An Article by Ross Gittins highlights what I have suspected for a long time.
The average person is getting fat.
While I lived in England I was constantly amazed at just how many over-weight people there were. I thought it was a English thing - and then I came home to Oz.
Read the article here:http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/obesity-problem-is-bigger-than-we-think-despite-gdp-benefits-20101005-16630.html
Interesting how the over -weight population will provide a break to our economy, as their early demise will relieve any strain on health-care and associated services.
And what the two authors, Egger and Swinburn say about the "sweet-spot" which we have passed.
Bear that in mind with Peak Oil which we have passed also and things could be grim.
But hey - lets just go buy another house, or a car, or some shoes. Put it on debt.
It would seem that the discovery of oil could be seen as the demise of man as it was about this time that the human population started to increase and development of producing food took on a serious side.
Prior to the discovery of oil, food was produced more like a cottage industry instead of todays mass, high tech, pest free production.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Junket
Anybody - can anybody tell me why did our illustrious leader - Barge-Arse, and her side kick Tony Buck ears, see the need to go flying off half way around the world?
Like you can just imagine now the world leaders just pacing up and down waiting for them to arrive eh?
What possess these people to think it makes a difference?
People dieing in Pakistan, refugees banging on the door, salty water flowing down the Murray and they fly off to meet some snail munching tossa and discuss the price of cheese ?
And we all feel so much better now.
Like you can just imagine now the world leaders just pacing up and down waiting for them to arrive eh?
What possess these people to think it makes a difference?
People dieing in Pakistan, refugees banging on the door, salty water flowing down the Murray and they fly off to meet some snail munching tossa and discuss the price of cheese ?
And we all feel so much better now.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Death of the PC
I see on this weeks news, articles professing to claim within 5 years we will see the PC disappear?
Apparently we will all be using our mobile phones to do what we do on a PC!
What a load of rubbish
Yeah like I'll pull up a spreadsheet on my phone - yeah right - and its oh so easy to see?
Where do these people come from?
What world are they living in?
While those of us who use our PC's for work are enjoying large flat screen monitors -there are wankers out there who are thinking we will all like to use our mobile phones instead?
Can you believe it?
I hate using my mobile phone at the best of times - and thats just for phoning people - why, why would I want to use it to write an email or use MYOB on?
Dead set - this world is populated with more and more wankers.
Apparently we will all be using our mobile phones to do what we do on a PC!
What a load of rubbish
Yeah like I'll pull up a spreadsheet on my phone - yeah right - and its oh so easy to see?
Where do these people come from?
What world are they living in?
While those of us who use our PC's for work are enjoying large flat screen monitors -there are wankers out there who are thinking we will all like to use our mobile phones instead?
Can you believe it?
I hate using my mobile phone at the best of times - and thats just for phoning people - why, why would I want to use it to write an email or use MYOB on?
Dead set - this world is populated with more and more wankers.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Discourage
If I were able to I would actively discourage people from having more than say one or two children.
I would penalize couples who had more than 2 children - make their tax rate higher, remove child endowment.
As for single mothers - I would actively remove all support from these people - in fact I would fine them.
We need to face facts and realize there is simply too many people in this world.
Its not good enough to expect people in 3rd world countries to toe the line and stop reproducing - we must all actively reduce our populations.
And stuff the economists and business people who all say we need population to thrive.
Most of us in the western world live beyond our means and this cannot continue - its time to face facts.
Its like the WWF, it has been said that if the WWF spent their entire budget on condoms the result would be more beneficial to the worlds animal life! Less people = happier & healthier animals.
I would penalize couples who had more than 2 children - make their tax rate higher, remove child endowment.
As for single mothers - I would actively remove all support from these people - in fact I would fine them.
We need to face facts and realize there is simply too many people in this world.
Its not good enough to expect people in 3rd world countries to toe the line and stop reproducing - we must all actively reduce our populations.
And stuff the economists and business people who all say we need population to thrive.
Most of us in the western world live beyond our means and this cannot continue - its time to face facts.
Its like the WWF, it has been said that if the WWF spent their entire budget on condoms the result would be more beneficial to the worlds animal life! Less people = happier & healthier animals.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Too much?
With my background in Plumbing it comes as no surprise that I have been thinking about the worlds population and the amount of human waste generated by the worlds human population.
And I have derived at these amazing facts:
The average person's feces per day are around 85 grams in weight.
