Yes, you pay to build it with your taxes and then you pay to use it as well. It's a win-win!

This was a really interesting bit of history. Thanks Philip.

Even more interesting is how all of Geelong is excluded from Melbourne's count when Gosford's included in Sydney's count, despite neither place being continuously connected to the larger city, Geelong being closer to Melbourne than Gosford is to Sydney, and Geelong having just as large a proportion of daily commuters as Gosford.

The reality is that Melbourne's population outpaced Sydney a long time ago and the boundaries are only just starting to catch up.

I did a double-take at “Australia’s biggest city” referring to Melbourne

It overtook Sydney about a year ago when the ABS revised the statistical areas: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65261720

Based on these new boundaries Melbourne's had a higher population than Sydney since 2018.

More than that, press criminal charges since they're unlawful.

The fuck you say?

People deye their hair more now. That's the biggest difference.

But still... you're burning hydrocarbons so you end up producing a lot of CO2 which is going straight into the atmosphere. That's not what I'd call super green.

It's the last gasp of the TV industry. An industry which doesn't know how to adapt to changing times and keeps vomiting out the same crap year after year despite the fact that less and less people are watching. It won't be long before the TV networks are a footnote in history.

There's a distinction between being cautious and always being at fault. Of course you should always be extra cautious as a rider, but that doesn't mean it's your fault if a car flattens you.

NIxon is often quoted. But maybe you're right and Americans really do regard him as the worst ever.

LiFePo4 batteries have lower energy density than other Lithium Ion batteries and they're more expensive. So while they have much longer life your EV running LiFePo4 is going to have shorter range.