As if there's not enough military violence in the world, our government has to support more? Is this the best we can do?
arbilp3
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Thank you for that insight and info. I agree with your sentiments.
Yeah, I don't get it either.
The majority of nations have grown in population. In 2005 there were nearly 6.6 billion people in the world and now there's about 8.3. A higher population plays a role no doubt, but given our exposure to sunlight and the amount of space we have in Oz, we should have done a lot better than what we have. Seventy percent of coal mined is exported (Wikipedia) and 80% of gas (Australian Institute), so our population is not the main driver of the emissions our fossil fuels produce. Imo, our governments have not done enough to extend solar power. We could be way ahead than we are now. Too many vested interests.
I tend to agree with you and with James Steph. Nevertheless, imo to give up and say it's all too late is to be complicit with or subjugated by the spiritual and cultural decay of our time. That is exactly what the current 'system' wants: us falling into "I can't save anyone else so I'll save myself" and/or "I don't feel I can do anything so I won't do anything", nihilistically and even cynically watching the Titanic sink (and even want it to sink) - i.e. inhumanity.
Every act of care for nature and humanity counts. For example, if you needed help (for whatever reason) and someone stepped up and offered that help spontaneously, you would feel that within you and it would be life-giving for you and for them. If we lose this, we have caved in to techno-barbarism and given up our aliveness and being real.
Many people follow the crowd and simplistic ideas, including putting blame on others (this does not happen only in Australia). Challenges with simplistic solutions are easier to understand (of course). They also reflect the ideas of people without enough political education who draw skewed conclusions from their personal experience and from their 'crowd' mind set. One Nation reflects these prejudices back to people and so they feel listened to, like ON is one of them and not like other politicians which present as removed from everyday reality and from ordinary people. They do not seem to understand (or perhaps want to) that Hanson is hob-knobbing with billionaires and will work in their interest because they will financially support her at election time. We must be aware of this and keep this front of mind with people considering voting for ON.
You can subscribe to Visual Capitalist and get this type of visual info regularly. I don't know how accurate they are but they give an all-over picture which is useful. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where-food-inflation-will-hit-hardest-in-2026/
Some of the gifts of eucalypts:
- The Medicinal Properties and Bush Foods of Eucalypts https://anpsa.org.au/APOL9/mar98-2.html
- https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/nature-wildlife/2024/02/why-eucalypts-are-survival-experts/
- https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/discover-and-learn/watch-listen-read/three-reasons-why-eucalypts-are-australian-icon
Or a wallaby. The ones at my place took a real shine to the saltbush.
I've had old man saltbush sprinkled in salads and in soups and it's fine.
Great news! All states should be doing the same.
At the moment, I just feel grief. For nature and for all the innocent people who are going to be annihilated by our war-mongering leaders and the industries that thrive on all the destruction and ruin.