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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1027280)	8/11/2017 1:38:18 AM
From: James Seagrove	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577892

Romans 13 - Submission to the Authorities Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1027280)	8/11/2017 1:33:20 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577892

Joanne Nova on why there are no wind or solar powered aluminum smelters (& never will be ... & ditto for other smelters): No wind or solar powered aluminium smelter anywhere in the world? Could be a message in that Matt Howell, the CEO of Tomago Aluminium Smelter, told a few home truths on ABC radio Monday. To paraphrase in my own words: 1. Aluminium Smelters gobble electrons for breakfast. His smelter uses 10% of the entire electricity supply of the most populous state in Australia (NSW). 2. If power goes out without warning for more than three hours, the smelter pot lines freeze, permanently. The company goes to the wall. 3. The largest battery in the world would keep their smelter going for all of 8 minutes. There is a good reason there are no solar or wind powered aluminium smelters anywhere in the world. 4. The government can ‘t let the market solve anything whilst it is simultaneously destroying the free market by propping up the market failures at the same time. 5. Electricity pricing has suddenly got very ugly. Their electricity bill may now be subject to price spikes where it could cost them $4 million just to keep one pot line running during that spike. It is as if suddenly gas stations only sold $400 per Litre petrol. (Which would be $1800/per gallon). What he doesn’t say, but which logically follows from that, is that heavy industry in most of Australia can no longer get reliable electricity at an affordable price, even with forward contracts. Cry, scream, run with your factory. 6. In Australia, if we achieve “zero coal” we will also achieve “zero heavy manufacturing”. 7. If we want heavy industry, we need a HELE Coal plant. There are hundreds being built around the world, and we are selling our coal to them. How crazy are we? Howell makes some great points. It’s good to see an ABC presenter willing to let the evil capitalists speak. Well done Matt Wordsworth. I found something worth listening to on the ABC this year. joannenova.com.au