We've actually spent tax dollars sending council members over to Holland to check out the safe bicycle infrastructure
Forget Holland, the most amazing bicycle infrastructure I've seen are in Chinese cities. Because bicycles were a dominant form of transport for most of the 20th century their cities were built to cater for this demand and had to have it work.
I've always liked a Sara Lee cheesecake but Sara Lee faces stiff competition at the budget end of the frozen dessert market and the much expanded availability of higher quality offerings. Australia's dessert tastes are also changing. I expect Sara Lee will follow the likes of Arnotts and other such formerly beloved supermarket snack brands.
Even 10 years ago the topic of this referendum would have been political suicide. Remember Rudd got crucified for apologising. It's actually pretty positive that this referendum, as poorly executed as it was, actually happened.
"You're saving money, but it costs your time, which you could give to a second job."
This quote from the article just makes me sad.
This is an authoritarians wet dream
Theres already an AI Attenborough that narrates Warhammer 40k lore. It's brilliant
Unfortunately mass transit that works for everyone is the enemy of vehicle manufacturers.
Hydrogen currently doesn't produce, store or transport well. This means it is not as economical as gasoline.
Not really a fan of lithium batts either. We're going to end up with some environmental problems down the line but its the most economically viable tech we have at present if we're intending on living the way we currently live.
Do you live in a domicile that doesn't really have a kitchen? An increasing number of people do.
Do you work a job with shitty near unreasonable hours? Or indeed mutliple jobs? An increasing number of people do.
Sure these services are a convenience but more and more people are coming to actually rely on these services because of their suboptimal living situations.
Well when the state is balls deep in debt you're only left with weak options
My dad and I once sat in the cabin of a push to start vehicle for 20 whole minutes before admitting defeat and walking back to the rental office and asking how to start the car. If an action is completely alien/illogical to you, it's not a matter of being bad at adapting, you'll just never get it.
In this case we needed 3 actions done correctly: fob in dock, brake pressed down (even though its in park) and hold the start button down for longer than 2 secs. It was the last step that really screwed us around
This is the way