Well said Acacia and goodluck with your campaign.
Bruce Haigh

I'm going to step in here with a message from the pentecostal christian churches.
I apologise for the extreme nature of the warning but it has been sent by The Lord and it ought to be heeded.
Here is a excerpt from pastor Jack Burrell's book "WHAT WILL BECOME OF AUSTRALIA" 1975.
I know its a long time ago but, until fulfilled, this prophecy stands as possible. As with all christian prophecy we just have to wait and see. Ignoring a warning from a reliable, lifelong, Bible-based christian prophet is dumb. As is ignoring revelation from any committed christian prophets.
In his book Jack is speaking about a two-part vision he received from The Lord about a time when there is an invader in the land.
quote..."famine is going to sweep the country, and right here in Australia there are going to be those who will starve to death. The famine will not be caused by droughts alone, although there will be strange weather behaviour bringing loss to rural areas, but the real cause will be political bungling and greed. Farmers will not be able to provide food because of a great fuel shortage, and transport difficulties. At this time would politics will be involved with the affairs of Australia..." unquote.
That was 1975.
Jack also spoke about a plague of lust which I think I mentioned under General Discussion: "Pornography: is it killing the women and children?"
To suggest that there will be a food shortage because of a fuel drought lines up with all of the other revelations Ive come across about this invader and about the Bibles endtimes. Did you know that there is no food silo programe in this country if hard times hit or if that invader comes?

This article seems to be a mish mash of different themes, supposedly inter-relating in some way. The links between the themes are tenous at best. Reminds me of an answer that a beauty pageant entrant might give to a provocative question. I echo the former poster's comments, "good luck Acacia".

PS The CSIRO climate change report is a load of hogwash

Dear Acacia Rose,
Your article is the most important article on this forum. Thank you for trying to defend us against thirst and starvation. The suffering of indigenous fauna, particularly the macropods, in this regard is already apparent.

Sadly, as you intimate, there is money to be made out of scarcity and this is why the private sector is now so interested in water shortages and manifests a shameful pretence of wanting to 'secure water for future generations' (in the words of ex-Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, who has now gone to work for those well-known population boosters, forecasters and land speculators, KPG Peat Marwick).

Of course the major print media makes far more money out of its property dot coms than it does out of selling newspapers so we can hardly expect The Australian or The Age to alert the public to the dire process the government has engaged us all in. Consider, if you will, that the Age has recently featured a 25 page advertisement for the 12th International Metropolis Conference in Melbourne. Hosted by Monash University and the Australian Multicultural Foundation with sponsorship from the Commonwealth and Victorian State Governments it will cover many social aspects of immigration but no environmental or democracy issues. This irresponsible indulgence at the expense of the majority of us who are grappling with the prospect of diminished water supply, declining environmental wellbeing from human pressures and the challenges of needing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per capita and in total would attract condemnation from far and wide in a truly democratic community.

Australia is a tragedy unfolding.

"The water privatisation agenda - supported by the Federal and State Governments ... " AND Her Majesty's Loyal 'Opposition' Parties!
We are indeed in deep trouble, and have been/will be for quite some time yet!
Our real crisis is that whilst we can eventually get rid of HoWARd and his lot, Corporate Kev and his 'comrades' will do little if anything to improve such realities.
Meanwhile, our corporate 'leaders' continue to 'manage' (control) The Economy in their own political-economic interests!

Well said also from an old retired Cockie, Acacia, who along with other ambitious settlers after WW2, called a farmer's teenage age daughter an idiot because she organised a protest against releasing 13,000 acres of sloping uncleared land which acted as catchment for a covered railway dam which caught water for steam loco's now replaced by diesel power.

It was a little town called Buntine, and it was said she was supported by the headmaster and kids from the new Dalwallinu high school, all called many nasty swear words by all us ambitious young cockies.

By now Buntine which was located in an alluvial red gully has lost its importance, but the important point is that similar red gullies on cleared farmlands are now white with salt while in what is left of Buntine, one can walk through the lowlands in spring to appreciate the sweet smell of rainbow creepers and everlastings.

As Buntine is now not needed, guess the above is rather boring to most of our younger OLO's, but one hopes it gives a message why some of us old Cockies do support the Greenies, and even feel proud to be called left-wing Loonies, because reckon we might be a little bit part of the still much abused historical Avante Guarde.

Cheers - BB, WA.

A great article, Acacia Rose. I wish I could post the entire article on my website - instead of just a few snatches of it. You have beautifully connected the global warming/drought crisis with the foolish and lobby-driven actions of government.

As you say, it is becoming ever apparent that this drastic Australian climate crisis needs prompt and definite action - on Mandatory Renewable Energy Targets, targets for emissions reduction and energy efficiency.

And - Australia desperately needs to show herself as a citizen of the globe. We're going to need trade. and help from other countries - we have to get rid of our isolationist Bush-Dubya-worshipping image and for goodness' sake - ratify Kyoto and get with the rest of the world.

Is it any wonder that so many of us are turning to the Greens and Democrats - while the Tweedledum-Tweedledee major parties remain subservient to the mining lobbies.
Christina Macpherson www.antinuclearaustralia.com

One one hand the article is talking down the major parties water trading scheme, only to turn around and suggest leasing Snowy water. Is it pro-privatisation? This doesn't make any sense when the current lessors of the water are also the Snowy shareholders.

It goes on to demand how an increase in renewable energy targets is required, but apparently hydro-electricity is not renewable anymore? What technology then?

How about comparing the price coal-based generators pay for their resources per kilowatt for any comparable renewable technology?

And why not discuss the issue of paying drought relief to areas that have been in drought for years, only to have their product trucked hundreds of kilometres to market when/if things turn around?

It is impossible to ensure food, water and more importnt ENERGY security while Australia Has an IMMIGRATION program.

Australia's immigration program is akin to watching Howard and the State labour premiers and MPs masturbating in public. Its abhorent and disgusting and they should be horsewhipped. They are addicted to immigration because it gives them and their secret foreign and domestic investment cronies huge benefits at the expense of ordinary citizens.

Just because we vote for these bastards doesn't mean we must give them the right to tunnel-funnel, desal, workchoice and immigrate us into the richest slaves and gridlocked-discriminated-second-rate-citizens in the western world.

Citizens must demand that immigration no longer be part of the mandate of government. For without that clause in the constitution you effectively have legislated corruption. A corruption among politicians like Titanic Captain Howard who Knows or OUGHT to know that a 2025 PEAKOIL will wipe out 3 out of every 4 Australians and world citizens. Yet Captain Howard seeks gold and glory over the next two decades to give a certain few families and corporations the best chance of controlling and surviving the coming PEAKOIL holcaust.

We can nip these self-pleasuring politicians in the bud. All we have to do is choke off IMMIGRATION. And thus Cut off the vote-rigging and taxation benefits that accrue to them over time from immigration.

This won't hurt Real Australians. Australia does NOT need immigration to have a robust Scandinavian style, quality economy that can weather PEAKOIL and provide food, water and clean energy to a troubled world. But this will make lazy corrupt immigraphantic polititians think twice before continuing their betrayal of the Australian public.

Great article, Acacia! You deserve to win in Eden Monaro. Good Luck

(I would say more, but it's very late and I am tired.)

It is odd how few comments such a good article attracts. And they are not conflictual comments. Those of us who can see the problem agree. And we know it is bad and real. And want to do something about it. Why are we so few?

Hello everyone,
Thanks Acacia Rose for your words on climate change, food and water security.

There will be a walk against warming all around the country especially in capital cities.

See http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/

Let the politicians know you care.