Depends what sort of ban was put in place. One of the silent admins did it - I was just getting to reading the thread when I saw he had been booted.
Silent Admins..Is this a good thing...Have some gongoolies and put you name up for scrutiny. Regards Errol 43 I certainly couldn't see from the posts where a ban was appropriate.. He did swear a bit. Maybe a blackout of words may be something the silent adm might be able to do.?
Now that thankfully you've been unbanned perhaps you'll be able to answer this head scratcher, why don't you sell your 10000 shares in this publicly listed company @ $5? You'd get $50,000 to pay for things like you know electricity?
Qantas has now been downgraded by S&P to junk status http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-...alt-ahead-of-credit-rating-announceme/5139902
O.k sorry for the threats and bad mood I'm just frustrated......CNG is not the future because fuel tanks are huge and take up to much room especially in the boot of a car!
You obviously do not know too much about CNG. Because of the pressures, the storage cylinders have to have thicker walls than LPG cylinders. CNG cylinders can also be filled up at home from any natural gas outlet, with a 'home compressor station' that costs circa $4000.
Ye and how heavy are the tanks adding weight to the vehicle.....And they still take up more room than an LPG tank to go the same distance.
You really shouldn't be so myopic. So lets look at this: 1. CNG cylinders are heavier than LPG cylinders, depending on size, by perhaps 15-20 Kg. 2. CNG is circa 20% the cost of petrol. LPG used to be circa 50% the cost of petrol, and whilst I have not checked recently assume this is still the case. 3. CNG cylinders can be filled up at home with a domestic filling station (compressor) for a substantially reduced price. Without doing the mathematics, probably <$0.20/litre. 4. The range is dependent on the number and location of filling stations Australia wide, which is increasing. However, it is perfect for traveling to/from work with each cylinder capable of several 100's of kilometers range. 5. No supply problems if you have a home station. 6. NG can be compressed to <1% of it's volume to make CNG. 7. CNG, from a combustion viewpoint, is safer than LPG in the event of an accident. All in all, the advantages appear to outweigh the negatives.
LPG is a by-product of oil refinement. When no oil refinement is left in Au it will probably cost even more being imported. CNG is a natural gas. Australia and many other countries have huge deposits of natural gas.
Ther was a news article about a guy in Melbourne spending about 12k I think it was on converting his car to CNG.....He bought the filling station and all.... A few years ago now. Three problems were mentioned .... 1# The tanks took up the majority of the boot of the car. 2# The refilling took 8 hours or something overnight. 3# Even with the big tanks was range was limited to something like 300klms.
So are Qantas going to convert their aircraft fleet to use CNG? Would that create a 1000 jobs if they did? ( Just trying to get the thread back on-topic! )
What does 'selling' their Frequent Flyer program mean for my points is what I want to know. And the government will 'assist' them. Can't not have a national airline.
