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Lord Oxford 007
2906-010 : Australia is 1AU from the sun, as is the rest of humanity.
Australia is 1AU in the sun - you'd reckon we'd have more solar power!
Apart from "Astronomical Units" (about 300 Gigametres, 300 million Km) and the code for Australia
Au is also the chemical symbol for Gold "Aurum"
The moon is close enough to Earth to be also about 1Au from the sun
Humankind lives almost exclusively within 15Km of the height of the sea, even in pressurised high altitude balloons or aircraft.
LEAVING earth Orbit and lunar orbit, we would still only be 1Au from the sun (+/- a little bit) though we'd travel up to 2AU from Earth's present position as we got to the far side of the sun, and re-approach Earth years later, or accelerate onward to mars and beyond - see my plan on UnitedSpaceAgency.com
Australia is a dry desert island continent with some greenery at the edges. mostly tropical. Its mineral wealth and English allegiance are its main advantage, as its settlers and generartions have seen coal as a cheap or free commodity to be burnt or sold just as fast as we can dig it up - or let others dig it up for us... For the world's future we must cut back, and find another source of energy and income.
We (Australians.Au) are comparatively rich due to our mineral resources, and the willingness of mega-corporates to dig it up and sell it, as much as it can. This is not "sustainable" on a fair or global level
1Au.Us let's try to work together for a fairer future for all life on "our"
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