Burning coal causes mercury contamination of the atmosphere.
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Burning coal causes mercury contamination of the atmosphere.
Mercury-Laden Fog May Be Poisoning California’s Mountain Lions
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| Smithsonian
The Gold Coast has a shiny but mothballed desalination plant all ready to go.
All the "gee whiz" stuff that Bob 10 quotes from any source he can find is all done in Australia.
Drip irrigation is used almost exclusively for horticulture crops in Australia .
Drip irrigation is not suitable for annual crops as the pipes get damaged by the planting procedures.
flood irrigation is very sophisticated with laser levelling used to utilise the last drop of water .
In fact Israel is notorious for stealing Australian seed material . This has happened with Kangaroo Paw and other Australian natives.
Water fights are usually caused between countries when an upstream country builds a new dam, for example Egypt has a dispute with Sudan at present as Sudan is building a Hydro electric dam. The dispute is over how long Sudan takes to fill the dam and is so far amicable. Egypt wants 10 years and Sudan AFAIR wants 6.
Sydney water also uses sophisticated technology to find leaks, probably the same as Israel.
The disputes currently on in Australia are the result of the Murray Darling system being over allocated and a great deal of water being reserved to keep Lake Alexandrina open for some obscure reason. Apparently there was no consideration of droughts!
Regards PhilipA
Yep, 264 million spread over 17,000 islands On a par with Brazil.
No good looking to come here they'd be no better off water wise.
WHY? Read this.
12 Reasons Why Indonesia is Over Populated - Facts of Indonesia
Thanks. Didn't know it had been started.
Could climate inaction unleash 'dark forces' that threaten democracy — and lead to war?
Could climate change become a security issue — and threaten democracy? - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)