GroveHillWanderer
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Is bitcoin a climate killing Ponzi scheme?
GroveHillWanderer replied to Jingthing's topic in Cryptocurrency News
Bitcoin and Ethereum both down ~40% over the past week. Bitcoin price falls below $20,000 for first time since 2020 -
Is bitcoin a climate killing Ponzi scheme?
GroveHillWanderer replied to Jingthing's topic in Cryptocurrency News
Because they managed to send their companies intro bankruptcy and caused a worldwide financial crash that ruined people and institutions all over the world but still profited personally, that makes them models to be followed and emulated then? Not in my book. -
Is bitcoin a climate killing Ponzi scheme?
GroveHillWanderer replied to Jingthing's topic in Cryptocurrency News
You mean like all those supposedly highly financially savvy financial institutions who lost billions (and some who even went under, like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers) in the sub-prime housing market collapse? Ring a bell at all? -
Long Term Resident Visas
GroveHillWanderer replied to Tofer's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Your post seems to imply the only financial requirement is to pay them 50,000 Baht for the visa. However you don't mention the other financial requirements, which I reckon would be the major stumbling block for a lot of people (especially retirees). You basically have to have a yearly income of $80,000 or more - either from a pension if you're retired or from work if you're not. Alternatively if you're retired and don't meet the income level, you have to invest at least $250,000 in "Thai government bonds, foreign direct investment or Thai property." Full details are on the link below - it's a lot more complicated than you make it sound. Guide to Thailand's new long-term resident visa from 1 Sep 2022- 63 replies
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Cognitive dissonance much? You've repeated over and over that the French are not doing enough to prevent asylum seekers coming to the UK - or even that they're actively helping people traffickers get them to the UK and that the French Navy helps their boats to cross the channel. So which is it - it's too easy for them to get to the UK, or too difficult? You can't have it both ways
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You seem to be accepting @Mac Mickmanus's assertion that asylum seekers "prefer to stay in the UK." However, that's totally false. The actual statistics show the vast majority who arrive in Europe (92% of them) prefer to stay elsewhere in Europe. Asylum in the UK The same report shows that more than twice as many prefer to stay in France, than come to the UK.
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No, that's 96,000 who applied for asylum in France, and so are clearly not trying to get to the UK. Even If there were 10,000 trying to get to the UK (and you don't provide any evidence for that) that would still mean there are vastly more who prefer to stay in France. Stop peddling this falsehood that asylum seekers prefer to come to the UK. It's absolutely clear, and established by the actual numbers, that they don't.
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A flight (singular) may be going ahead, but even if it does, it will have only a maximum of 8 people on board. Even that isn't certain because as that article further points out: "Lawyers are understood to still be lodging appeals, under the Humans Rights Act and modern slavery legislation, to withdraw individual names from the Kigali-bound flight."
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The vast majority of them don't. 92% of asylum seekers who come to Europe prefer to stay in other European countries, according to the report below. Asylum in the UK As it states, the number of asylum seekers coming to the UK: Oh and just FYI, that report also points out that in 2021 more than twice as many asylum seekers stayed in France, as came to the UK (96,000 as compared to 44,000) so that again flatly contradicts your assertion that "they prefer to stay in the UK." Most of them prefer to stay elsewhere.
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Rwanda is not a safe country for refugees. And who says that? Why, it's the UK government, who condemned Rwanda just recently, for violating the human rights of refugees being kept in transit centres in that country. UK condemned Rwanda for human rights abuses months before signing deal to send asylum seekers there
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Keep them safe by sending them to a country with a well-documented record of human rights abuses in recent years, specifically in relation to the treatment of refugees there? A record that the UK government itself condemned just months earlier. UK condemned Rwanda for human rights abuses months before signing deal to send asylum seekers there
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Thailand looks at easing visa rules in bid to boost tourism
GroveHillWanderer replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Reintroduce? When was it abolished? -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Not sure what you are on about. You were the one talking about future availability, not me. I was pointing out that there are plenty of commercial EV vehicles around already. Also, your post did not refer to vehicles "on general sale in Thailand", it simply made the statement that commercial electric vehicles seem a long way off, apart from Tesla. Which is incorrect. But if you want to talk about right now in Thailand, other posters have already provided evidence of commercial vehicles that are available in the country already. Given that current availability here and the fact that there are already multiple international manufacturers currently producing commercial EV's who will undoubtedly be happy to supply vehicles here if there's a demand, the idea that there wouldn't be enough available well over a decade from now, seems to strain the bounds of credulity, if you ask me. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
The post of yours I was replying to wasn't talking about vehicles currently available in Thailand, it was one talking about the future availability and it made the general claim that "the electric commercial truck seems a long way off, apart from Tesla of course." Which as I said, just isn't true. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Many (if not most) of the companies I listed are international firms, well-used to selling vehicles all around the world. If there's a demand for EV commercial vehicles in Thailand (oh, I don't know, if the government announces an intention to move to all EV's by a certain date, for instance) then quite obviously they'll be more than happy to supply them. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Also, as the "Future Electric Semi Trucks" article mentions: Again, many of these vehicles are already available. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
That's just not true though, is it? Here's a partial list of companies manufacturing EV semi trucks for instance, generated by a very cursory Google search. Kenworth Stellantis Volvo Tesla Rivian BrightDrop Electric Last Mile Solutions Nikola Motors Daimler Peterbilt BYD Motors Mercedes 7 EV van and truck companies with big 2022 plans | Greenbiz Future Electric Semi Trucks (And though that link says "future," if you look at the article most of them are already in production). Electric Mercedes eActros HGV review And there are no doubt others I didn't find. -
I've been able to answer my own question. An article from "the source that may not be quoted" makes it clear that it is indeed the Krung Thai Bank app that is being used for online lottery ticket sales. So I guess you can use the app even if you don't have a Krung Thai account? Otherwise it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Although, TIT.