When the farms are parched,the dams are empty and the rivers no longer run, the people of the cities are running out of water, then and only then do the people demand action..Then the power of the people moves the governments to build more dams and even a few desalinization plants for major cities?
Then the rains come and the white elephants sit there waiting for the next drought either falling into a state of disrepair and costing a fortune to maintain.
Yes we have had droughts before, many times here in Australia but at no time did the cities have to support so many people whose every day life life depends on being able to use so much water. The citizens of the early 1900's did not need as much water as they do today.
The people only want to hear good news to protect their current easy way of life. Water is the lifeblood of any nation and so it is in Australia. In times of plenty we should all still be frugal in our use of water and always remember that the days of plentiful water can soon change to days of scarcity.
Every time there is a drought and water is scarce the blame game starts! All the old excuses are trotted out by farmers, city folk and politicians.
When it comes to the debate about the future of the world's weather, I believe seeing is believing. So what do I do? I google into Greenland and hear and see from the people who live there. To me Greenland is the canary of the world's weather. If the ice over Greenland all melts, the all coastal cities will be in trouble.
I used to wonder if it was indeed true whether it was true if all the ice melted over Greenland, would it indeed make the worlds oceans rise by 6 or so metres? I did the maths and was surprised to find that this was indeed true.
If the arctic no longer has ice around the North Pole, it will not make any difference to the levels of the oceans but the ice over Greenland which has huge amounts of permanent ice, well that is a another story.
The gulf stream is a very strong factor for North America, Greenland and Europe. Any changes to the gulf stream may well mean another ice age again for many countries in Europe.
Ah! But we are all clever monkeys and wise apes so I guess we will learn some day to use our resources wisely. In the meantime let our egos do the talking..
I am not always right but I am never wrong.
Maybe, just maybe, when the governments known truths are given to us , we will then be able to make an informed decision not like it is at present.
In the last few days it has been reported very scarcely her in CQ, that a company has been fined many $$$$$ for pouring cyanide into Gladstone Port waters..All the fish that have recently died here, has been blamed on the recent floods and the run of from farmers. Do we get mass news coverage? Why? Because it is not in the best interests of government who want more Industry for Gladstone, more jobs, more $ and more pollution. We got good coverage of the fish dying but will we getcoverage of what really caused it, Cyanide?
Government Sponsored Untruths is a two way street!
Most of the SS community stack silver because of WTSHTF scenario.. We seem to think we are ahead of the game when in comes to protecting our wealth but did we find out from MSM. I think not.
The Australian Government sold a lot of our gold and got US fiat, now here we are doing the opposite. Why? Because we don't believe the government is telling us the truth about PM's, the economy, government debt etc etc.
Yes the Weather is very important to me. Whether I buy MORE SILVER or NOT.
End of Rant..Try and be nice fellas.
Regards Errol 43