ADF General discussion thread

[old faithful]

Biggest problem I have with wind turbines, is that each and every one of them has 3 tons of copper wire in them.
Production of copper is definitely not environmental friendly, and then processing it to a wire is even worse. There has to be a better alternative to wind turbines.

 

[swerve]

... Renewables...great if we actually needed to do it. But we don't, we could easily use gas, if we didn't have to buy it back at a huge cost...I did say short sightedness. ...

Considering Australia's climate, solar power is a no-brainer. It's cheap nowadays, & there are many ways to use any excess when the sun's shining.

 

[Bob53]

Not sure how you link offshoring our manufacturing to renewable energy?

Housing crisis solely an immigration problem?

Can't do a mining tax because it's too hard?

There's a whole lot of finger-pointing going on here with very little active thought given at all.

Renewable energy could be the cornerstone of not only reinvigorating our manufacturing but also ensuring we have a distributed & modular energy generation capability with the redundancy of local manufacturing being able to sustain, repair and replace it. It has the potential to boost both Defence and manufacturing.

Nuclear involves sending money offshore, getting a sealed unit that if damaged or threatened becomes deadweight and at the mercy of a foreign nation's supply chain.

Housing crisis... has been done to death. End tax breaks for investment properties, yes housing prices will crash, back to where they probably should be... back to something affordable.

A mining tax or royalties scheme is not too hard if there is bipartisanism. Yes it might require a ground-up approach and some honest conversations about how money is spent, or even Australia's relationship with the indigenous population but just because it is hard does not mean it cannot be done.

I swear, sometimes it feels like the generation that constantly complains about current generations not working hard enough or being soft is the actual problem. So focused on protecting their own net wealth and doing their "own research". Is the generation that reaped the benefits of peace post WW2 actually Australia's softest?

Regarding Indo-Russia previously, while I don't think it could ever really happen at all, it does bring one point back into focus. Indonesia is a neutral country largely and in the event of conflict to our north would likely deny us access to their waters and airspace. Is Darwin then the best "northern" base? Maybe not.

Questionable if property prices will crash if tax breaks for investment properties ceases. In Victoria many additional taxes and imposts have been added to land lords In addition to rules and rights that are heavily in favour of the tenant. Even with these taxes Property prices haven’t crashed.

Some land lords have exited and as a result rents have sky rocketed as the additional cost are passed on to tenants along with a smaller pool of rental,properties. The exit of about 40000 landlords over 3 years has also hit state Giv coffer with vic Gov land tax collections down nearly $900 million this financial year On budget. The whole raise land tax for those greedy landlords approach has back fired big time. In vic it doubles again this year for a non Principle place of residence. The tough part is vic land tax is calculated on the total accumulated land holdings …so if you have multiple properties you don’t get taxed at 3 x $500k land value rate. No you get taxed at the $1.5m rate which is a lot higher. Add to that additional land tax surcharges for anything owned in a trust, vacant land, and vacant property.and it’s increasing each year.
of course when they build these million new homes that will solve the problems.