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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (174770)	7/13/2021 7:47:44 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219570

I do not consider CO2 a bad thing, for as long as the plants can digest it and it does not displace oxygen, that which if we have too much would oxidise everything My prime directive stands on its own, that I believe the less impact we make on then environment, the safer. ... unless we know what we are doing, which we mostly do not.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (174770)	7/15/2021 3:44:01 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 219570

Melbourne down / off-line / resetting / cold-booting But am unsure what the fuss is all about, for Victoria overall is essentially at flatline compared to 12 months ago but maybe 'they' are just being conservative bloomberg.com Melbourne Locked Down Again as Australia’s Delta Outbreak Grows Georgina McKay 15 July 2021, 15:00 GMT+8 Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know The empty business district during a lockdown, in Melbourne, in Feb. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg Melbourne will enter a snap five-day lockdown from midnight, joining Sydney in imposing stay-at-home restrictions as the delta strain of the coronavirus spreads around Southeast Australia, the nation’s most populated region. Australia’s second-largest city, along with the rest of Victoria state, will lock down for the fifth time since the pandemic began, Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Thursday. His state has recorded 18 covid cases since the virus was again seeded there after infected Sydney-based removalists delivered furniture to a home in Melbourne, which last year endured one of the world’s longest and most strict lockdowns. “We must do this,” Andrews said. “You only get one chance to go hard and go fast. If you wait, if you hesitate, if you doubt, then you will always be looking back wishing you had done more earlier.” With No Plan B, Australia’s Covid Zero Strategy Hits Limit The latest in global politicsGet insight from reporters around the world in the Balance of Power newsletter. Sign up to this newsletter Australia’s tardy vaccine roll-out -- one of the slowest among the 38 OECD nations -- has made the country particularly vulnerable to the delta variant, which has increasingly leaked out of the quarantine system for overseas arrivals. While economies such as the U.K. and U.S. are opening up, Australia’s international borders remain largely closed, and comparatively small clusters of the coronavirus make even domestic travel difficult as states and territories pull up the drawbridge. Sydney on Wednesday extended its lockdown until at least July 30. By that time, it will have been isolated from the rest of the nation for five weeks. The nation’s most-populous city has recorded more than 900 infections, including 65 on Thursday, after delta spread from an un-vaccinated chauffeur who was infected while transporting airline crew last month. Brisbane, the third-largest city, on Wednesday recorded three new infections within its community, stemming from a travelers from Sydney. In response to the outbreak, New Zealand has suspended a travel bubble with New South Wales and Victoria. About two weeks ago, half of Australia’s population was in lockdown. While some of those restrictions have since been lifted, the nation is increasingly exposed to the delta variant’s ability to quickly spread after breaching quarantine, particularly during Australia’s winter months. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been under pressure to ramp up his conservative government’s vaccine program amid criticism from health experts and political rivals that he was too slow in securing enough jabs from a broad-enough range of suppliers. The rollout has been hit by supply-chain hold-ups from contracted drug-makers, along with increased vaccine hesitancy due to concerns about rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca Plc product, one of only two jabs currently on offer. That’s forced Morrison to abandon an early target for full vaccination by October; he now says all Australians will be able to be inoculated by the end of the year. Lockdowns “should be a last resort,” Morrison told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. “But sometimes with the delta variant you come to that position a lot more quickly than you used to. I think Australians understand that dealing with Covid-19 doesn’t come with a rule book.” Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (174770)	9/1/2021 4:04:15 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 219570

It's over... The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile npr.org August 30, 20214:17 PM ET Leaded gasoline's century-long reign of destruction is over. The final holdout, Algeria, used up the last of its stockpile of leaded gasoline in July. That's according to the U.N. Environment Programme, which has spent 19 years trying to eliminate leaded gasoline around the globe. "The successful enforcement of the ban on leaded petrol is a huge milestone for global health and our environment," Inger Andersen, UNEP's executive director, said Monday. The United Nations estimates that the global phaseout of the toxic fuel has saved $2.44 trillion per year, thanks to improved health and lower crime rates, and prevented more than 1.2 million premature deaths.