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"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Bill who putters wrote:
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:


FWIW We've been watching Australia ever since it became clear to us
that Australia is on the front lines of climate change and the
understanding you're developing about water reserves.


From my perspective I find this applause ironic. Take two cases.

The water management of the Murray-Darling basin. Everybody has
know it has been stuffed for years. Everybody knows if we don't fix
it we are going to be importing lots of food real soon. Everybody
knows it will take a national approach to fix it and that because of
previous gross over-allocations of water (which are no-one's fault
BTW !!!!!) somebody will have to take less. There was much running
around screaming 'something must be done'. So we have a report from
an national independent commission saying all this and what happens?

The irrigators all take up positions behind the barricades declaring
'take my water from my cold dead hand'. From some the message is
very clear the commission got the objective wrong, don't re-organise
water management so that the basin can become sustainable. Don't
head off the situation where we all go broke in 30 years time. Do it
so that we, here, now keep getting everything we want and a bit
more. If you ever wanted a living example of the tragedy of the
commons this is it.

We have a Prime Minister who wants to study climate change more -
you don't want to rush into these things. We have an opposition
leader who can't quite make up his mind if climate change is real,
it depend on which way the last opinion poll is heading what he
says. We have a plethora of politicians and a dirth of statesmen.

David

"The last wave" DVD diversion.

http://thurly.net/07ee

Are you suggesting we need or have a Mulkril?

David

Nope just saying the movie is exceptional and perhaps timeless.
The 3 reviews are worth a look.

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