25 May 2012

All hail the Cater-Piller

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Territory and Municipal Services have announced the winners of their ACTION Buses drawing competition with Ayami Starke taking out top honours.:

“The judges felt that Ayami’s drawing best captured this year’s theme of Draw for the future – the ultimate environmentally-friendly bus. We are very excited to see Ayami’s concept of Canberra’s sustainable future on the back of one of our buses soon,” Mr Roncon said.

“This year’s entrants showed great creativity and some very imaginative concepts for environmentally-friendly bus options, including a bus powered by passenger pedal power and another fuelled by cooking oil.

Other winners were:

    • Andy Dunn, under 4 years of age
    • Tayla Abbott, between 5 and 6 years of age
    • Luke Palmer, between 7 and 8 years of age
    • Ivy Prosser, between 9 and 10 years of age
    • Aisha Bottrill, between 11 and 13 years of age
    • Ayami Starke, overall winner.

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dvaey said :

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks. Just because its of no use to you, it doesnt mean its of no use. Also, you dont have to ‘pump it full of CO2’, the human body produces it naturally, so I guess in a way every breath we take is polluting the atmosphere.

Really? Stick a tree in a room full of CO2 and see what it thinks? I can tell you it won’t like it.

Anyone with an elementary understanding of botany will tell you almost all plants need oxygen in the atmosphere and around their roots for resperation like you or me. CO2 is used in photosynthesis to provide energy for the plant. They don’t ‘breathe’ it.

Wow, picking on an 11 year olds spelling and understanding of mechanics/thermodynamics. I’m starting to get a sense of why kids today have no respect for the know it all “grown ups”.

If no-one else wants to say it, Congratulations Ayami. Let’s hope you don’t cave in to the criticism and negativity and keep thinking outside the box.

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I think this is Jim Jones’ cue for his line,

Let me get this straight – You don’t want to call CO2 “pollution”, therefore global warming isn’t happening?

Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

Mind sharing any of your tertiary qualifications Henry?

Luckily, I’m not out on a limb contradicting the relevant subject-matter experts by trying to share kook opinions about that laws of physics, so my qualifications aren’t relevant.

It’s very simple: CO2 is more opaque to radiation in certain wavelengths.
Those wavelengths happen to match the wavelengths of solar radiation that is bouncing back off the earth and radiating back out towards space.
CO2 therefore captures heat that would otherwise leave our planet.
This is what we call a “greenhouse gas”.
More “greenhouse gas” means more heat.
More heat means changing climate, melting ice and elevated sea levels.

You don’t need a degree to understand that. I’m sure even high school drop-outs wouldn’t have too much trouble with it. Begs the question though, what’s wrong with Dvaey and Thumper, to name just two.

You can get onto the CSIRO and BoM websites and find all this stuff out for yourselves instead of believing the crap you read in the paper.

jase! said :

that kid is going to be sad when they learn about the laws of thermodynamics. wheels that generate power? roflcopter

She might be referring to regenerative braking.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/brakes/brake-types/regenerative-braking.htm

poetix said :

SnapperJack said :

Gee, the shoving of green propaganda down the throats of schoolkids is working. A pity they’re not teaching spelling anymore (“inshore”).

Ayami is eleven years old and has lots of time to learn how to spell ensure (or insure). At least this shows it was the student’s own work. There is clearly imagination and original thought behind this illustration.

Despite shoving propaganda down their throats, they’re still capable of original thought. It’s even worse than we feared! It must be stopped!

dvaey said :

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks.

I’d say a species that has evolved in an environment with around 290ppm CO2 would be fairly upset if you inflicted a vastly increased concentration of CO2 on it.

Do I detect in your comment that you have the strange idea that this might not be the case?
Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

that kid is going to be sad when they learn about the laws of thermodynamics. wheels that generate power? roflcopter

silvernitrate7:06 pm 26 May 12

How ’bout that air condishing?

poetix said :

I wonder if it converts to a butterfly when necessary? The detail is impressive; note the antennae allow for free wifi. It’s great that it will be on the back of a bus too.

Buses in NZL already have free wifi on their buses. We are so behind.

Lazy I said :

Jethro said :

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Interesting way to define pollution.

Go stand in an airtight room and fill it with water.

The point was anything that exists in excessive amounts so as to throw out the natural balance is pollution.

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks. Just because its of no use to you, it doesnt mean its of no use. Also, you dont have to ‘pump it full of CO2’, the human body produces it naturally, so I guess in a way every breath we take is polluting the atmosphere.

Jethro said :

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Interesting way to define pollution.

Go stand in an airtight room and fill it with water.

or even 100% oxygen

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

I (genuinely) wish I could draw that well.

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

It’s great to see that the Cater-Piller has wi-fi. Hopefully it is free.

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Nice straw man.

Not supporting the green indoctrination of our school children doesn’t equate to me being pro pollution.

There is always some FUD to scare the kiddies, my generation was CFC’s and holes in the ozone layer.. whatever best appeals to a child’s fear.

There are ways to teach children about the environment and being environmentally responsible without manipulating them.

I like the addition of the pin wheels, highlighting the delicate balance between form and function.

SnapperJack said :

Gee, the shoving of green propaganda down the throats of schoolkids is working. A pity they’re not teaching spelling anymore (“inshore”).

Ayami is eleven years old and has lots of time to learn how to spell ensure (or insure). At least this shows it was the student’s own work. There is clearly imagination and original thought behind this illustration.

SnapperJack said :

Gee, the shoving of green propaganda down the throats of schoolkids is working. A pity they’re not teaching spelling anymore (“inshore”).

I agree. From now on we should teach the children that there is much ore fun involved raping the Earth than caring for it.

Gee, the shoving of green propaganda down the throats of schoolkids is working. A pity they’re not teaching spelling anymore (“inshore”).

Nice allusion to rising sea levels in the ‘Why is sustainability important to you?’ 😉

poetix said :

I wonder if it converts to a butterfly when necessary? The detail is impressive; note the antennae allow for free wifi. It’s great that it will be on the back of a bus too.

Who needs wifi when you have windmills and fish wind socks, and a veggie patch to tend to. Love it.

‘Wheels generate Electricity’. sounds more like electrified rail
Also the solar panels on the roof are kinda small, looking much more like a pantograph

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Almost looks like light rail…

I wonder if it converts to a butterfly when necessary? The detail is impressive; note the antennae allow for free wifi. It’s great that it will be on the back of a bus too.

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

I love the red bold Embargo comment designed to catch your attention, with an incorrect date, when the correct date is located on the line above.

I, for one, welcome our Cater-Piller overlords!

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