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Like the possums in NZ there isn't really a good reason to keep them around - it's just interesting to see a switcheroo from the usual stories of other countries animals causing problems in Australia.

The little Honda is a pretty attractive idea, looks nice and it's good to see something that's supposedly designed to be fun to drive rather than yet another sluggish poor handling SUV.

The BYD Atto 1 I think though is a more significant model simply because it's something that's at least approaching affordable to an average person. That 24k price is really narrowing the gap between the cheapest cars and cheapest EVs and I expect will result in a noticeable increase in uptake.

I like that another van option is appearing too, it's sure to be well above a price I can justify but having more secondhand options in the future will be good for me when my Transporter gets beyond logical upkeep.

And there goes the chances for a minor incident. I guess I'll just hope it stays below the level of us getting dragged into another war that we shouldn't need to be involved in...

It does appear that they have, as of a few minutes ago the article is now saying Venezuela's government has accused the US and that a anonymous US official told Reuters the US was performing strikes in the country.

Hopefully this ends up just being another relatively minor step in the progression of this conflict, but (probable) air raids on another nations capital does sound like something that could escalate quickly.

Pretty good so far, hopefully it'll continue that way

That would be the best idea to reduce the issue and there is a lot that could be cut out. For example looking at recent shopping the potatoes could have come in a hessian bag instead of plastic (or loose and paper bagged in the shop for small amounts) and the lettuce really did not need to be in its own plastic bag. Soft plastic is harder to replace though for some things (e.g. cheese) so having a way to recycle what will be used is good.

Depends on the state. NSW for example is one that does vary depending on weight (based on weight ranges, not a full sliding scale) - there's a ~$180 difference between my sedan and van due to the van's higher tare weight placing it in the next category up. QLD on the other hand is one that doesn't - they charge based on the cylinder count instead.

Shouldn't have taken them years to figure out it was a poor idea but I guess that's what you get when there's such a vested interest in demonising speed. I'm quite happy it got kiboshed - it's a rare case of government actually listening to the people.

Seems a good guess looking at the leaves, hopefully it is one because they seem to look nice when fully grown.

That does look like a pretty good match to the leaves, looking at photos cabbage tree palms look decent fully grown so that'd be nice.

Zip disks ain’t that old!

That's what I like to think as well, but I guess it has been a while. It's like how I think 90s cars are still fairly recent until I see ones rolling around with historic rego...

One of the places I work at has a display cabinet showing historical media formats and devices, seeing things in it like the zip disc and the Sony camera that took floppies always makes me feel like Elrond:

The continuous output is where average people actually want more power though, one of the main points of ebikes is to reduce effort from climbing hills. Most people are not going to be at your level of fitness or investment in cycling (in both the physical and mental sense) and just want to get places without needing a shower afterwards. I can see why you want to keep a purer form of something you have an interest in (similarly I think there is limited need for automatic transmissions outside of disability) but there is a case for more power if you want more people to be riding over driving.

The 250w limit in EN15194 is overly low, NSW finally changed their laws to a more sensible 500w a few years back so this change will make it so you can't import a whole variety of bikes you can legally ride. Even 750w isn't a problem IMO, having ridden one (with throttle and all) I'd class it as definitely still on the bicycle end of things rather than an actual motorbike.

Looking on the bright side though import restrictions will hopefully induce more manufacturers to do ADR compliance for those of us who do actually want the motorbike end of 'ebikes', even for dirt bikes the ability to rego them makes them much more useful for non-track riding.

I've had some Jasper Myrtle chocolate before (albeit not that specific favour) and thought it nice, I think the chocolate's a pretty safe bet. Haven't tried the Redbrick coffee though but I have seen people say it's good.

I guess someone's been having a go at magnet fishing...

Yet again I have to mention how dumb it is that we have much safer cars than when our standard speed limits are set but all we ever get is decreases to these limits.

"People think 'I can do 110 legally so therefore it's OK to do it,'" he said.

So close to the problem but no we can't focus on teaching people to drive to conditions because lower speed limits solve everything. Never mind that even 70km/h is going to be too fast in some conditions but 100km/h+ is fine in others - even on the same road.

Probably hard to justify legally, I expect the best we can hope for is just giving back the $3m they paid without counting in the massive land price rises since then. It'd be amusing to turn around and make it the new Ukrainian embassy site though...