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[gringo2011]

Look it up.

I reckon the amount carbon stored is probably less but vigorous growth cycles would also absorb more carbon dioxide.

I'm growing lots of trees up in Gippsland and it's interesting how the deciduous trees make the soil much healthier when they drop, the soil stays much moister in hot weather. Gums poison plants growing below them and make open area that gets super hot. Also done some research into how you can plant fire breaks of deciduous trees and things like Lilly Pilly which give off less flammable compounds. Up in the hills where they planted them a lot survived while gum forrest burned around them.

Also when they talk evergreen in the northern hemisphere you're talking about vast tracts of colder region conifer forrest that stay green, it's quite a starkly different thing than our gum forests. We sent eucalypts to the US in the early 20th century and lots of the area that has forest fires are the coastal regions planted with gums.

Conifer trees are also quite flammable and some are also designed to burn there too.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Melbourne's storm defence is beyond elite

 

[Premium]

Never heard of Dem Pantaloons but he's a very astute judge.

The hype will only grow if we win the first few games

 

[bergholt]

So in the name of decreasing CO2 emissions you advocate planting trees that release massive amounts of CO2 through rotting foliage every 6 months?

It’s a cycle. The leaves store carbon when they grow and then release it six months later, and then six months after that they grow again and store the same amount of carbon. Zero net effect. It’s the wood and bark which sequester most of the carbon.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Lol a tricycle comeback

 

[gringo2011]

The hype will only grow if we win the first few games

We've been waiting for some luck to fall our way for years but if we get a decent injury run and all the pieces fall into place we could have a serious crack at top 4 and then who knows. Right now there doesn't seem like one absolutely stand out side that should dominate all others. They are good seasons to snatch a flag against the current. Our list and game plan is the best it's been in years.

Top end talent: Steele, King, Sinclair, NWM, Marshall, Wilkie. The biggest pool we've had since Lyon was last in charge

Level just under that: Crouch, Membrey, Butler, Hill, Wood, Battle, Snags, Stocker, Bonner, Ross. All good solid citizens who give consistent high output.

Good honest soldiers: Howard, Clark, Webster, Hayes, Byrnes, Jones etc.

Then you've got the could be anythings: Owens, Windy, Collard, Garcia, Titanic, Henry, Phillipou, Wilson, Garcia, Hammer and a bunch of other youth.

Then we have a mix of kids and depth over that. Should be an exciting year.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Have the Veteran badges been handed out to make us feel better?

It's the changing demographic requiring more awards for doing SFA.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Possibly, I've never been a fan of large scale immigration because the governments love it for perpetual growth economically but won't invest in expanding infrastructure to support the extra numbers. It's a slight of hand.

I think when things are going well economically and services aren't stressed then people are very caring and sharing but as soon as things turn they want scapegoats. Immigrants are easy targets.

White people aren't breeding fast enough to maintain numbers as well so importing people helps pay pensions and taxes for services. It's a tricky one.

Reckon closing corporate tax loopholes, ditching government rent seeking and not spending 100's of billions subsidizing the US military would go a ways. It is indeed a slight of hand.

 

[beside the seaside]

The hype will only grow if we win the first few games

No doubt, we are playing Geelong away and Collingwood at the G if we win both the hype train will be absolutely rolling. It's probably also worth being prepared for losing both games (most likely outcome) and everyone calling our season over.

 

[bergholt]

Reckon closing corporate tax loopholes, ditching government rent seeking and not spending 100's of billions subsidizing the US military would go a ways. It is indeed a slight of hand.

Problem with the corporate tax stuff is that our economic system requires most people to have jobs, which means someone has to employ them. Government can’t make jobs (mostly), it’s only corporations who can do that, so they have walk the balance between getting companies to pay their fair share and not driving them away.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Problem with the corporate tax stuff is that our economic system requires most people to have jobs, which means someone has to employ them. Government can’t make jobs (mostly), it’s only corporations who can do that, so they have walk the balance between getting companies to pay their fair share and not driving them away.

