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Steering the economy to higher growth : Comments
By Tony Makin, published 5/11/2013The election of the Abbott government provides a great opportunity to change economic policy settings and steer the economy to a higher growth path.
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There is more to this than just reaping profit and taxes from aquaculture, only be viable if wild fisheries are allowed to collapse.
In 1982 I warned in the Courier Mail that fish stocks were collapsing. Since then aquaculture policy has been developed, not ocean management policy.
I warn now the same cause of fishery stock collapse is the same cause that is creating dead zones and increased warmth in oceans and estuaries, bays lagoons and rivers.
That cause is unprecedented land nutrient pollution proliferating unprecedented micro and macro algae plant matter.
Neither economists nor AGW – KYOTO – IPCC science have measured and assessed impact and consequences of increased warmth associated with photosynthesis in ocean algae plant matter proliferated by unprecedented sewage and land use nutrient pollution.
Here is just one example where ice is reported melting more than usual.
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It is an extraordinary situation, economic focus is on more tax from pricing carbon.
In Australia right now, gas and coal profit and tax is being put ahead of economics of tourism and pro and amateur fishing and ocean protein for feedmeal and fertilizer and loss of peace.
Massive nutrient loadings are being dredged and dumped in key Great Barrier Reef ecosystem waters while even seagrass food web nurseries are being ripped out and permanently destroyed.
Whales and seabirds and the Aus fishing industry cannot find adequate food. Mass unprecedented low population starvation of mutton birds is occurring right now along coast extending from about Rockhampton to South Australia and Tasmania, while Aus is importing over 70 percent of fish consumed. Consequences include inflation.
The economics of it all are so stupid because safe and more environment friendly new gas and coal loading ports could be developed in useless sand hill areas, not in living estuaries.
Media suppressed ocean damage evidence may not be reaching economists that are driving government agenda that is causing the damage and consequences.