Mark
@gunzothecow.bsky.social
Happy to have made the switch from the dead canary to the bluer skies
and have a pollution tax from there by a reduced fuel excise.
August 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
and have a pollution tax from there by a reduced fuel excise.
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
August 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in tank.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
LC - up to 3280kg
4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight can be used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in it.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
Hilux - 4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight can be used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in it.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
Hilux - 4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
August 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Not if you use GVM as the measurement.
Kerb weight can be used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in it.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
Hilux - 4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Kerb weight can be used if they're prepared to push the car instead of driving it with fuel in it.
Petrol Camry - 2000kg, Model 3 RWD - 2060kg,
Model Y RWD - 2370kg, CX-5 - 2300kg,
Ford Ranger - 3000kg to 3100kg
Hilux - 4x4s often have GVM upgrades.
Then apply a pollution charge separately - that can be a reduced fuel excise.
August 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Then apply a pollution charge separately - that can be a reduced fuel excise.
With respect to road user charges, level the paying field.
All vehicles need to charged in the same way - distance, mass (GVM), and volume (LxWxH)
-Including volume puts a price on oversized vehicles on our roads.
-Using GVM means that all vehicles (and their attachments) are accounted for.
All vehicles need to charged in the same way - distance, mass (GVM), and volume (LxWxH)
-Including volume puts a price on oversized vehicles on our roads.
-Using GVM means that all vehicles (and their attachments) are accounted for.
August 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
With respect to road user charges, level the paying field.
All vehicles need to charged in the same way - distance, mass (GVM), and volume (LxWxH)
-Including volume puts a price on oversized vehicles on our roads.
-Using GVM means that all vehicles (and their attachments) are accounted for.
All vehicles need to charged in the same way - distance, mass (GVM), and volume (LxWxH)
-Including volume puts a price on oversized vehicles on our roads.
-Using GVM means that all vehicles (and their attachments) are accounted for.
My guess was that it intended for the cameraman as it happened immediately the pan across to the police line took place.
Someone didn’t want to be on TV.
Someone didn’t want to be on TV.
June 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My guess was that it intended for the cameraman as it happened immediately the pan across to the police line took place.
Someone didn’t want to be on TV.
Someone didn’t want to be on TV.
I think you misinterpreted my comment.
Someone in marketing must still be laughing all the way back from the 1980’s when the idea was sold to the world that this Australia’s idea of a beer.
Nothing further from the truth.
The fact that US beers are still worse says a lot.
Someone in marketing must still be laughing all the way back from the 1980’s when the idea was sold to the world that this Australia’s idea of a beer.
Nothing further from the truth.
The fact that US beers are still worse says a lot.
March 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I think you misinterpreted my comment.
Someone in marketing must still be laughing all the way back from the 1980’s when the idea was sold to the world that this Australia’s idea of a beer.
Nothing further from the truth.
The fact that US beers are still worse says a lot.
Someone in marketing must still be laughing all the way back from the 1980’s when the idea was sold to the world that this Australia’s idea of a beer.
Nothing further from the truth.
The fact that US beers are still worse says a lot.
Fosters???
Man if that’s the best beer you can come up with in Australia you need to visit and try some of the good ones.
Man if that’s the best beer you can come up with in Australia you need to visit and try some of the good ones.
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Fosters???
Man if that’s the best beer you can come up with in Australia you need to visit and try some of the good ones.
Man if that’s the best beer you can come up with in Australia you need to visit and try some of the good ones.
It's not about the length of time elapsed.
Ask yourself how they were able to manoeuvre into those positions during the Hitler years, and still benefit from the reconstruction efforts in the late 40's and into the 50's.
Ask yourself how they were able to manoeuvre into those positions during the Hitler years, and still benefit from the reconstruction efforts in the late 40's and into the 50's.
March 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's not about the length of time elapsed.
Ask yourself how they were able to manoeuvre into those positions during the Hitler years, and still benefit from the reconstruction efforts in the late 40's and into the 50's.
Ask yourself how they were able to manoeuvre into those positions during the Hitler years, and still benefit from the reconstruction efforts in the late 40's and into the 50's.
I'm not a Tesla apologist; far from it, I think Musk is getting exactly what he deserves.
However you really ought to understand history before you make pronouncements about BMW/Porsche.
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...
