Paul1405,

I took my information from Jared Diamond's 'Collapse'. Great book which I highly recommend reading if you want a current perspective on population growth, environment, etc. He has some quite alarming stuff to say.

individual,

You have not said what your mate said about Melbourne. Could you please enlighten us?

Hi Mr O,

No probs Brisbane City Library has 7, with 3 available. I've put it on hold, through the online catalogue, should be in my local branch in 3 working days for me to pickup, they will email me. My goal is one book a week, if its a weighty tomb, 2 weeks.

p/s The library has 7 titles by JD, some very interesting reading going by the titles.

Do you think Is Mise should give the book the once over scan with his electric toothbrush, that's how he tells if its 'Beat Up' Bolt approved reading or not. He did that with Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu', alas it was found to be unapproved, so like others all his comments on it were based on hearsay. I would hate to discuss JD's book with you, without first reading it. looking forward to discussing it with you.
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Dear Paul1405,

It's a great book. I've been trying to get my hands on its forerunner Guns, Germs and Steel for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 but it's always on loan.

I might have to buy Guns, Germs and Steel and think I'll buy Collapse as well for my own library. It's one of those books one can never stop re-reading.

Collapse has some good lessons to teach and a lot of warnings about the path we are taking. Jared Diamond is one of the people who have influenced me in adopting environmental sociology as my real calling.

Also suggest looking at Wikipedia article on him to give you a feel for his background and where he is coming from.

individual,

What did your mate see in Melbourne that was so alarming to him? I'm assuming he wouldn't have seen too many Australians. Is that what he found alarming?

Mr Opinion,
He told me that people in Muslim culture attire outnumbered other immigrants & Australians 7 to 3 in the area around Port Philip Bay.