Thread: Australia's inland rivers, unrecognisable by 2070?

Unfortunately Bob, not enough people care about this.

That is , until it bites them hard on the arse , then you will see people react to the water problem like they reacted to covid19.

By that time then, it's possibly going to be too late , Scomo and Barnaby will be gone , there will be no cotton farming at all and the destructive multinational agricultural franchises will be packing up ready to bolt.

I'm happy that I won't be here to see this sorrow , but I feel sorrow that I wont see a happy responsible effort made to rectify it now.

We do have the answers but while we have the current corporate greed nothing is going to happen.

Our politicians are fed beautifully fresh meals at Parliament House and there is a continuous supply of beautiful fresh water to drink and bathe in.

All of this depends on healthy river systems across our continent and our politicians seem to think it's inexhaustible and until it affects their lives personally nothing is going to happen.

Most of the problem with the inland rivers was caused by white man around 125 years ago. It will be hard to correct the water and repair the damage.
Then the environment might have a chance.
Farmers will probably have to change farming methods away from chemical farming, chemical farming doesnt seem to be helping the environment.

Ian
Bittern

We are rapidly becoming like Saudi Arabia.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

We are rapidly becoming like Saudi Arabia.

wheres the oil?

canola, the hungry farmers...actually the multinational agribusiness companies are already seeding thousands of acres for canola oil.

Originally Posted by Eevo

wheres the oil?

East Timor.

So, in Victoria anywhere north of Horsham - i.e., The Mallee - will be climatically the Outback - that doesn’t bode well for farming or the towns in The Mallee.

The deserts will just keep spreading in all directions, as farms fail.