Preserve our planet
In response to Michael Cane's letter 'Facts, reality means little in the climate debate'. (The Standard 5/10) Just like Greta I am a 16-year-old who does care about the planet, plants, animals and the humans that live in it. Polar Bear population: There's a total of 19 populations; 1 has declined, 2 are increasing, 7 are stable and 9 are data-deficient, according to the Arctic WWF. Increased global life expectancy hasn't increased due to the climate, it's increased due to increases in sanitation, clean water and medical advancements, says the World Health Organisation and the VCE Health and Human Development textbook. Yearly, on average there's 30 fires within a 1000 square kilometre radius which is a terrible rate. The Amazon rainforest which has been burning for two months and is still burning has burned over 2,240,000 acres. That's over 40 per cent that has burnt, a fair bit for the lungs of our planet to handle, says The Guardian. As you stated yourself, facts mean little today. In the end, there will always be conflicting viewpoints and data pulled from various sources from people in society. Yet in the end, it is up to every individual in the community to look at all knowledge we know about climate change, and to make an informed decision. I don't know about you, but I would love for there to be a planet filled with species and trees when my grandchildren are around, but at the rate we are cutting down trees and killing animals there won't be much left for future generations.
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Kiara Esh, Hawkesdale
Right of reply
Mr Delaney, (The Standard 12/10), I am trying to placate
the Gretas with facts, you are doing exactly the opposite. How dare you
castigate me in such a manner. Please Google Spiked 97% and you will find yet
another of your claims is a total fabrication. 97 per cent of scientists do not believe
in anthropogenic climate change. Our council declaring a Climate Emergency is
disturbing. We elected councillors to do the basics, not to indoctrinate. When
declared, all councillors must have been overjoyed with the support of the Extinction
Rebellion. This group have vowed to destroy our systems and they showed how
much they loved our council's actions. How low have we sunk to terrorising our
children even further, what shame. Cr Cassidy claimed they needed more money,
now where have we heard that before. There is nothing like someone else's cash.
Yet another bin, we need bigger back yards. How about we have another to hold
our exhaled CO2. This most vital of trace gases represents .04 of the
atmosphere, man's contribution to that minute total is 3 per cent which equals .0012 of 1 per cent. From Dr. Guy Smith, retired CSIRO principal research scientist. I
have yet to see credible proof of carbon dioxide driving climate change, yet
alone man-made CO2 driving it. When will we collectively awake from this deceptive
delusion? I contend that those professional scientists and advisors that are
knowingly complicit in climate science fraud and all that is derived from it,
will continue to be exposed by the science itself.
Michael Cane, Warrnambool
Help dairy farmers
The dairy industry is at crisis point and the government needs to step up and provide more help. All farming has become progressively more difficult with the extended drought, rising water and electricity prices (which are both government costs, by the way), and general expenses increases in terms of fuel, farm supplies, machinery and maintenance, fodder, and other critical costs.
Dairy farmers also suffer from harsh contracts with milk processors and retailers that squeeze prices so low that it robs them of profit. The fact that there has been little meaningful support from government only makes the battle even more hopeless and lonely for many farmers.
We cannot have farmers crushed by these factors to such desperate lows that they simply walk off the land or, worse still, resort to other drastic actions like suicide, which has occurred in an unacceptable number of cases.
If we don't support farmers and their families, we will eventually become dependent on imported milk, leaving us susceptible to unknown milk quality, unpredictable pricing, and without a farming sector that has been such an important part of our wonderful country.
We need the Government to implement its delayed code of conduct ASAP, to help set a minimum farm gate price for milk and initiatives that ensure the survival of Australian dairy farms. I have been pressuring the Australian Government to get on with this quick smart.
I also wish to thank media outlets and the journalists that have supported our dairy farmers by helping raise this vital issue and spreading the message.
Our dairy industry, and farming generally, is vital to Australia, and our farmers need our collective support.
Senator Pauline Hanson, One Nation Leader
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