Mark _australia said...
Dudes ^ ^ ^ ..... not so much that we need rivers to RUN into the dams.... in addition to not having enough dams, the main problem is that we have not enough run off. When they used to controlled burn the forest undergrowth to reduce fire intensity, what that also did (unintended consequence perhaps?) was it reduced the amount of water soaked up by shallow rooted plants (cos there was none!). Now we don't do that, so less water as a percentage of any given rainfall actually runs down the valleys into the dams.
Bl00dy greenies stopped the controlled burns. Now we need more dams and guess who will stop that one too? Same mob. Can't have it both ways, pinkos. [}:)] Maybe they should be the first to give up their mains water supply?
As for the canal from up north down to perth, they reckon it will cost too much.
Well don't we have thousands of people in prison doing it easy? And most of the people want 'real penalties' ????
How about prisoners dig the damned canal for us? Faster you dig, then faster you are out. We'd have it done for free in a few years. Strewth, even chuck in the dole bludgers too.
Sh!t yeah. Now's the time for it. Dole queues are getting longer. It would be good for soul and spirit not to mention the kids and the future. It would quadruple the carrying capacity of dear old Oz.
Dig the canal (not the one to Perth, the other one, oh all right, that one too). Make the inland sea a reality. Make it a big canal with lots of speed runs at different angles for different winds. Make lots of canals. Flood the salt lakes. (sorry Landsailor, you'll have to take up windsurfing or kiting).
GREEN THE NEVER NEVER.
My oath, what a good idea.
You probably know this, but one of the more impressive natural phenomena in the world is the occasional flooding of Lake Eyre and the others near there.
What happens is rain, lots of it, fills the rivers and creeks and off it runs downhill. Downhill for a large part of the interior is towards Lake Eyre which is a couple of metres (or thereabouts) below sea level.
So the path through the desert which is normally just a billabong every 100 km or so, becomes a continuous stream. Not just a stream but a vast effulgence of water covering hundreds of square kilometres. Vast flocks of birds and other wildlife follow the water to the newly greening interior and frolic in an orgy of fecundity and plenty, all smiles and good times.
Meanwhile the rain that made it all happen stops. The rivers dry up from the outer edges of the catchment towards the interior. By the time the wild life discovers things are getting a bit less moist than they would like, the escape paths are dry. The birds can escape, but just about all the terrestrial creatures perish in the following dry. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humour.
A good while back it was mooted (in Parliament) that a canal should be built from the north to the interior by means of a series of atomic explosions. What a good idea. We have the uranium. We should f'ing well blow it up.
You know it makes sense.
(sorry
