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Mr Compton, I can not believe what you are saying.

In addressing over-population, and the need to reduce consumption, it beggars belief for you to end your piece with a conclusion that:

"Coal power stations will never be replaced. Many more will be needed. Coal provides 80 per cent of the world’s power now, and this will continue to grow unless the world gets very serious about a heavy investment in nuclear power." "One way or another, a considerable investment in clean coal will become an absolute necessity."

Pray tell where exactly is the reductionist component in this "final solution"? And, "Clean Coal"? Never heard of it! (Come up with a method to recycle CO2 efficiently and we'll be interested.)

Blaming religion for excessive procreation is a bit rich. Fie.

"We can head-off this crisis now by progressively increasing our migrant intake in sizeable numbers so we are seen to be taking action to populate the continent while reducing population pressures elsewhere."

Now, that is rich! Two-bob each way, and then some. What a joke. Selectively take 25 million immigrants, refugees included? Oh, no, sink the boats and send out the overseas recruiters? And, of course, Oz taking immigrants in droves is going to deter the boats, isn't it/Not!

No, my friend. The energy needs of all those deprived subsistence farmers in the Third world should initially be met with biomass electricity generation on a village level, and with Satellite Internet and high-tech low consumption TV's, fridges and air-con, they'll be doing reasonably well, and a lot better than at present. Education in the home through Internet and TV, trading, shopping, job search and working from home, all will enable a start of the new paradigm - connection, inclusiveness, awareness, opportunity, information. The sooner the better.

The West needs the Will to correct injustice and inequity, as much for its own interest as for that of the Third World recipients of essential basic assistance. Needs, and injustice, create conflict. Want to end conflict? Then, reduce inequity and injustice. What is Iraq and Afghanistan costing? And, Libya? And, what/where next?

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Whats wrong? All the monkeys are rattling their cages. Can dish it out, but cant take it:) must be cane toads! Go the blues!

Insults means you loose the debate:) Who would of thought a dumb person could beat the elite:) but the greens will look after you:) There, there....Its all better now:)

LEA

Dear Col,

Well, all is not lost if you spend all your riches....your children and grandchildren will most likely inherit your smarm gene (should keep them warm when the world runs out of fossil fuels)

As I wade through your grandiloquent utterings, I keep expecting the words to slide off the screen in one long sanctimonious buttery ooze.

It's fascinating, however, that Houellie has such a crush on you - must be a right-wing thing : )