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Australian Population Scenarios in the context of oil decline and global warming

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 [...]

Keep Badgerys Creek for Sydney’s Food Supply

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 [...]

James Hansen: Storms of My Grandchildren

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 [...]

Submission #69 to the Senate Inquiry on oil supplies, Feb 2006

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