A vision for good government
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The sun provides most of the energy used on the Earth. If we think beyond solar panels for making electricity: biological energy, such as sugars produced by photosynthesis in plants, sustains just about all of life on Earth. In the process, carbon dioxide is used and oxygen is produced. We […]
Population growth over the past sixty years has grown at an extraordinary rate, never seen before in our history. In the past 60 years, world population has increased by a staggering 280 per cent. From 2.5 billion people in 1950; world population has increased by an additional 4.5 billion […]
Water is a precious resource. Water is essential for sustaining life for humans, animals, plants and the environment: for which we are dependant for our own survival. Whilst it is important to maintain the health of our waterways, we also need to be mindful that the Murray-Darling Basin provides […]
Food shortages: caused by population growth (particularly amongst the Arab nations and Asian counties such as South Korea, China, India and Singapore), loss of agricultural land due to increased urbanisation, increased use of agricultural land to produce bio-fuels and climate change, are a serious challenge facing mankind currently and […]
Salinity and weed control are increasingly reducing our capacity in agriculture. In order to meet increased need for agriculture due to population growth, decimation of land due to population growth and reduced agricultural production due to increased severe weather conditions due to global warming. “Dryland salinity currently affects about […]
Additional water capacity to increase our food production. Major civilisations such as the ancient Romans and Egyptians were built upon having adequate water supplies. In a world of increased drought and severe weather, we could benefit from building additional desalination plants and/or stormwater harvesting to meeting the increased agricultural […]
Whilst free trade is encouraged, we need to be mindful on the effects this may have in our ability to secure and provide for essential foodstuffs needed by our population. For example: cheap imports of citrus products may result in the decimation of our citrus farming industry. This would […]