A photo like that reminds you just how damn flat the Adelaide Plains really are. it's an airport FFS... would you rather it be on the side of a hill? the only reason you can see 88 O'Connell Street from there so prominently is because of the elevation of the geography You don't say! I never would h...

A photo like that reminds you just how damn flat the Adelaide Plains really are. From the end of the airport runway. it's an airport FFS... would you rather it be on the side of a hill? the only reason you can see 88 O'Connell Street from there so prominently is because of the elevation of the geog...

That what's called an "ad hominem" logical fallacy. People can read the article and make up their own minds. Obviously, some people cannot be reasoned with. people can read the article and make up their own minds, however you dictated what that opinion would be with your original comment ...

An article explaining why retail power prices go up, even though wholesale prices are going down. Spoiler alert, it's not because of renewables. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/energy-bills-still-rising-despite-falling-wholesale-prices/103741682 because we should listen to an activist who ha...

An article explaining why retail power prices go up, even though wholesale prices are going down. Spoiler alert, it's not because of renewables. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/energy-bills-still-rising-despite-falling-wholesale-prices/103741682 because we should listen to an activist who ha...

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Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:08 pm

Sometimes the sky city building looks awful - but when the lighting is right, it really looks pretty good.

it looks like a stunted 80's era Trump building

A live tree sequesters carbon in 1. wood/roots and 2. soil. For carbon to be sequestered in soil requires further processes of breaking down fallen leaf matter, namely being consumed by funguses or other organisms. Fallen leaf matter otherwise emits carbon straight back into the atmosphere unless i...

the first thing they should audit is our state government

anyone advocating planting eucalyptus trees along roads has got a turnip for a brain Literally nobody has said this in the above comments. The turnip brain appears to be you :lol: city councils advocate it and do it the kinds of people who appear on these councils are the kinds of people who post o...

Thanks for the news re demolition. I am kinda pleased as it shows some level of commitment - as long as the buildings are demolished and the site stays empty for years. It is such a prime site so room for optimism :) 'cos it isn't like we don't have numerous such examples already around the Adelaid...

Trees in the park that give year round shade? The horror! I'm not opposed to trees in the park. Its just that given the prominence of the Festival Center and this precinct in general... iconic for Adelaide , the city gardening managers need to get better at framing views in high profile areas. Scra...

anyone advocating planting eucalyptus trees along roads has got a turnip for a brain

if you want to see how destructive eucalyptus gum trees are to infrastructure, go for a drive up Brighton Road.

about a decade ago councils around town decided they'd go all native for vegetation because water was apparently running out