Loudmouth I quoted the media this day and as I look at two radar sites three times a day they all,, told us the hottest day ever is likely to be this week
Because of very hot inland being pushed towards us
Hasbeen yep true you however understand if your chain of dams [always supported the idea] existed, SOME storm water would be saved
As is true for SOME river water highlighting times of flood
Had many jobs as a young bloke, once controlled eleven pumps working 24 hour days every day,removing water from a power house water tunnel under construction
A long time ago? that power station has gone after servings its time
But I pumped it back in to the sea
If that first dam was just 500 meters away?
We can do better we must do better or give our inland to Israelis and let them show us how it is done

There was a time in NSW when three men could deliver thousands of gallons of water to drought-affected towns.

How?

By train,(Driver, Fireman and Guard) but the Government, in its wisdom, scrapped/sold off the rail water tankers and they are no more except for a few heritage rail survivors.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/HeritageItemImage.aspx?ID=4807007#ad-image-1

All is not lost however as private enterprise is stepping into the breach.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-08/water-train-saves-mine-and-jobs-in-lithgow/11392468

I wonder why we are not hearing more about this?
Grain rail trucks should be well suited to carrying water fit for human consumption.

We will hear about it ise mise by summer's end
You brought back memories grand mum lived on 11 acres in Bargo, we kids went there on holidays
Uncles[she had 13 kids] showed us a trick they did as kids, giving cheek to train drivers who chucked coal at them [good firewood and they knew why kids did it
Even cocka doodle doo on the horn as they got near
miss steam trains miss the water refill tank

I wonder if the fools blaming Morrison for the weather are thanking him now for the 75mm in 30 minutes on the Gold Coast. Obviously no logic at all to the dumbed down people who think the pm can control the weather.

The science is settled but I see little sense in the same inane arguments about it. We are all going to suffer to one extent or another before the situation is resolved, and only fools now doubt.

The structure of the economy has to change such that we are better able to adapt.

In that regard, australia is not a free market economy. It is a contrivance. If indeed there are 750,000 people unemployed (not including the under employed) and only 250,000 jobs, then that in effect is by design.

Aust has a huge gdp and only 25million people to look after.

To that pool of 500,000++ we must add those who will lose their jobs on account of the closure of polluting industries.

thus, logically speaking, there are a few crucial conversations that we need to have:

1. What new industries and jobs can we bring on line to provide living wages for all these people.

2. If there is no significant inflow of foreign capital, then if some people are to get more, then other people must get less.

For me, wages cannot keep going up but rather expenses must be reduced such that everyone has more left over from what they already get paid which is to say we must get more bang for a buck.

One way to effect that is to hybridise the economy. Some parts nationalised, some parts socialised and other parts purely free market.

Regard and primacy must be given once again to micro-economics and the smallest unit must be protected and enshrined and a mathematical equilibrium be built on top of it.

Universal legal .. all lawyers as mere functionaries and not an end unto themselves are to be put on legal aid. Universal Medical, tooth cleaners, vets, the lot onto medicare.

What we need from the media in part, is not the same old tired faces with no new ideas who do little other than tinker around the edges and shuffle the deck chairs around a bit but clear thinking people with big new ideas for both revolutionary and evolutionary change.

And it's going to get a lot drier when Australia's politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders start selling off more of the country's water resources to Chinese interests.

Did you know that China uses 1600 kg of Australian water to grow 1 kg of Chinese cotton. That cotton is sent to China where it is converted to clothing which is then sold in Australia for an enormous profit.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Australian society will handle things when it becomes really dry and we have a water crisis. Should make for a fascinating study.