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by D
I own a small block of land on the Australian Coastline that we paid roughly US$70 000.00 for. We are a hard working middle class family that earns every peice of food we put in our mouths and every sip of water we drink. I am all for lowering pollution and cleaning up the beaches and rivers, but not the use of scare tactics and doctoring of data to distort facts without any thought to the massive effects felt by familys such as ours. Our State Government has now decided to put into policy IPCC worst case scenario sea level rises over the next 100 years, as a result we may not be able to build a home on that block of land. If that happens it makes that property worthless and makes our family bankrupt. I am no scientist, just an ordinary labourer, but even I can see that the evidence presented from both sides is far from giving us a clear picture of what is happening. It looks to me that we are relying on data that has only been accurate for the last 50 - 60 years, and there are so many factors associated with sea levels that it is impossible to measure. I only know one way to be sure - look out the front door - my local beach looks exactly the same as photos from my childhood, sometimes the farmers get rain - sometimes they dont, sometimes the dams are full - sometimes there not, sometimes it is hot - sometimes cold, it has always been like this for as long as I can remember. I remember in the 90's seeing reports that we would all need thick lead suits by 2020 due to not having an ozone layer because of CFC's. No one even talks about the ozone layer any more, and I have no intention of putting a deposit on a lead suit!! So all you environmentalists that keep vandalising our society and putting financial pressure on the middle class, hardworking people that you rely on funding from, STOP and think about what you are doing. Come back to me when you have real evidence.
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by D
I own a small block of land on the Australian Coastline that we paid roughly US$70 000.00 for. We are a hard working middle class family that earns every peice of food we put in our mouths and every sip of water we drink. I am all for lowering pollution and cleaning up the beaches and rivers, but not the use of scare tactics and doctoring of data to distort facts without any thought to the massive effects felt by familys such as ours. Our State Government has now decided to put into policy IPCC worst case scenario sea level rises over the next 100 years, as a result we may not be able to build a home on that block of land. If that happens it makes that property worthless and makes our family bankrupt. I am no scientist, just an ordinary labourer, but even I can see that the evidence presented from both sides is far from giving us a clear picture of what is happening. It looks to me that we are relying on data that has only been accurate for the last 50 - 60 years, and there are so many factors associated with sea levels that it is impossible to measure. I only know one way to be sure - look out the front door - my local beach looks exactly the same as photos from my childhood, sometimes the farmers get rain - sometimes they dont, sometimes the dams are full - sometimes there not, sometimes it is hot - sometimes cold, it has always been like this for as long as I can remember. I remember in the 90's seeing reports that we would all need thick lead suits by 2020 due to not having an ozone layer because of CFC's. No one even talks about the ozone layer any more, and I have no intention of putting a deposit on a lead suit!! So all you environmentalists that keep vandalising our society and putting financial pressure on the middle class, hardworking people that you rely on funding from, STOP and think about what you are doing. Come back to me when you have real evidence.
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