Multiply that by the 6 Billion people gives a figure of 5.1 million tonnes of human waste every day.
Or
1.8 billion tonnes per year !
Staggering
And to make it sound worse; if you take the fact that perhaps a third of the human population use a WC to relieve their bowels in and that this WC uses water - then the other astounding fact is amount of water wasted each day.
Allow 2 billion x 6 liters per person per flush (once a day) = 12 billion liters of fresh water per day are flushed down the drain.
The sewerage then has to be treated and disposed of ?
The fresh water to flush these WC's needs to be collected and pumped.
Is it me or are we doing something crazy?
And I have derived at these amazing facts:
The average person's feces per day are around 85 grams in weight.
Multiply that by the 6 Billion people gives a figure of 5.1 million tonnes of human waste every day.
Or
1.8 billion tonnes per year !
Staggering
And to make it sound worse; if you take the fact that perhaps a third of the human population use a WC to relieve their bowels in and that this WC uses water - then the other astounding fact is amount of water wasted each day.
Allow 2 billion x 6 liters per person per flush (once a day) = 12 billion liters of fresh water per day are flushed down the drain.
The sewerage then has to be treated and disposed of ?
The fresh water to flush these WC's needs to be collected and pumped.
Is it me or are we doing something crazy?
Monday, September 13, 2010
My Country
Australia is my country; where I was born, and I am concerned that big business and government are going to ruin this wonderful, ancient and arid country.
There seems to be a common belief - mainly amongst recent immigrants, that as Australia's population is only 22 million and such a huge land mass that we can absorb or sustain a huge population.
A definition of "arid" is lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
Humans are made up of 70% water. We cannot survive with out water.
So therefore isn't it logical that we have a finite population limit?
But of course, those who live in tall buildings with 3 piece suits think a large population means greater market share and bigger profits. Or putting it simply - Greed.
Governments of course see a large population as simply a large tax base.
With a larger population comes the need for more utilities and amenities; new hospitals and sewer plants, roads, schools and so on.
Many Australians would agree we are already behind the 8 ball with regards to all of the above inf-structure, so how can we afford more?
Yeah -sure there are many, many starving people in the world and I wish we could help them. We could simply open our borders to all and sundry, and help those millions of impoverished people.
But where is the logic in trying to create something here that will only lower the standard of living here to the point were our whole sustainability could and would topple over. And then we would be no different to the places where these people came from.
Isn't the better long term logic to help those people in their own countries and try to make it more attractive for those people to stay in their own native countries?
We cannot simply continue in the fashion we are accustomed to; we must change.
De-desalination plants are not the answer nor are creating shallow useless water storage dams which have masses of evaporation and destroy acres of productive soil.
I believe we have reached our sustainable population level.
There seems to be a common belief - mainly amongst recent immigrants, that as Australia's population is only 22 million and such a huge land mass that we can absorb or sustain a huge population.
A definition of "arid" is lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
Humans are made up of 70% water. We cannot survive with out water.
So therefore isn't it logical that we have a finite population limit?
But of course, those who live in tall buildings with 3 piece suits think a large population means greater market share and bigger profits. Or putting it simply - Greed.
Governments of course see a large population as simply a large tax base.
With a larger population comes the need for more utilities and amenities; new hospitals and sewer plants, roads, schools and so on.
Many Australians would agree we are already behind the 8 ball with regards to all of the above inf-structure, so how can we afford more?
Yeah -sure there are many, many starving people in the world and I wish we could help them. We could simply open our borders to all and sundry, and help those millions of impoverished people.
But where is the logic in trying to create something here that will only lower the standard of living here to the point were our whole sustainability could and would topple over. And then we would be no different to the places where these people came from.
Isn't the better long term logic to help those people in their own countries and try to make it more attractive for those people to stay in their own native countries?
We cannot simply continue in the fashion we are accustomed to; we must change.
De-desalination plants are not the answer nor are creating shallow useless water storage dams which have masses of evaporation and destroy acres of productive soil.
I believe we have reached our sustainable population level.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Old Mate
My best mate Michael who passed away in 2007 died from Motor Neurone Disease. Michael had fought the illness since 1999.
He was a good friend and I will always miss him.
We both went to the same school and remained good mates.
I wish I could talk to his wife Pam, but she got the shits with me and won't talk to me.
He was a good friend and I will always miss him.
We both went to the same school and remained good mates.
I wish I could talk to his wife Pam, but she got the shits with me and won't talk to me.
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