Blowin’ in the wind
AFTER reams of newsprint devoted to a national tax forum which achieved two fifths of nothing, The Note was not surprised to receive an email which was headlined: Australian Wind Generation Hits Annual High.
But, alas, it was not an honest measure of blowhard efforts emanating from Canberra, or any other parliamentary chamber.
Instead, it was research by analysts RepuTex, which had delved into real wind generation, not the hot air version we have come to love and adore from the political classes.
RepuTex reckons real wind generation hit its high point for the year in September, contributing just under 1,000 megawatts per day, up from 600MW in August.
We will presume RepuTex means MW/hours per day – a measure we would like to see applied to the hill in the national capital.
Food for thought
As usual, The Note is cautious about criticising others’ publishing errors, in a precautionary principle which has been enshrined in the saying ‘people in glass houses ...’
Nevertheless, we were intrigued by the menu scanned by a pedantic reader attending a new restaurant in Perth’s CBD.
Perhaps to protect the innocent and maintain The Note’s reputation as the nice guys of journalism, we’ll leave the name of restaurant out of this column – and see if any readers can find it themselves.
Our three favourite items on the menu were:
Steamed Big Belly (which comes with white nuts and preserved vegetables);
Deep Friday Crab Meat Dumplings; and (saving the best till last ... drum roll please)
Crystal Buns with Panda, Custard & Red Bean Curd!
Lame, we know, but all we could think of was the hassle of getting the import licence.
