do most airmail delivery services?

Nobody has mentioned flake aka shark. Great flaky white flesh. Very good eating.

On 7/6/2025 at 8:05 PM, Packer said:

Our house has good insulation properties. Light A/C usage. Perhaps 7pm to midnight. With another 2 A/C 9-11pm. Computer and TVs used all day.

 

The monthly usages maxes out at 479 units in May. 2200 THB

385 units in April

377 units in March.

 

We'd probably turn on the A/C in the daytime if it's free from solar. We might well run at least one A/C 24/7 if it's free. 

 

I guess a 600KW set up would do?

 

How much for:

 

1. A 600Kw setup with batteries.

2. A 600Kw setup without batteries.

 

Bought and installed? 

600kW might be a tad oversized unless you are powering a village.

Just now, MalcolmB said:

Well that is why they slaughtered them all in the first place.

For money.

The bastards were stealing the sheep.

And it's the Poms who should be paying up. There weren't any Aussies involved in the alleged genocide.

Foreign investment?

China I expect.

6 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

There are many things I regret in my life, but none too bad to mention - except getting an Pfizer MRNA Covid injection.   It was my second vaccine shot and was mandated in Australia if you wanted to leave your home and visit a Doctor or travel anywhere else - etc etc etc. I took the Astra Zeneca shot as my first option because it was based on a proven and safe vaccine delivery method - a viral vector vaccine. When the wife and I were notified we had an appointment for our second shots, I expected them to be the same - stupid mistake. I did not ask until the 'nurse' has stuck it in and I noticed it was a little different colour than the first injection. I asked what it was and the 'nurse' said Pfizer.  When I asked what why I was not given the Astra Zeneca for my second shot, the fhe fat ugly ignorant stupid feminist beetch said 'they are all the same'.  The wife was very sick for a few weeks - me for several months - and every now and then I still get a bit 'off' which is apparently because the MRNA effect lasts many years and my immune system now over-reacts to any virus I might get.  But if you research that information all you get is the WHO and CDC sanctioned BS that vaccines are safe - MRNA vaccines were unproven and should never have been used IMO. 

Garbage 

 Maybe you live in  Victoria. Wasn't anything like that where I live.

Wife and I and thousands / millions of other people have and still have not had any adverse reactions whatsoever.

This all assumes you actually make any money with crypto!!

10 hours ago, Bundooman said:

So, as with the earlier policeman and gun episode  - 'Temporary dismissal' for them all.

Soon to be rescinded with Just a gentle slap 'tap' on the wrist thern and a stern warning -

 

"You naughty, naughty boys, you. Now off you go."

Preliminary dismissal, not temporary dismissal.

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

The ramblings of a disturbed mind.

Yes ,  I've noted that from your posts over the years.

2 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Maybe they were just extremely busy in the cockpit.

 ANC,  Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

No idea. But really strange to call Mayday 600 feet in the air just after take off. 

Could be many reasons.

On 6/11/2025 at 3:44 AM, Lewie London said:

You know what’s mad about driving in Thailand? Everyone drives like an absolute numpty on meth, right, but no one’s angry about, yeah. I’ve clocked it. I’ve cracked the code, lads. Everyone’s a muppet behind the wheel, they all know it, and they’ve all silently agreed to just crack on with it like it’s some kinda national sport. It’s beautiful chaos in motion, really. Total carnage, but polite carnage.
 

Bloke on a scooter, smoking a fag, with three kids stacked on, all in shorts, no helmets, two barefoot, one in flip-flops, texting with one hand, dog hangin’ off the back like a circus act, and no one bats an eyelid. You pull that rubbish in London, someone’s lobbing a mug of hot java at your windscreen before you can say “oi.”

 

I’m sittin’ there, stuck behind some geezer doin’ 12 kilometers an hour in the overtakin’ lane like he’s out for a Sunday mooch, and I’m waiting for someone to start honkin’, screamin’, flashin’ lights, nada’, bruv. The lot of ‘em just glide by like, “Yeah, mate, that’s just how we roll." It’s like drivin’ through a meditation retreat, but the meditation’s pure chaos, minus any brain synapses.

 

And they don’t signal. Not even once. Indicators in Thailand are purely ornamental, might as well hang some fairy lights off ‘em. Changing lanes? Just go. Someone’s already there? Who cares, long as you arse-in first, you got right of way. If you survive, well done, if not, mai pen rai, see you in the next life, innit. And still no one’s screamin’ abuse, cool as cucumbers. Back home, you so much as drift over the line and some new-monied lebo anoose from Essex is inventin’ new swear words just for you. Here? Not even a tut. Just acceptance. It’s like everyone’s too busy stayin’ alive to bother gettin’ angry.

 

I’ve seen geezers get cut off so bad you’d think they’d pull over and have a tear-up in the gutter. Nope. Not here. Thai drivers get cut off and just carry on like someone politely nicked their spot in the Big-C queue. “After you, mate. Fancy nearly killin’ me today, did ya? Lovely stuff.” It’s mental. Like bein’ stuck in Grand Theft Auto with the blood turned off.

 

I’m startin’ to respect it, in a weird way. They’ve all accepted they’re terrible at drivin’, everyone else is terrible at drivin’, so no one’s shocked anymore. It’s democracy. It’s harmony. It’s beautifully thick. Like a national agreement that “we’re all terrible, so let’s just crack on.” Honestly, it’s kinda poetic. If Britain had this attitude, there’d be no road rage, we’d all die earlier like the 20,000+ Thais on the roads do every year, but we’d die with a grin, a Chang and a seven-toastie in hand.

 

So that’s me conclusion: Thai roads ain’t roads, they’re crash-dummy test arenas. And the first rule of the arena is, don’t complain, just slam on the accelerator and breaks are optional.

Thanks Rooster. Stick to scrabble.