However you really ought to understand history before you make pronouncements about BMW/Porsche.
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...
‘People should be more aware’: the business dynasties who benefited from Nazis
In his new book Nazi Billionaires, David de Jong explores the damning history of companies who have refused to examine their murky history with Hitler
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm not a Tesla apologist; far from it, I think Musk is getting exactly what he deserves.
However you really ought to understand history before you make pronouncements about BMW/Porsche.
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...
However you really ought to understand history before you make pronouncements about BMW/Porsche.
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...
It’s more than that too.
Bauxite mines and Alumina refineries in Qld, NT and WA feed into those smelters.
Bauxite mines and Alumina refineries in Qld, NT and WA feed into those smelters.
February 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s more than that too.
Bauxite mines and Alumina refineries in Qld, NT and WA feed into those smelters.
Bauxite mines and Alumina refineries in Qld, NT and WA feed into those smelters.
Been there too many times, but it was the gate sign that gave it away 👍
February 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Been there too many times, but it was the gate sign that gave it away 👍
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Love the idea - hold them to account!
February 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Love the idea - hold them to account!
Not only looking good, but well appointed, and efficient as well.
January 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Not only looking good, but well appointed, and efficient as well.
Because the average Jack cares little about their impact unless it affects them directly.
Put a little bit of bleed air from the tailpipe directly into the cabin and attitudes would change overnight.
Put a little bit of bleed air from the tailpipe directly into the cabin and attitudes would change overnight.
January 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Because the average Jack cares little about their impact unless it affects them directly.
Put a little bit of bleed air from the tailpipe directly into the cabin and attitudes would change overnight.
Put a little bit of bleed air from the tailpipe directly into the cabin and attitudes would change overnight.
Tesla no longer have Lead Acid Batteries in the vehicles - they’ve been using Li batteries since 2021
January 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Tesla no longer have Lead Acid Batteries in the vehicles - they’ve been using Li batteries since 2021
Model 3 is about 120kg heavier than Toyota Camry with a full fuel tank, and 92kg when both are fully laden.
Yet from MSM …. crickets about the Toyota.
Yet from MSM …. crickets about the Toyota.
January 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Model 3 is about 120kg heavier than Toyota Camry with a full fuel tank, and 92kg when both are fully laden.
Yet from MSM …. crickets about the Toyota.
Yet from MSM …. crickets about the Toyota.
Correct, but it still didn’t happen in a couple of years.
There’s no suggestion that it won’t happen, just that the generational change in battery tech required for the purpose isn’t quite there yet.
Who knows… it could just be around the corner?
There’s no suggestion that it won’t happen, just that the generational change in battery tech required for the purpose isn’t quite there yet.
Who knows… it could just be around the corner?
January 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Correct, but it still didn’t happen in a couple of years.
There’s no suggestion that it won’t happen, just that the generational change in battery tech required for the purpose isn’t quite there yet.
Who knows… it could just be around the corner?
There’s no suggestion that it won’t happen, just that the generational change in battery tech required for the purpose isn’t quite there yet.
Who knows… it could just be around the corner?
Dictators don’t like competition.
January 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dictators don’t like competition.
While new tech doesn’t stand still it doesnt always move rapidly either.
That brick phone example took close to 40 years to develop to where it is now.
That brick phone example took close to 40 years to develop to where it is now.
January 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
While new tech doesn’t stand still it doesnt always move rapidly either.
That brick phone example took close to 40 years to develop to where it is now.
That brick phone example took close to 40 years to develop to where it is now.
Imagine how many extra years of life at full health could be achieved if those bike lanes were next to traffic with no emissions, or no traffic at all.
November 17, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Imagine how many extra years of life at full health could be achieved if those bike lanes were next to traffic with no emissions, or no traffic at all.
Love the idea, but why does it need to be yet another piece of furniture located on the footpath?
Why not locate it even further back onto the grassed zone behind the footpath so the seat and post create less of a hazard?
Why not locate it even further back onto the grassed zone behind the footpath so the seat and post create less of a hazard?
November 17, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Love the idea, but why does it need to be yet another piece of furniture located on the footpath?
Why not locate it even further back onto the grassed zone behind the footpath so the seat and post create less of a hazard?
Why not locate it even further back onto the grassed zone behind the footpath so the seat and post create less of a hazard?