Month: August 2011

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Carbon Tax Ramifications

This week I received this in the mail from a normally reliable source.
Hi friends,
This is a letter I have received from a friend who is in the Commercial Refrigeration Business explaining very clearly the enormous additional cost the Carbon Tax will add to us, the end user. He has given me permission to forward this on to all.
Sent: Monday, 8 August 2011 4:46 PM
Subject: FW: Carbon Tax update
Hi Ethne,
You may not know, but I have been involved in the commercial refrigeration business since 1985 and still own 50% of one of the major players in Australia.
We just got the attached through from our supplier regarding the effect the Carbon tax will have on the price of refrigerants.
To give you some concept of this, in 1985 we were paying around $1 per KG for refrigerant. In the mid to late 80’s, there was the whole CFC thing regarding the ozone layer, which was all lies driven by DuPont, who wanted to get patents on the new refrigerants as their existing patents had expired, and the whole thing had little or even nothing to do with protecting the ozone layer. Anyhow, this drove the price to about $22 per KG after it peaked at around $60 per KG. (These are our buying prices.)
You will see in the attached that our the Carbon Tax will push the price we pay for refrigerant R404a, which is what we use most in Supermarkets and retail outlets, from $21.60, of which $2.30 is Government CFC levies, to $112.73 + GST 19 per KG from 1st of July next year. (Yes, we pay GST on the levies, and no doubt will pay it on the carbon tax.)
For a Coles/Woolworths Supermarket, this would add between $80,000 to $150,000 per new store, and approximately $17,000 per year in maintenance costs per store, per year, or $15 million per year just for Coles.
There are alternatives, but the industry has very little time to adapt skills and technologies, that will also add cost and need more labour, when our industry is short on skilled labour due to lack of apprentices and skilled migration. And to adapt an existing Coles type supermarket would cost around $1 million.
This is one hell of a destructive tax.
Kind Regards,
Gareth

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What you put your attention on, you get

Some very wise people have said that what you put your attention on, you get.
It’s about 35 years ago I first heard “of any 100 people aged 25 now, by the time they get to age 65, 1 will be rich, 4 will be independently wealthy, 5 will still be working, 27 will be dead and 63 will be broke” and that those figures pretty well reflected how well those people had envisaged their goals. The top 1% had clearly defined, written goals. 4% had clearly defined goals but not written etc.
A clear example known to nearly all of us is Walt Disney. He dreamed for years of a theme park where families could spend quality timne together. He travelled America looking for funding while he was bankrupt. Despite many setbacks, Walt focused on his dream and did the things each day to bring it about.
He believed that once you visualise what it is you want to attain, the things you need to accomplish it will be attracted to you. He focused on how to accomplish it rather than why he would not be able to attain it.
So, if we acceopt as a truth that you get what you put your attention on, how much time last week did you put your attention on attaining spectacular health?
That little, huh?
Despite the fact that most people live a far shorter and less vibrantly healthy life than they should, very few people deliberately set out to be sick and unhealthy.
Most of what happens to most people is the result of them failing to set a specific, clearly defined, written goal then planning and working towards attaining what they want.
Now that you know this, what you are doing today to maintain abundant energy and attain spectacular health?
This week, what subtle but significant changes will you make to your diet and lifestyle to improve your survival potential?
Let me know if this was useful to you will you?

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Raw Milk

Raw milk is called Cleopatra’s Bathing Milk and is carried by Dr. Earth in Sydney. The shop in Newtown gets a new delivery every Monday, they have plenty of stock and sell the milk in 2 litre bottles for $7.90 each. The milk is unpasteurised, organic and from grass-fed cows. The shop is open until 7pm on weekdays and 6pm on weekends (Sat & Sun). http://www.rejoiceinlife.com/kefir/prodNSW.php

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If You Vaccinate, Ask 8!

What You Need to Know Before & After Vaccination.
Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, over $2 billion has been awarded to children and adults for whom the risks of vaccine injury were 100%. Vaccines are pharmaceutical products that carry risks, which can be greater for some than others. NVIC encourages you to become fully informed about the risks and complications of diseases and vaccines and speak with one or more trusted health care professionals before making a vaccination decision. http://www.nvic.org/Ask-Eight-Questions.aspx