No, the emu is Australia. We had the moa, which was like an emu but much bigger. Unfortunately they are currently extinct.

If it ever happens I will let you know. However given the sheep I can see from my office are in a flat paddock don't expect to hear from me soon.

Cows on the other hand are worry. I have had one, on SH1, the main state highway, chase my car. If it had caught it the results would have been messy. I saved that dash cam clip. From my police scanner getting cows back in paddocks is a common activity around here. Not so much in the city.

Sure, even the risk with sharks is low, I have never seen one when swimming. We do have a spider with a nasty bite but it is not common. The animal that causes the most injuries here is domestic dogs.

People often think New Zealand has the same dangerous animals as Australia whereas it is mainly sharks we have in common, pretty much all the others are only in Australia. I suspect the extra risk there would only put off a few people, but without them the numbers would be worse.

If you dig in the numbers the most common reason for people to leave is chasing quick money in Australia. If you are in your earning prime then living in Australia for a while is an easier way to build wealth as pay there is higher while the lifestyle is similar, if you ignore that number of animals they have that want to kill you.

It is quite common for Kiwis to move there, build up savings and return home. Some like it better and stay.

I was never a fan of Robert Muldoon, but his funnest quote was "New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries". Sorry Australia, I couldn't resist...

Are reply to the correct comment? Where did I talk of children or racism? Firstly xenophobic would be a better term than racist but really that is way too strong, deliberate misinformation or misleading would be what I am accusing this map of. The only harm to children is poor education.

There are many out there based on fact instead of ego. Wikipedia shows all projections at https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F.... IMHO the best alternatives are:

- The Equirectangular projection, https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F..., is the closest to the Mecator Projection without the political manipulation. It still suffers from distrotions as you approach the poles but it does treat the northern and southern hemispheres equally.
- The Goode homolosine projection, https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F..., attempts to make area near the poles more reason in size.
- The south up map, https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapworld.co.nz%2Fups..., is the best if want to get political or simply want to rethink your view of the world. It has the bonus of putting New Zealand in the correct place and is the one I have hanging on my wall.

For schools a physical 3D globe is great for kids to learn about what the world is really like. If you really have to do the 2D thing then Google Earth is a great tool.

That is a cool site. I have played with something similar in the past. I hadn't tried putting New Zealand over Europe, so I was not aware of how small nearly all of the countries there are by comparison.

I have long been aware of the problems with the Mercator Projection but when you use a tool like that website it really shows how much it messes with your common perception of country sizes.

Just so you know New Zealand would like to see this change for the same reason. Did you know New Zealand is actually bigger that the UK and from north to south is on par with the length of the USA from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico? Pretty sure the guys in Australia would also like this change.

Still at least Africa doesn't get left off maps, unlike New Zealand, https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F.... It is even missing from many of the maps in the video where Africa is complaining about bad maps.

Somewhere along the line litres/100km became the standard but why I don't know. The excuse I have heard is the values for litres/km are too small and people are too dumb to use them, but why even reciprocal it? People understood mpg and where able to use the numbers in a meaningful way. So km/liter was an easy change and the numbers are still reasonable values to work with.

With BEVs we have a chance to ditch the 100km part making one less scaling step when doing the mental maths on energy use. Since dropping the 100km part makes sense I assume it will instead become the new standard.

This appears to be a repeat of the mess the metric system made of petrol consumption. The imperial mpg made sense in how it presents the data but for metric instead of going with km per liter they went with liters per 100km which annoyed me as I never drive 100km.

The figures here are history repeating. The imperial mile/kWh make sense if you are in the USA, but it is annoying to see kWh/100 km. I have seen Wh/km and that seemed reasonable and is what I use in my calculations.

Being a lead foot in a performance car I get thru about 200Wh/km. I hear people who care about such things use about 150Wh/km. By that metric Polestar used 121Wh/km. It will interesting to see the final figures for the Aptera.

For those in the USA it looks like you have a valid way to spec BEV efficiency but for the rest of the world is this not a chance to get rid of that stupid 100km part and just have km/kWh or Wh/km?

I think the memo said blame Biden, then Obama, then those other guys,

No they don't, not "at any cost". The correct quote is:

In Gallup’s most recent poll of Ukraine — conducted in early July — 69% say they favor a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory.

They are being worn down but know from past history that to give the Russians control of Ukraine is a death sentence for the entire population. Giving up land aside they are going to need something like Nato membership or foreign peacekeepers on the front lines before they agree to anything as Russian promises have a proven history of being meaningless unless backed up by massive force.

Try New Zealand, while not perfect it is pretty safe and people from the USA are still welcome, well most of them, trump can just fuck off.

You will find there are less flights as less people from NZ want to go to the USA. Also most flights from NZ to the UK stopped at LA for refueling but that was a problematic stop as passengers were forced through USA immigration, just get back in the same plane without leaving the airport. In the past that was simply seen as unpleasant waste of time. Now many see it as hostile and risky process. Air NZ clearly see it as a problem, they recently did a survey of customers with a list of countries customer would prefer to transit thru on flights to the UK, instead of the USA.

While tourism can be fickle, Covid showed the risk of relying too much on it, it can still be a healthy significant long term income source to countries that activity market it and and follow through with a positive experience, starting with getting through the airport on arrival.

In the past the USA has benefited from the indirect marketing from it entertainment industry, but that can no longer offset the negative PR from the new cycles and directly from the mouth of trump.

No, while a few countries are having problems most are still happy to see them. The main one appears to be Japan having trouble with some tourists disrespecting their culture. Maybe it is a perception thing but most of the tourist causing trouble there appear to come from the USA.

Here in New Zealand we understand the value of the tourist dollar and remain happy to see them visit. While tourist from the USA can sometimes be a bit loud we can take that in our stride, so you are still welcome here, just don't expect us to care about your politics or constitutional rights.

Banging any two rock together probably won't make a spark, that just mineralogy (see Ruri Rocks for more info on mineralogy), now if you had taken the time to say what kind of rocks make the best sparks then that is technology.