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Stunning breakthrough in oxygen storage using a cobalt based salt

The Metal Bulletin reports – Cobalt at Centre of Breathtaking Scientific Discovery – the “…salt which comes from cobalt, could have a lot of useful and potentially life-changing applications. It could feed high concentrations of oxygen into hydrogen fuel cells, lightening the load for lung patients who have to carry around heavy oxygen tanks. And scuba divers could potentially leave their tanks at home.” There are also implications for for Manned Space Exploration.

I had no idea that Australian Labor Leader Bill Shorten is worried that the Abbott Government is “…a Government of climate sceptics…”

Yesterday top management called out that Bill Shorten had just referred to the Abbott Govt as a “Government of climate sceptics”. This shocked me as I thought maybe I have missed some palace revolution in Canberra. A quick check using Google showed me I had indeed missed the many news items where Bill Shorten has opined that various policy shortcomings in the Commonwealth Govt are due to climate sceptics and climate deniers. Who are these people?
I note the Abbott Govt has announced an extension of the Trade Union Royal Commission through 2015 – maybe that is down to climate deniers too.

‘Kill Climate Deniers’ – upcoming new theatre funded by the ACT Govt (Canberra)

I saw a ref to this at Don Aitkin’s blog – and a quick look in google found this – 4th from top. I wonder if readers think this is a proper use of our taxes. At this point I am lost for words…..

ACT Govt Ministers and MLA’s are listed here.
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Just in case people might think that this is all a “storm in the ACT teacup” and that the title of the play is just to seek publicity and could not possibly result in harm to anybody. Remember this case from 2007 when a Sydney man died – Man charged with murder after lawn watering dispute – Unbalanced people can be incited to cause harm. That the ACT Govt would choose to fund a public event that could be seen as “incitement” or a “threat to cause grievous bodily harm” is stunning.

Blowout in Australian budget deficit quickly forgotten in the media – should steel the Govt to plan a double dissolution election

Budget deficit soars to $48.5bn – The Govt can not take the steps required to balance the budget because of obstruction from the current senate. Muddling on another two years making inadequate half baked compromises with various senate factions while under constant attack from the taxpayer funded ABC – should not be an option. Chart from ABC in May 2013 – I like their pro-GreenLabor optimism – “and eventually a surplus”

A double dissolution election is the only way – let Australia vote GreenLabor back if voters want that.

Many fatalities from eruption on Mt Ontake – what geophysical warning signs were there?

Early reports over the weekend like this from the BBC said [The question of no warning is harder to answer. Volcanologists point out this was a relatively small eruption, and that it was driven by super-heated steam and ash, not by lava being ejected from the magma chamber. That made it much more difficult to predict.]
But now the ABC is reporting – [While there had been a rising number of small earthquakes detected at Mt Ontake since September, the eruption could not have been predicted easily, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.]
I have looked for Japanese seismic data for Mt Ontake to no avail yet. I also wonder if they have networks of surveyed points over volcanos to detect subtle changes in topography which can precede an eruption.

Shades of 19th Century railway gauges – brand new CSIRO ship can not plug into wharf electricity

The ABC reports – CSIRO’s new $120m Investigator can’t plug into Hobart shore power, moved to Macquarie Wharf

The article is not exactly informative about the exact issue – what happens if they call at other Australian ports ?
What about international ports ?
$120million does not seem like a lot of money for the Investigator – where was she built? Considering that vastly larger and more complex and electricity hungry ships have been calling at Australian ports for many decades – it is puzzling that a fairly small brand new ship could be an issue.
Apologies – I superimposed the “3 pin plug” photo as a joke. I am sure ship to shore connections are vastly more heavy duty and sophisticated.

Amazing that amid prosperity the New Zealand Government can not win half of the vote in general election

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Made this chart of NZ elections history – I had forgotten how long lived Social Credit was – and how those votes transferred into the shifting array of minor parties.

NATO to form rapid reaction force – you mean they never had one already?

ABC says – NATO to form rapid reaction force to secure eastern Europe, US forms ‘core coalition’ against Islamic State
5,000 – that will terrify Vlad.
The West lost the plot long ago.
Although to be fair – since the “fall of the Berlin wall” – the ex USSR has suffered defeat after defeat as various bits and pieces of their old Empire opted to get closer to Europe.
So for Vlad to grab some low hanging fruit when opportunity knocked in the Ukraine – is understandable.

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