This was fun and educational! Weighing and evaporation were most conclusive.

Smell worked, sort of. Only once the weather turned warm enough and the expired petrol smell is not nearly as obvious as fresh petrol. Not the best method.

Burn test was surprisingly useless, all samples burnt about the same with similar amounts of soot. Old petrol is only very slightly easier to ignite.

Evaporate if you have time or unit weight if not.

Day 14 cont ️

“The Coalition’s pledge to scrap fines for carmakers that exceed emissions caps imposed by #Labor has raised concerns about new barriers to the influx of cheap #EV models and entrenching #petrol #guzzlers that cost more to run.”

“We want cleaner, cheaper cars on Australian roads as we head towards net zero by 2050, but forcing unfair penalties on carmakers and consumers is not the answer,” — #PeterDutton

Remember tradie Utes under threat? (cf BYD electric Ute 4WD) Also note the target date, 2050.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #energy / #emissions / #ClimateEmergency <https://smh.com.au/politics/federal/copied-from-america-dutton-launches-election-fight-over-evs-20250402-p5loib.html>

@mikegalsworthy

Very interesting.

> he and another protester used a glass-break hammer and orange paint to damage 16 pump screens at an Esso petrol station

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> Dr Hart has been both acquitted and convicted multiple times for nonviolent direct action linked to the climate crisis

I would be curious to know more about his previous convictions, and whether or not (and if so, how) they influenced sentencing by the judge, and the decision by the GMC to suspend him for 12 months.

I hope he took advice from his medical defence union or similar before this particular act.

I can think of many, many ways he could potentially act that would be wildly more sustainable (forgive my use of the word; I mean merely that they might avoid his being imprisoned), and fantastically more damaging to oil extraction, than his chosen course of action. I lament that no one provided him with more constructive discussion before he embarked on these particular acts.