That’s OK because actually I heard Ivermectin neutralises lead toxicity /s

It appears to make this type of cell better, not perfect.

Press release and news article often inflate the significance of new research. This is a nice incremental improvement that decrease cost of one of the several source materials. It's not an earth shattering breakthrough, it doesn't slash the overall panel cost by 100.

Thank you. I'm not an expert and thought this was welcome news.

Headline is misleading, this does not slash the costs of panels people actually buy. Perovskite cells are cool, but mostly contain lead.

Is recycling still totally fake then?

And their government has money for this because they subside things like that.

Most plastic that goes into our bodies is from the bin-bags we call clothes

TIL

I'll have to have watch. Thanks! :)

I saw this a few weeks back. Happy to be reminded of it again! Its the kind of good news I can read over and over again :) Although its a little bitter sweet, being in WA we seem to have missed out for some reason. Hopefully that'll change in the future.

In the government's latest reporting period of 2023–2024, Australians consumed 4 million tonnes of plastic and packaging. That was an additional 100,000 tonnes on the year prior.

We can't forget the 'Reduce' is really what matters in all our consumption networks, whether we reduce by,

• Efficiency, like fuel emissions, or energy production,
• Circular Economies, such as aluminium cans or FOGO,
• Simply changing our behaviours, maybe like plastic straws and plastic bags. Although I see a lot of 'reuseable' bags strewn around the place, so maybe not super succesful examples.

"I remember those [smoking and drink driving] ads from years ago … they were all pretty powerful in terms of getting a very clear message across," she said.

"Imagine if we had ads that say, 'If you don't dispose of your household rubbish appropriately, you could actually end up having microplastics in your system.'"

Yeah, i'm not gona bother imagining that. Its a non-starter without major clothing changes.

Most plastic that goes into our bodies is from the bin-bags we call clothes. Stool sample tests I've read about have shown this. Its not even a competition between sources of plastic in our system. So any communications strategy that doesn't take into account the spanx wearing elephant in the room is a waste and could be detimental to the cause.

I mean, I feel like this statement is a bit Transformers-like, but I think the sentiment is in the fair place.

Get 50% (compelling number pulled from my arse), of a nation's automotive stock under your control and simply bricking them would turn them into killing machines though suddenly stalling that nation's ability to function.

Most of their vehicles are manufactured by robots these days.

For anyone interested, last night's Foreign Correspondent on the ABC was on China's EV revolution

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/china-s-ev-revolution/106940630

Heavy government subsidies to prop them up domestically and internationally until they could compete.

We recycle really well, I once read somewhere.

It was recently debated in Queensland to raise the deposit for the Containers for Change program but that didn’t happen. Sucks because I got wind of it and banked my containers for a double bonanza.

Spose I better get down and cash these in.

They should extend this program to a number of other containers like milk and detergent bottles. Unfortunately what qualifies for refunds is governed somewhat by the companies involved in the program. For us to get other plastic containers involved would require those companies to get on board as well.

Ah nevermind, @Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone how did I miss this

No standard will save us from China turning every car they made to killing machine when time is right.

Exploiting minorities for cheap labour to cut costs and sell at lower price than the "competition".

I use a container with an opening big enough for maybe 3 huntsmen, I angle one side of it on the wall in front of the spider, then have a laminated a4 sheet that I rustle behind it to encourage it to run into the container. When it does I put the rest of the container against the wall and slide the a4 sheet in so I can move the container outside. Never hurt one doing this, but I've had lots of practice.

Very classy. A nice full bodied Shiraz in winter, Pinot noir if it's a summer catching.

You must have very classy huntsmen. A liitle glass of red? Are they partial to a cab sav, shiraz, merlot?

I wonder if the ants took strategy tips from the emus

I would love to leave them alone but I've got a cat.

I feel like the intuition is to get the container close.. Slowly... then snap it to the ground!

Don't do this. They're faster than you realise, and you risk crushing them, even when the gap to the floor is an inch.

Just go slow the whole way. They aren't going to know to scramble through a gap once it's smaller than their height.

I unfortunately had the displeasure of one putting its leg in my ear. Not a great day.

How on earth are you catching them? I just use a broom and with a bit of encouragement, maybe a little glass of red, they climb on and I just drop them outside. Only spiders I knock off inside are white tips.

I have a plunger duct taped to a plastic container, it's amazing for getting spiders and easily the best thing I've ever made. Highly recommended.