Blog+2

The above was originally published August 2, 2010 at http://ariana-thoughtsoutloud.blogspot.com/2010/08/topical-blog-1.html

**Topic:**

**Water Usage...and the rest**

Australia has a shortage of water... A shortage of current energy options...  A shortage of gas...

These are not questions for anyone to answer, they are statements to be heard and understood by everyone. Carbon Emissions, Global Warming; you've heard it all before. But I am ok right now, they all say, but what about the future generations is what they should be saying? The government do not want to take this seriously right now, and why? MONEY! THE COST! Yes that's right! It is wasted money in their campaign! And even the public are more concerned about tax cuts, but at the same time, the costs to water, power and gas and increased twice this year already! This will be the biggest blunder in Australia's history in the very near future, which means it will effect you, your children, and your children's children, and if we're lucky, their children too. But that will probably be it because there just wont be anything left after that. With such an alarmingly increasing population, higher demand on resources from both the domestic and commercial sectors, plans need to be put in place now before there is nothing left. A sustainable future for all should be a top priority! Perhaps doing more to control the ridiculous vehicles people drive that guzzle earths good oil and turn it into emissions for all of us to breathe and the atmosphere to slowly absorb. Perhaps more research into renewable energy so while we are using one resource it is recreating something else. Perhaps placing more of a focus in education at a young age so teenagers don't have 30 minute showers. I was shocked to hear whilst in Melbourne on the weekend that they are considering lifting the sprinkler ban! Why bother? People have accepted in now, they are making changes to garden designs and water usage, and all the good work that has been done will be thrown out the window so a few people with ridiculous sized front lawns can waste more water. There are people in the world who don't even have clean drinking water and we are spreading it across our lawns and gardens without a second thought. Do you remember when the gas line exploded up north a few years ago? Everyone had to make changes to their lives. Industry suffered greatly. Hospitals had to find other options to get things going for themselves, massive laundries could not provide clean linen to hotels, pubs couldn't get gas for beer or soft drinks, pools could not be heated: But China received all the same provision of gas they always had because that is where they make the money! Perhaps some Uranium mining would offer some other options to the power requirements. But what happens once we actually start to mine uranium in amounts that will really make a difference? It will go elsewhere...the small amount we mine right now is already on way to China as it is. And we will be the ones risking our beautiful land for it! Just remember, there is only so far you can dig before there is nothing left of earth but the core, and you cant live there! Australia is the lucky country and we need to keep it this way. We bring more and more people into the country everyday, and at the same time, we are sending all out resources to other countries who have simply already wasted all of theirs. We need to keep Australia the place it is; so control is what's required. It is ok to share, but when there is nothing left to share, what happens then?

Yes the costs of coming up with new ideas is high, but it will be even higher when there is almost none left and the only people who will have access to water and power will be the wealthy. And what happens to the not so wealthy after that? They suffer.

India ended up the way it is today through over use of it's resources and overpopulation, and in the years to come if we don't be careful with what we have, Australia will slowly end up with similar issues. The wealthy people in India live like kings while millions of poor people roam the streets just looking for something to eat or drink to survive. This is not the Australian way and efforts must be made to "Keep Australia Beautiful" and be renewable into the future. **We should set the example for the world!**