"life in a post-flying Australia and why it might actually be ok"
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Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't, teach.
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coops, it's only academic but I said "One of the most useless persons I have ever worked with..."
Recently one of our management team was carping on about some "hot shot" employee working at some big university was now wanting to work with us, and that he wanted to create a position for him. I told this manager that if said "hot shot" employee didn't have any industry experience outside academia then to dump the prospect. I quickly quizzed this manager on what his "hot shot" could bring to our organisation and as it turns out not much.
Recently one of our management team was carping on about some "hot shot" employee working at some big university was now wanting to work with us, and that he wanted to create a position for him. I told this manager that if said "hot shot" employee didn't have any industry experience outside academia then to dump the prospect. I quickly quizzed this manager on what his "hot shot" could bring to our organisation and as it turns out not much.
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academics do have real jobs; your characterization of them is harsh. Did you go to school? Your teachers were taught by academics. To the doctor? Dentist? lawyer? Guess who teaches all these people.
Anyone who has traveled Japan's excellent rail and bullet train network will agree that is the most efficient way to cross medium distances, ie up and down the east coast of Australia. However being Australia it will be afew billion dollars over budget and take 3 times as long to build.
On the subject of academics, I have a cousin who is doing a doctorate in Education. He also believes in angel sightings, christian miracles and supports trump mainly because Hilary approves abortion. And that the earth is 5000years old.
On the subject of academics, I have a cousin who is doing a doctorate in Education. He also believes in angel sightings, christian miracles and supports trump mainly because Hilary approves abortion. And that the earth is 5000years old.
Anyone who has traveled Japan's excellent rail and bullet train network will agree that is the most efficient way to cross medium distances, ie up and down the east coast of Australia.
The most effective thing for Australia to do will be to build a few more runways with ILS's and/or airports and they will basically cover us into the future.
The whole High Speed Train thing is a ridiculous suggestion given the sparseness of the Australia Population and the inherent inefficiency in train travel over the sort of distances being proposed. Flying between Sydney and Melbourne and Brisbane is far and away the most efficient way of traveling.
If the lefty Green/Socialst types want to pick a fight they should start with the petrol driven vehicles as they use the most amount of fuel AND are the most inefficient form of transport.
However they are to scared to do that because they will mean taking on Big Oil Companies and Big Motor Car Companies and they will ultimately be crushed, so they just go the soft target which is aviation.
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Here's the latest that the so called 'academics' are saying:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...ecord-globally
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...ecord-globally
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we all have relatives like this; no-one should draw conclusions about whole occupational groups because of one nitwit in that group; also, the acid test for him is whether he gets a job after finishing his PhD. As someone from the hard sciences, I can't help thinking that the field of education, and especially early childhood development, seems to attract more than its share of people who, shall I say, do research that I fail to see the point of. No doubt all the early childhood dev. people on this forum will now be outraged.
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And as anyone who has worked in Japan can attest, the super efficient Japanese rail network co-exists along side a very healthy aviation industry. No sign of airlines disappearing anytime time soon in Japan.
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Emmuission reductions
How many of those blaming the rest of us for creating emissions would be prepared to travel in a sailing ship, ride a push bike and live in a mud-hut with no electricity? Not too many I suspect. These people with Utopian ideals give me a pain in the backside.
