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  1. Our publicly-owned rail company plans to replace electric locomotives with diesel ones *facepalm*. Can it be stopped?
    http://qttr.at/1ohr

    Tuesday, 07-Feb-17 03:46:40 UTC from quitter.se
    1. @strypey & given #'s tradition of picking up the worst ideas from # and running with them we'll be on steam locos by next year. Take that #! If you don't want our coal, we'll just jolly well burn it ourselves!

      Tuesday, 07-Feb-17 03:57:13 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
      1. @mjd what can we do about it? Green tech researchers and advocates do a great job but sometimes it feels like we're batcaveing into the wind

        Wednesday, 08-Feb-17 22:32:42 UTC from quitter.se
        1. @strypey As you observed, a big win would be preserving/reintroducing the green tech that's nearly a century old. Visited family last year; my auntie was marveling at the fact that they're laying new tram lines in Sydney 50 years after she watched them being ripped out.

          Thursday, 09-Feb-17 02:48:25 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
          1. @mjd Larnoch's Castle, a stately home near my current home town, was using a bio-digesting toilet to supply gas for lighting 100 years ago

            Friday, 10-Feb-17 00:13:53 UTC from quitter.se
            1. @strypey "Cars for everyone was one of the stupidest promises that politicians ever made." # George Monbiot http://www.monbiot.com/2016/09/22/carmageddon-beckons/

              Friday, 10-Feb-17 05:54:37 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au