Thanks, Tony

The URL for the story "Farm minister puts lid on 'wasteful' desalination project" was not completely correct the way Tony posted it. It had an extraneous "> due to the way the OLO content management software works. It should have been:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021214a8.html

If you see an authentication panel which requests your account name and password, just click 'cancel'.

Ever since Menindee Lakes were formed the huge drain of water out of the Darling River has been considered to impact the Darling and Murray River's downstream. The vast surface area of Menindee lakes allows for extraordinary evaporation.

Menindee Lakes originally provided for water skiing for Broken Hill people but skiing must now be limited due to fuel cost. Horticulture generally failed in the area, impacted by desert heat and long distance transport cost. Sheep and cattle do not need huge shallow lakes.

Broken Hill town water supply must be absolutely maintained but this can be achieved by deepening a smaller lake area to reduce evaporation and allow more natural flow to the Murray and ocean.

If climate change is already causing drought then immediate action should include diverting flow from the man-man area of Menindee Lakes. Bulldozers should be working on this right now, before the next big rain. There is an absolute crisis downstream.

Independent research indicates toxic algae particles from river water holes and associated coastal current is drying and becoming airbone in dust. At least one species of toxic algae (lyngbya masculata) is known to cause asthma-like attack on contact with human skin. Imagine a tiny toxic particle contacting lung tissue. Deterioration of water quality coincides with increase in asthma.

Surely Broken Hill and region residents will understand, especially impact of river and Coorong estuary water deprivation. Irrefutable evidence indicates sediment from the Murray Darling is being transported by coastal ocean alongshore current reaching the Great Barrier Reef and beyond. Wind piles heavy sand onto beach sandhills where lightweight toxic sediment can dry and become airborne, sometimes likely blowing back over Australia including to Broken Hill where pelicans and seagulls fly.

It is all very well to argue who will be charged and who will be paid from emissions trading but what about the actual state of OUR environment right now, be it from climate change or from natural drought water shortage compounded by man-made lakes and dams? Farmers can be compensated or water can be supplied by modern drains. See:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/08/2297176.htm

Do politicians suffer asthma?

My three recommendations for the Murray are;

1. Close the lochs and let the river run free
2. Stop farming cotton and rice now

When the Murray is back on track and running freely we can then talk about farmers' needs.

By the time that has happened, all the farmers will have packed up and left.

David

Marees ideas are sound.

THE murry is the river of life
special intrests have STOLEN all our waters
think councils put in meters THEN SOLD IT st the special intrests

so they can control us by controling our utilities
just burning coal uses masses of our water
yet with FREE energy
we can use that water for FOOD
or grow the tree of life [hemp] on the river of life

hemp uses no fertilsers or pestacides!
cotton alone uses half the WORLDS supply just for cotton
but lets look at whayt else govt is COLLUDING by treason to keep from ALL of US
try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGZ2tRY4kY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ulOvJl46U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBWk9YRu7c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czZ9kn70Y7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu8LaVH-pn0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6YYUOx6fBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxZR4C9gqOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgrDdJotz0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU8PId_6xec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8stApCmxYEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHh5AqQ4_xw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Lnhs7caCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-O7WNvKSvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMcBHGMZzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCjM-ZOqQF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTr3ZgKwsiU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXv6sO52xFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiTv0IpHWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FhADUZjx4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLev-ijMLME

as to how try this as to why they are being kept from our kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21D3ATgMHuE
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=zp_XHfylwPU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RZqQujqDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnnTzyidNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGhPgEDcKXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v76amxA9x1cA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uTy9Uq0K0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBxEZoNfQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq_APNsERXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLqw59XfG04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRLR7-jdF3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yDP0GKrUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQRIUVd6Aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kp24ZeHtv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MHVw1Zz-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLzUNDaF00U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9MQ88NEO7Q

well
we could nationalise 'big oil [and big pharma
to free up our childrens minds
[then join the suppressed research to gether [AND HEAL THE WORLD}

but we wont [cause we cant]
because we arnt allowed to see the big picture
[because of privatised proffit's]

we are spending billions subsidising these multinationals with our taxes [every week ]

billions spent pills and potions that dont cure us
clearly big BUISNESS lobby is paid to stay on top of this info
to ridicule it where they can
or suppress it where they cant

but for the alternative of [free] energy
that is based on science

that your regular scientists are forbidden to explore
that of which you speak is thus unspeakable
so

[why are they controlled and owned by the same cartel's"]

[and are making us sicker ,by treating the symptom
[BUT NEVER actually even allowed to cure THE DISEASE]
why
because they have an active lobby
SPECIAL intrests have bought out govt into active treason