Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Water rant (and coal for variety)

I have warned you I will probably rant about water and well it is here. I am so frustrated with all this global warming and lack of sensible solutions to Australia (I am actually mainly talking Victoria here though).
1. The states have to stop having personal ownership of the water issue. Each thinks they are more important than the other like children bickering over lollies. Get with the program we are talking about our country and its long term, not your electoral term.
2. Victoria has lost it brain. the two projects they are plunging my tax payer money into are desalination and building a big pipe. Desalination makes waste and the pipe just moves water the country needs so Chadstone can waste more drinking water in its toilets. Why can't they reclaim our storm water and feed it back for use in toilets and gardens? That I would support spending my tax on. All new homes and business should have dual water inlets and all large business that use lots of water should be given a couple of years deadline to do this. All homes should be able to have access within 10 years.
3. Electricity. The clean coal thing just sounds like doing something for the sake of doing it. What smells like a rat and looks like a rat is usually a rat. I simply do not understand why there is so much objection to wind farms. Okay they are not beautiful but they are extremely useful and a very clean way to produce energy. If the yellow bellied parrots are too stupid to get out of their way, well darwinism has a role.
4. Solar. We are the largest dessert (yum) in the world and we have lots of sun. Its free (like the wind) and why should we not use it. Within 10 years all homes should have solar panels, all new homes and business should not be approved without. And you know that's more jobs than building a stupid friging big pipe that has dug up everyones farms. I understand theres some people out in the desert trying to mass store solar and I drink to them.
5. Getting a bit hippie (and almost there). All new industrial and commercial buildings should have to have a garden on there roof up to 50% of the space. There should also be guidelines on what residential property can do to untilise their roof in the same way. Leaving enough space for the solar panels of course. I understand there is good evidence that this is great way to counterbalance the CO2 emmissions in densely populated areas.

Okay I feel better now. Wish there were more ways to actually get things done around this state but thats politics I suppose.

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