I don't really buy that angle. Jobs are created by consumption and businesses evolve to fit within any available profit margin. Generally, sectors with lower margins can't support bloated business models so tend to encourage SME's and greater competition. If they can't pay tax and make a profit at the same time, someone else will be able to do it. The market adjusts.

 

[gringo2011]

Problem with the corporate tax stuff is that our economic system requires most people to have jobs, which means someone has to employ them. Government can’t make jobs (mostly), it’s only corporations who can do that, so they have walk the balance between getting companies to pay their fair share and not driving them away.

I'm old enough to remember when we owned all our own utilities and infrastructure. When they sold it all off they said it would make everything cheaper and more efficient but now we can't afford to live at the same standard and things take weeks to fix because it's all outsourced to contract protected businesses that charge exorbitantly. We trrained apprentices, didn't have to have ever increasing profits to feed to shareholders etc.

 

[ScrappyDo]

I'm old enough to remember when we owned all our own utilities and infrastructure. When they sold it all off they said it would make everything cheaper and more efficient but now we can't afford to live at the same standard and things take weeks to fix because it's all outsourced to contract protected businesses that charge exorbitantly. We trrained apprentices, didn't have to have ever increasing profits to feed to shareholders etc.

It was worth the blackout every couple of years for strike action.
It's all a sad joke on the populace now days. When we die out those left won't know any different.

 

[Mowman]

Melbourne's storm defence is beyond elite

it was amazing last night

 

[Mowman]

Lol a tricycle comeback

 

[NoisyMinor]

It’s a cycle. The leaves store carbon when they grow and then release it six months later, and then six months after that they grow again and store the same amount of carbon. Zero net effect. It’s the wood and bark which sequester most of the carbon.

I think you might want to rethink that hypothesis.

 

[Moorabbin Ghost]

Ok, fess up…
Which one of you guys is Dem Panopoulis?

A+ for positivity and “feel-goodness”.
Minus the + grade for forgetting to mention Crouch in the midfield.

So overall, A.
That’ll do me.

It’s clearly stavro#4

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Pussyole Bernard up to his old tricks

 

[Premium]

No doubt, we are playing Geelong away and Collingwood at the G if we win both the hype train will be absolutely rolling. It's probably also worth being prepared for losing both games (most likely outcome) and everyone calling our season over.

Yes very tough first 2 games.

 

[stavro#4]

It’s clearly stavro#4

No sorry.

I’m a Panopoulos

 

[Diehard Saint]

It’s clearly stavro#4

The thought had crossed my mind, for obvious reasons…

 

[Jesuswasacarpenter]

That's concerning... If all of their climate change predictions are anything to go by anyway.

Climate change is real and it's happening right now!

 

[Jesuswasacarpenter]

We're only a suburb from each other - you just remember that

30 somethings are in an awkward spot I reckon... Can be unable to understand the 'she'll be right mate' toughness of the generation above and don't sit comfortably with the any goes of the generation below, and you experienced the start of Internet in your pocket and the social media juggernaut, as you were learning about life.
I reckon gaming has ****ed a lot of people's reality,

 

[Jesuswasacarpenter]

Don't worry, I'm quite balanced with my ignorance/politics. I'm waiting for an opportune moment to slander the Herald Sun too.

Ahhh...the Herald Sun it was a gloried supermarket advertising broucher in the early 90's. Unfortunately the rest of the main stream media has followed their lead.

 

[gringo2011]

30 somethings are in an awkward spot I reckon... Can be unable to understand the 'she'll be right mate' toughness of the generation above and don't sit comfortably with the any goes of the generation below, and you experienced the start of Internet in your pocket and the social media juggernaut, as you were learning about life.
I reckon gaming has ****ed a lot of people's reality,

Social media taking over from legacy media has really unbalanced shit too. The old media was 90% bullshit but gave people a sense of consensus certainty on things. Now it's a frontier of various "truths". People form very binary views that get reinforced through algorithm reinforcement. Issues are tribal rather than weighed up.

if you don't like trans people you hate climate change shit too. If you approve of abortion you like a strong social security system. There doesn't seem to be much critical thought because of the extraordinary amount of information at our fingertips.