Summary
The size of Australia’s future population growth including immigration will be largely determined by these events:
Fuel shortages after peak oil which started in 2005
Food shortages due to failure of governments to prepare for declining oil production
Power shortages after global warming events will have forced us to abandon coal (2020)
Sea level rises from global warming impacting [...]
Start clearing for buildings: developers’ call to Canberra
“THE Federal Government should immediately begin planning to sell the 1700 hectares of land it bought for a second Sydney airport in the city’s west, developer groups say.”
http://www.smh.com.au/national/start-clearing-for-buildings-developers-call-to-canberra-20091215-kuo1.html
No, don’t do it. Sydney needs this area for food production. We still have rain in the Sydney basin and it’s [...]
ABC TV Lateline’s Tony Jones had an interview with NASA’s climatologist James Hansen
Hansen just published a book entitled “Storms of My Grandchildren, The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity”
http://www.stormsofmygrandchildren.com
Here are some extracts from the Lateline interview:
Climate Scientist discusses Copenhagen summit
TONY JONES: Now you’re accusing governments of lying [...]
The Australian Senate conducted an inquiry into Australia’s future oil supply and alternative transport fuels
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/Committee/rrat_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/oil_supply/info.htm
This graph is from my submission entitled “Peak oil ante portas, followed by global warming”:
Read more:
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/oil_supply/submissions/sub69.pdf