In the past few weeks, tens of thousands, millions? of fish have died in Australia's rivers.
Today, as I write, another river has killed its fish. Thousands if not millions. Who counts them by the way.
Blame: the drought and weather temperature changes.
Or blame: a ruling government that does not believe in climate change.
Or blame: two ruling parties (Labor and Liberals - progressives and conservatives to you) who have both supported the Murray Darling (rivers in Australia of significant length) Management legislation (Murray-Darling Basin Plan).
Hahahahah!! Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, however I cannot think of any river that has been successfully managed along its entire length by people rather than mother nature.
And here is the disastrous management process first hand. Water allocation is based on a profit outcome. What a surprise.
The Murray Darling river system is more than 3500 kilometers long, the 13th longest in the world and the largest by many many kilometers of any other in Australia. As a friend said, "every man and his dog has been taking water from this river for personal profit".
To understand its scale further, it waters the most densely populated agricultural land of outback Australia.
With thanks to Australia's ABC for the map.
The Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Management Scheme was on released 31 January 2019. Its findings included "gross maladministration" and "illegality". Gee, really?
And here is an insiders view.....of the outcome.
Only one peoples group have successfully managed the Murray Darling for tens of thousands of years. The world's oldest society, Australia's Aboriginals. And they were not consulted once by the now disgraced bureaucrats when establishing or managing the scheme. Seriously.
Now we learn that more than 2000 flying foxes have died in the extreme heatwaves being experienced in Australia.
And 1500 head of cattle.
Australia has enjoyed / suffered multiple new highs in hot days this summer. Multiple broken records since records have been maintained for severity and for duration.
If this was a wholesale market of debt equity or commodities - it would be considered a total collapse.
How many more catastrophes do we need before we realise these are not "black swan events".
UPDATE:
Another author has published his piece about the annihilation of mankind, ending on a vision of hope.
I am not so sanguine. I think it is all over. I believe, the tipping points have been passed.
I wonder if people with children are our worst enemies - they live on hope and a prayer that it will not be as bad as all the evidence is, now, not forecast, suggesting it will be. So they do nothing.
Or their actions have little impact (please, no more of "every little bit makes a difference" - that was 40 years ago; we need massive action NOW).
I chose not to have children. I have always been glad of that decision. Now I am grateful.
Today, as I write, another river has killed its fish. Thousands if not millions. Who counts them by the way.
Blame: the drought and weather temperature changes.
Or blame: a ruling government that does not believe in climate change.
Or blame: two ruling parties (Labor and Liberals - progressives and conservatives to you) who have both supported the Murray Darling (rivers in Australia of significant length) Management legislation (Murray-Darling Basin Plan).
Hahahahah!! Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, however I cannot think of any river that has been successfully managed along its entire length by people rather than mother nature.
And here is the disastrous management process first hand. Water allocation is based on a profit outcome. What a surprise.
The Murray Darling river system is more than 3500 kilometers long, the 13th longest in the world and the largest by many many kilometers of any other in Australia. As a friend said, "every man and his dog has been taking water from this river for personal profit".
To understand its scale further, it waters the most densely populated agricultural land of outback Australia.
With thanks to Australia's ABC for the map.
The Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Management Scheme was on released 31 January 2019. Its findings included "gross maladministration" and "illegality". Gee, really?
And here is an insiders view.....of the outcome.
Only one peoples group have successfully managed the Murray Darling for tens of thousands of years. The world's oldest society, Australia's Aboriginals. And they were not consulted once by the now disgraced bureaucrats when establishing or managing the scheme. Seriously.
Now we learn that more than 2000 flying foxes have died in the extreme heatwaves being experienced in Australia.
And 1500 head of cattle.
Australia has enjoyed / suffered multiple new highs in hot days this summer. Multiple broken records since records have been maintained for severity and for duration.
If this was a wholesale market of debt equity or commodities - it would be considered a total collapse.
How many more catastrophes do we need before we realise these are not "black swan events".
UPDATE:
Another author has published his piece about the annihilation of mankind, ending on a vision of hope.
I am not so sanguine. I think it is all over. I believe, the tipping points have been passed.
I wonder if people with children are our worst enemies - they live on hope and a prayer that it will not be as bad as all the evidence is, now, not forecast, suggesting it will be. So they do nothing.
Or their actions have little impact (please, no more of "every little bit makes a difference" - that was 40 years ago; we need massive action NOW).
I chose not to have children. I have always been glad of that decision. Now I am grateful.
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