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Robert Heatley Stand / VFL 2023 Rd 11: Carlton vs Frankston at Ikon Park
Last post by crashlander -
This game is set for Saturday at 14:05 at home.
Last year Frankston killed 11 goals in the last quarter to win after we'd been up by close to 10 goals. We need to see a better effort this time.
Our team sheet has not yet been published, but the team will be considerably weaker than last week.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread
Last post by LP -
Very very interesting developments surfacing in the hydrogen economy this week, Caltech has developed a new type of solar panel, but instead of generating electricity it generates hydrogen and other useful chemicals or compounds directly from the air. Technically it's a form of synthetic photosynthesis. Basically it takes CO2 and other gases from the air, and breaks reduces them to then form more desirable compounds in SolarSynthesis

The Moonshot for Caltech is to produce Aviation Fuel directly from the air, a completely circular process.

At the moment, the lab scale tests have the efficiency at nearly 20%, that is pretty much the same as SolarPV. The SolarSynthesis technology is based on silicon, so the expectation is that it will scale according to SolarPV.

If this is true no wonder Twiggy Forrest got out of Cannon-Brookes sun cable scheme! You can just make hydrogen and ship it via conventional pre-existing means to wherever you need the energy.

Who'd have thunk mimicking nature was a good idea? :o
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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 12 Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by crashlander -
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.

Hopefully we'll have guys to vote for.  :))

Hopefully we have some people who want to vote! Numbers have been very low in the last couple of weeks.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by LP -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
A Grasshopper with arthritis would have more presence than he has shown recently...
Yep, I wonder if he is carrying an injury.

I don't recall his early games at Carlton lacking physical presence, but lately he's looked outright timid.

How much might be psychology versus health and fitness?

fwiw, I've thought as much about Cripps, he has not looked 100% all season, which is my main reason to ask him to consider the captaincy, so he can manage his body better under the huge physical load he puts it through. As a leader, the best thing he might do for the team is have a week or so off! But he won't do it while he is captain, it's not in his DNA to leave his comrades stranded on the front line!

But back to the topic on hand, it's almost a career defining moment for Young and SoJ, they can look at it as a 2nd chance, if they let it slip they may never get a 3rd!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: townsendcalling on
Of all the 'ins' Lewis Young seems to be the most forunate based on last week's effort......but he has height, dare I say '2nd ruck height'.  ithink you'll see Young play second banana and spend some time up forward.  He may even simply shadow Grundy and go with him the whole night.
He will want to be a lot more physical and competitive than he has been in previous games .
A Grasshopper with arthritis would have more presence than he has shown recently...
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 12 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by LP -
Quote from: townsendcalling on
Of all the 'ins' Lewis Young seems to be the most forunate based on last week's effort......but he has height, dare I say '2nd ruck height'.  ithink you'll see Young play second banana and spend some time up forward.  He may even simply shadow Grundy and go with him the whole night.

Yep, I hope it's Young doing the 2nd Ruck stuff and leaving SoJ to be part of the KPF lead-up rotation.

For me if we want a 2nd ruck to trail around behind Gawn of Grundy then Young is the right player for the job.