Rumpelstiltskin, as I recall, had 3 rotations before his deal was concluded and on each occasion he demanded payment. He turned straw into gold, whereas MIS turns blue gums into bucket loads of cash and land. He came unstuck in the end and that should a be a warning to any investor in MIS. I agree with Christine, It must be stopped now.
Carbon Kevin spruiks almost daily about tackling climate change whilst the true rhetorical Rudd does nothing. Ending MIS will go a long way to saving our ground water, preventing the reduction in rainfall and protecting our food supplies.
Climate change is happening a lot quicker than any government or industrial scientist cares to admit. It is with us now and will be for the rest of our lives (however long that will be) from emissions already in the atmosphere. We have to live with sea-level rise and atmospheric warming; both will have a huge impact on food supply.
Sea-level rise is not just what is seen on the surface; water tables are affected long before we see the rising tides. Salt water seeping into fresh water destroys crops.
People movement is already apparent and will increase rapidly as food sources are disrupted. Islands and coastal regions will come under attack and food growing land will be in short supply. People can’t eat trees.
It is interesting that the Australian Government/s do not include the foul practices of deforestation and plantations in the carbon tally. If one reads the garnaut Interim Report an interesting table shows how Malaysia does include deforestation and it accounts for 75% of its total emissions.
Australia is already responsible for almost 20% of global emissions from the coal it exports. If deforestation were to be added to the total carbon tally, Australia would be responsible a lot more.
The report shows only 6.5 tons per capita, when in fact, with such a small population compared to land mass, it is far more.
We are being conned on climate change in much the same way as investors are being duped on MIS.
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