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Value Collector keeps talking about services being value adding industries but the reality is far more nuanced than that and he keeps... -
Smurf1976 reacted to sptrawler's post in the thread The future of energy generation and storage with
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China has built a 20MW wind turbine, that is amazing IMO. https://www.eldiario24.com/en/the-largest-turbine-in-history-china/4962/ On... -
Yes IMO, the union became a boys club, it has ended badly, as all boys clubs do. During my working life, I always worked in heavy...
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I knew a guy that was bullied at work. He put a camera on his desk and caught other workers stuffing with his work. He got his union...
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The point that everyone else is trying to get across, that you aren't hearing, is that digging and shipping isn't fckn sustainable. We...
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Smurf1976 reacted to SirRumpole's post in the thread The future of energy generation and storage with Like.
Politics before pragmatism. The reason nothing gets done in this country. :rolleyes:
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Smurf1976 replied to the thread The future of energy generation and storage.In a politically neutral engineering context batteries are peaking plant if correctly used. They're useful to cover short periods of...
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Smurf1976 replied to the thread MIN - Mineral Resources.I've had some success with it in the past as a stock for short term trading so that's a different perspective. I don't hold it at...
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I agree. As soon as you dig slightly past the most headline of figures it becomes immediately visible standard of living has been...
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there is another solution , of course a currently undesired one , inspire more teenagers to go to work younger ( say after grade 10...
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I agree, and you are pretty much making the same point I was earlier in the thread just in a different way. A perfect example of this...
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Thought I'd do a follow up on this as I almost picked the high with the timing of my above analysis. Things seem to be going from bad...
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Smurf1976 replied to the thread Ageing population.Adding to my previous post, it's not limited to manufacturing. Eg I can follow that pop music, tourism or wine are exports bringing...
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Smurf1976 replied to the thread Ageing population.For an individual it's easy to measure profit and I agree with your comments. For society as a whole however it's far more complex. As...
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It’s better to make the things that you can sell at high profit margins, and buy the things you buy cheaper. We know this instinctively...