8 responses to “The return of the triffids”

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   WolfmanOz

   Jul 11, 2023 10:10 AM

   Good analogy Rafe.

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   Bruce of Newcastle

   Jul 11, 2023 11:22 AM

   These triffids mostly don’t eat people. Their prey are birds, bats and, more recently, whales.

   (It’s been fun to watch the usual suspects tying themselves into contortions about the whale deaths, which cannot CANNOT be due to Gaia’s holy wind turbines, when they were all over the PEP-11 gas project off Ncl because of the supposed threat to whales. Hypocrisy much.)

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   duncanm

   Jul 11, 2023 1:04 PM

   Bruce, note the Southern Right Whale – Threats, specifically with respect to the proposed offshore farm at Stockton bight.

   Collision with boats and other marine traffic (e.g. shipping, cruise ships, fishing vessels) causing injury or mortality TICK
   Building or placing of infrastructure such as wharves or aquaculture equipment in the 5-10 m watermark of sheltered areas may impact upon females. TICK
   Disturbance (e.g. recreational boating, whale watching, jetskis, kayaks) disturbing the species, altering behaviour and displacing the species from habitat areas TICK
   Noise (e.g. offshore gas exploration, seismic testing, vessels, maintenance, dredging, pile driving, ports, ships, cruises) disturbing, displacing, or injuring the species TICK

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   Vagabond

   Jul 11, 2023 3:43 PM

   Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4NS96Y0lsI

   (part 1 of 2 videos)

   A good discussion of the waste and ineffectiveness of modern triffids.

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   Bruce of Newcastle

   Jul 11, 2023 3:47 PM

   Duncan – While writing my comment, and finding the link I included, I had a look at the whales vs NJ offshore windfarm thing and my screen just about melted with hysterical WINDFARMS DO NOT KILL WHALES “factchecks” from all the usual suspects. It was hilarious. Like a nerve had been hit.

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   Enyaw

   Jul 12, 2023 8:32 AM

   I thought the modern day triffids came from Wuhan .

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   Bruce

   Jul 12, 2023 8:42 AM

   @Enyaw:

   THAT was just a practice run.

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   lotocoti

   Jul 12, 2023 9:04 AM

   Recently dusted of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds.
   Metal monsters, built by minds immeasurably superior to ours*,
   striding across the landscape…
   *snork

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