tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post5711184004038152399..comments2024-03-29T01:42:22.267+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: Thursday Thoughts # 87Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-18586209120172519372016-03-11T14:30:42.695+10:302016-03-11T14:30:42.695+10:30Mimsie; yes, it would cost a fortune, but with eno...Mimsie; yes, it would cost a fortune, but with enough pipelines eventually running through our country, the benefits of everyone having enough water will pay off. And this is something which should be thought of and begun now, instead of waiting until it can be afforded, because years from now, the cost will be even higher and less affordable. It's a bit like having children, if you wait until you think you can afford them, you'll never have any.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-11760527245646443222016-03-10T22:31:09.110+10:302016-03-10T22:31:09.110+10:30Many, many years ago a pipeline was laid from Pert...Many, many years ago a pipeline was laid from Perth to Kalgoorlie (the goldfields) but now Perth is very low on water<br />There has been talk of a pipeline being laid from the Ord River southwards but when you consider it is about 1,000 miles it would cost a fortune. Then they talked about it also going eastwards as well. I agree that Queensland has much more than it needs but the distances between places are so vast the the costs are prohibitive.<br />I have no idea what the answer is but water is so important to life you'd think some politician worth his salt would come up with a workable plan if all the states would agree. Not that I can see that happening any time soon.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-88863477196947549162016-03-10T16:26:57.838+10:302016-03-10T16:26:57.838+10:30Lee; if only they'd listened to Joh. When othe...Lee; if only they'd listened to Joh. When other politicians saw a successful pipeline they all would have jumped on the bandwagon.<br />Well, the world is filled with "if onlys" :(<br /><br />JahTeh; you might get Queensland's excess water, but I think we're a bit too far west. And is eventually soon enough? Given the droughts that we all face periodically? Too often?<br />I'd forgotten about the poisons from mining, but then, Broken Hill wasn't the only place doing that back then. It was one of those things not many people gave a single thought to, no one realising what future harm would come from the mining. So I don't think we can fault them entirely. Besides, back then the water was available because there weren't the cotton farmers and no need to empty the lakes to be flushing the Murray Mouth, and so on. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-84704095699046418882016-03-10T11:09:43.170+10:302016-03-10T11:09:43.170+10:30We do eventually get most of Queensland's exce...We do eventually get most of Queensland's excess water. It sinks into underground rivers and slowly makes its way south and along the way, bores are drilled and up it comes. <br />Broken Hill used enormous amounts of water in the glory days of its mining boom and never gave a thought to the poisons going back into the ground now it's coming back to bite them in the backside.<br />Nothing just ever disappears, it's always waiting.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-58865385184945558642016-03-10T09:55:55.873+10:302016-03-10T09:55:55.873+10:30Joh Bjelke-Petersen was the longest-serving Premie...Joh Bjelke-Petersen was the longest-serving Premier of Queensland - holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state enjoyed considerable economic development. He was a controversial figure in many ways and he upset the apple carts of many...apple carts that needed upsetting, including the unions.<br /><br />Joh suggested running a pipeline to carry water from tropical North Queensland down through to the western interior areas who desperately needed/need water...and he was practically laughed out of office.<br /><br />Like him or loathe him, it matters not, Joh had some very good ideas and he did some very good things for this state, and if he'd been allowed to go ahead with his pipeline idea, it would've been constructed years and years ago at a far cheaper cost than it would nowadays!<br /><br />Most politicians of all persuasions, both State and Federal, couldn't run 10 yards, let alone run states or a country!<br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-53907189787310427322016-03-10T09:49:20.097+10:302016-03-10T09:49:20.097+10:30lotta joy; our problem is there aren't any pip...lotta joy; our problem is there aren't any pipelines from plentiful areas to drier states. As far as I know, all we have is a long section in SA built to support something somewhere, and the one in WA built to supply water to the gold mine area in its boom time. The rest of Australia is sadly neglected. We have vast uninhabitable areas because of no water supply. This is why most of the population is living along the coast.<br />Are you with Blogger? Go to your 'new post' page, type any text you want in there, then at the top where you see the icon for adding pictures, just to the right is a black clapboard, the type they use when filming. Click on that and select 'from you tube' then in their search bar type the name of your video (or cut/paste the url) and click search. your video should show in the window, double click it to add it to your 'new post'<br /><br />Andrew; I think it's shameful how governments past and present have largely ignored the issue unless they will profit from it. For instance, the WA pipeline was built to support Kalgoorlie when gold mines and the town was built. Ditto the SA one I suppose. I never did find out why that was built, I always just assumed it was going to be repeated nationwide so everyone had fresh clean water.<br /><br />Elephant's Child; Long term solutions that are begun NOW is what is needed. Greed is a vile thing. i heard a quote on the radio a few minutes ago, "the world is run by those who turn up", I suppose that means if you want things done you should attend all those meetings and put your views forward until someone listens. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-92155041589234351002016-03-10T08:59:27.054+10:302016-03-10T08:59:27.054+10:30I loved the quotes from the books, but you are rig...I loved the quotes from the books, but you are right that article is heart-breaking.<br />Long term solutions ARE needed. Quickly. And sadly the problem was brought about by greed. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-89472357984520854672016-03-10T07:13:58.306+10:302016-03-10T07:13:58.306+10:30Managing the Menindee Lakes is not a new problem. ...Managing the Menindee Lakes is not a new problem. It's been an issue for a very long time as has a lack of water in the very shallow lakes with a very high evaporation rate. It is a complex matter, but nor do I think extracting huge quantities of water from the the ground is environmentally a good idea. The solution, as you say, is to pipe the water in from where it is plentiful. It is quite correct that country towns will not survive without a decent water supply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-2218313258288239352016-03-10T05:40:38.809+10:302016-03-10T05:40:38.809+10:30I believe there are so many divisions now of peopl...I believe there are so many divisions now of people complaining and filling the courts and the news with minor, non-important, issues that the old stand-by of "see a problem, fix a problem" is worn thin. Water and food are of the highest priority and all the pipelines from the 1920s never were meant to be so taxed (physically) for so many.<br /><br />By the way, I've got my 3 second video on Youtube. How do I load it to my blog? I've got that long url, but I want the actual video.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.com