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Initial thoughts on the American election

Last night I spent hours talking with mates in California as the final nails were pounded into the coffin of Democrats’ hopes. We’re all on the progressive side, so it was not a fun chat. My childhood friend Peter is an American history expert and his take was that this is without precedent in the […]

Howdy all!

Hello RealSurfers! Rob here — back for a quick visit to RealSurf after a 6 month hiatus. You may have heard: we pulled up stakes from Dee Why in February and have since relocated digs to mostly-sunny Geraldton, Western Australia. It’s been a big change from just being able to turn your head to the […]

A new meaning for nipper?

Correspondent Warick Gibson weighs in on the Mona Vale shark bite story with an interesting comment on the prospects for more of the same.

How much would carbon tax add to price of petrol

‘Burning one litre of Petrol releases 2.36 kg of CO2 (under the ‘perfect’ fuel/air mixture). I know this sounds unreasonable when one litre of petrol weighs around 0.75 kg, but the majority (over 70%) of the CO2 weight is made up of the oxygen which is consumed from the air and does not originate from […]