Can we all agree now that we must exorcise ourselves of the oil industry and oligarchs that profit from bloodshed?

[nickofnz@mastodon.nz]

@skalden bro, it’s just you and me so far. Let’s wait for some more.

[gurre@mastodon.nu]

@nickofnz I'm in.

[gusseting@mastodon.social]

@nickofnz
"Can we all agree now that we must exorcise ourselves of the oil industry and oligarchs that profit from bloodshed?"
Unfortunately, for The Australia Institute + Greenpeace Australia, no. There's MONEY to be made, just like Norway does!
https://gas.australiainstitute.org.au

#Norway #Australia #FossilFuels #AusPol

[antigrav@mastodon.nz]

@nickofnz , oh yes!
InZanity RulZ just doesn't sound right.

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@nickofnz
Here iam also. How do we attract more?

[niall@mastodon.nz]

@nickofnz happy to show you my efforts. Went bore you with them again here.

[nickofnz@mastodon.nz]

@Niall do tell!

[linza@kamu.social]

@nickofnz evil is real

[sebastiansolidwork@mastodon.social]

@skalden @nickofnz breaking their power by starting with negative interest rates on short-term deposits and demurrage on money. Like a land value tax by Henry George on money.
This remove the constant demand for financial growth.

"The zero lower bound is not a law of nature; it is a policy choice." says even the IMF!
https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2019/04/29/enabling-deep-negative-rates-a-guide-46598

All invented a 100 years ago by Silvio Gesell.

Questions?

[niall@mastodon.nz]

@nickofnz I burn nothing here, its all electric from PV. It was a gradual process because I did almost all of it myself and was always pushing at the edge of what was affordable to me. A slight advantage I have is that I understand batteries and repurpose ones which would otherwise likely be junk. However....
EVERYTHING* is so much cheaper now and the path is so much better travelled now that what I've done should be relatively easy to emulate.

I bought a section in 2014.
Before building anything I bought some solar panels and cobbled a battery together. Then built a workshop and filled the roof with solar panels and a better battery. Got an EV in about 2016 with pretty limited range but it works for a lot of my journeys.
Got a crashed Tesla in 2017 and went through hell fixing it.
Built a small house myself during 2022-2024. Brought almost all the materials to site using my EV, no diesel. Used no diesel in earthworks, the house was designed with minimal need and I did it with a shovel and wheelbarrow. House has exceptional insulation, underfloor heating, electric water heating and cooking gear. I can heat the house with a 1kW water heater. 1kW... that's basically nothing.
Soon to install a heatpump hot water cylinder and do a big upgrade on the entire solar system. This upgrade should mean that I can run the car almost entirely from self-generated PV and be more or less energy independent even in winter.
Sure I have put a lot of time and money in but my running costs are basically zero and my resilience is very high. All of this is getting easier and cheaper.
We should as a society have been prioritising it for years. However there's no time like the present so come on, invest in electrification and renewables. Vote for those who say they'll prioritise this stuff. Think about what your next step on this journey is, what you, your employer or any organisation you're a part of could do and try.

*Except labour and consumables....