"I grew up in Australia, which is facing its worst drought in 100 years -- that has struck a personal chord for me" This is Rupert Murdoch talking to Grist about the News green conversion.
The same drought has convinced three of the Australian states, Western Australia then Victoria and New South Wales to commission desalination plants to supply Perth Melbourne and Sydney. Totalling perhaps $AUD5 billion these five plants show what happens when "incontovertible" evidence of global warming comes to a country. Pundits trace the tipping point of belief to September 2006 when the topic of Global Warming went from being associated with cranky outsiders to mainstream beliief in a flash.
The Vic and NSW decisions have been made in the the few months since this article was written
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"I grew up in Australia,
Submitted on July 5th, 2007 by InterestedReader"I grew up in Australia, which is facing its worst drought in 100 years -- that has struck a personal chord for me" This is Rupert Murdoch talking to Grist about the News green conversion.
The same drought has convinced three of the Australian states, Western Australia then Victoria and New South Wales to commission desalination plants to supply Perth Melbourne and Sydney. Totalling perhaps $AUD5 billion these five plants show what happens when "incontovertible" evidence of global warming comes to a country. Pundits trace the tipping point of belief to September 2006 when the topic of Global Warming went from being associated with cranky outsiders to mainstream beliief in a flash.
The Vic and NSW decisions have been made in the the few months since this article was written