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Article #255Re: Water shortage worsens: Sydney steals Wollongong's riivers.
From: Stan Pierce
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:11
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:11
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"DBDriver" <DBDriver@iig2.com.au> wrote in message news:tK_ed.38035$5O5.29994@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Back on topic though, I think a slush fund (eg. The Prime Ministers Trust) > or the like would be a real winner. This could be allocated by the PM yearly > as a direct incentive to Uni's to focus on the big public research issues > the Aus needs to address countrywide in the coming years... Salinity, Water > and Energy. Ideally the PM would set the agenda of concern (and region of > concern) and have the Unis tender for the award - but in a colaborative > approach. > RJ. I think the point has come for a seige attitude towards water and energy. Not just research in Uni departments. Treat the problem as as a war effort... in other words DO IT NOW. Get big industry to see that *they* will benefit by the expansion of projects. Just make it all Home Grown...all Australian effort. Even let big business draw up projects that will financially benefit them and give guarantees of price and finishing time. Then give them tax breaks of several years to get started. This would give a psychological boost in society like Hitler created. The whole world would be watching and that alone would give the edge to succeed. It all has to start in the mind. Energy and water are the NEXT BIG THING. Australians could make the world sit up and gawp if they set their minds to it.
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X-Google-Thread: 10c480,74313fd844b9bb0c X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,74313fd844b9bb0c X-Google-Thread: fdaee,74313fd844b9bb0c X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,gid10df0c,gidfdaee,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!hermod.ttsg.com!news.exile.org!abnormal.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stan Pierce" <tpierce@bigpond.net.au> Newsgroups: aus.environment.misc,aus.politics,aus.environment.conservation References: <39556695.0410190559.643eb88f@posting.google.com> <41766cc4_1@news.iprimus.com.au> <j2Bdd.33718$5O5.3529@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <DW7ed.35486$5O5.25878@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <slrncnofol.trp.ned@arthur.valhalla.oz> <HsYed.37922$5O5.28790@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <GQYed.37933$5O5.1056@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <RuZed.37969$5O5.25274@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <tK_ed.38035$5O5.29994@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: Water shortage worsens: Sydney steals Wollongong's riivers. Lines: 30 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <Z1%ed.38052$5O5.30796@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:11:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.45.224.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1098677497 203.45.224.8 (Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:11:37 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:11:37 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services