"What a funny world!1) The central unique physical characteristic of Australia is massive rainfall variability.2) Consequently, 'available water' is largely a consequence of efficient storage.3) Huge rainfall is occurring in Northern NSW and South-east Queensland.4) We are in the midst of the biggest infrastructure spend in Australia's history.5) The planning does not include a single … Continue reading Infrastructure
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Irrigation Facts
Thursday 28 May, 2009 - 21:27 by David BoydIrrigated agriculture contributes approximately 25 per cent of the gross value of Australian agricultural production, 3% of GDP, 22% of exports, but only uses 0.4 per cent of Australia’s farming area (Source: CSIRO, 2006)Australia utilises about 8% of its available water for industry, agriculture and support of … Continue reading Irrigation Facts
Irrigation-Letter In SMH
Letter in SMH 30.05.09Saturday 30 May, 2009 - 07:25 by David Boyd in IrrigationSolution flows from fewer licences and more damsMay 30, 2009There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the cause of our record low river flows, particularly in the Murray-Darling, and buying back water licences won't fix it ("River rescue deal leaves NSW … Continue reading Irrigation-Letter In SMH
Irrigation Misunderstandings
IrrigationWednesday 18 March, 2009 - 09:50 by David BoydThere seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the cause of our record low river flows, particularly in the Murray/Darling; and buying back water licenses simply won't fix it!Take a look at the Murray Darling Basin Authority website and the graph showing record low run-off into the … Continue reading Irrigation Misunderstandings
Fun Facts of Carbon Dioxide
Carbon DioxideWednesday 07 May, 2008 - 10:49 by David Boyd FUN FACTS about CARBON DIOXIDEOf the 186 billion tons of CO2 that enter earth's atmosphere each year from all sources, only 6 billion tons are from human activity. Approximately 90 billion tons come from biologic activity in earth's oceans and another 90 billion tons from … Continue reading Fun Facts of Carbon Dioxide
Climate Change-Ian Plimer
In his new book, Heaven and Earth: Climate change – the real science, Prof Plimer, from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, notes that climatic change is ‘the norm’, sea levels rise and fall all the time, and that climate cycles are driven by massive forces completely unrelated to … Continue reading Climate Change-Ian Plimer
ARTICLE by PAUL MYERS TOORALE and the DARLING
Toorale and the DarlingThursday 30 October, 2008ARTICLE by PAUL MYERSTOORALE and the DARLING………………………………………………………………………………………….The joint purchase in September by the federal and NSW governments of Toorale Station in outback NSW has been shown to be the sham and public relations stunt it always was.Not only did the Minister for Water and Climate Change Penny Wong admit … Continue reading ARTICLE by PAUL MYERS TOORALE and the DARLING
Remember, farmers feed us all
Remember, farmers feed us allPaul MyersApril 3, 2009If there's one industry in Australia that needs some decent PR, it's agriculture.There are 175,000 farmers who feed Australia and contribute significantly to global nutrition. But they have lost the hearts and minds of the people who depend on them. Their status has sunk to an all-time low, … Continue reading Remember, farmers feed us all
Climate Change-Paul Johnson
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels--the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming--has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism.Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance … Continue reading Climate Change-Paul Johnson
Climate Change-Washington Times
Global WarmingWednesday 07 May, 2008 - 10:20 by David Boyd in Global WarmingThe Conservative Position on Global Warming:The strongest conservative position on global warming is as follows:Climate change is happening, always has happened and always will; humans contribute to it to some unknown degree; a hysterical U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has leapt far … Continue reading Climate Change-Washington Times
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