Extreme Drought in Australia - BBC Science

A family of farmers in Australia are victims of one of the world's longest and most destructive drought in the modern world. See the impact of global warming at its most extreme in this short video from BBC show 'Five Ways to Save the World'.

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[kookoo429]

Hey, I'm from aus and not all of us agree with it I don't there are power hungry people but some of us just want to get out of this drought alive. I don't care about coal i could just ride my bike to work. Don't label us.

[PanzerBlitz43]

Aside from the obvious hypocrisy of other countries like Japan, Australia pretends they're "concerned" about global warming but they're also hypocrites. Australia is a top producer of millions of tons of coal in every state of australia-and coal is the worst culprit in global warming. They use this dirty coal for their own energy and 75% of it is exported to Asian countries which don't give a crap either. Australia's government and corporations are sacrificing their own country for greed

[JamesN345]

what year is this talking about?

[austpom333]

Yep the drought was very bad - i think it is over now

[kookoo429]

Hey, I'm from australia and not all of us agree with it I don't there are power hungry people but some of us just want to get out of this drought alive. I don't care about coal i could just ride my bike to work. Don't label us.

[PanzerBlitz43]

@sydneybb So because you and oil producing contries "consume" that excuses the destruction of the planet along with australia under 20 feet of water. If you saying the 7 billion overpopulated humans including australians are that stupid, vicious, and greedy then all humanity including Australia absolutely deserve to die out, and as fast as possible

[sydneybb]

Lesson No.2. But that means the DOWN-STREAMERS get the left-over water. If any. Solution? WAR! But actaul war is not an option. Instead, we over-allocate water. And when someone says STOP pumping it from the rivers, the Irrigators cry WAR! And become hysterical. So we run away scared. I say, now that there is plenty of H2O they should DOUBLE their irrigated land & take all the water NOW. Then they can die come the next (and GREATEST ever) El Nino. Talk about palnning for a rainy day! LOL.

[sydneybb]

Originally, the arid areas of Australia were not sold to Free-hold. They were granted as PERPETUAL Leases, which is a contradiction. A lease is NOT perpetual. But, if there was enough wtaer, well, that would make every thing opposite. But instead, we have an upside down World in Australia. Arid land sustained by water flowing by, not coming from the ski. And who owns this water? We all do! Except I BAGS IT FIRST. End of logic lesson No.1.

[sydneybb]

@PanzerBlitz43 Hello. The problem is not that Australia produces COAL as fast as it can, because the OIL producing countries do THE SAME (Coal & OIL are not identical in their application) but that You and I and, increasingly, so too are 6.5 billion other people, CONSUMING. But it is true that Australians are sacrificing their country. Why? Because we are not a society of people. We are individuals persuing our own interests. Eg: Irrigators get water from a river they never look at.

[v1e1r1g1e1]

And just to finish off this - 'cos I will NOT respond to anyone who disagrees - I'm prepared to wait 40 years to see the truth of the Climate Change Hoax. There is no such thing as Global Warming - it's a God-damned LIE! The ice caps are not melting; glaciers undergo shrinkage and growth cyclically; global temperature depends when and where you measure it (easy to rig data here); polar bears are NOT dying out; etc, etc, etc. It's all a fraud! Only morons are buying it.

[v1e1r1g1e1]

PanzerBlitz43 might like to suggest we all go to Nuclear or Solar or Thermoelectric overnight. As if! Every year China puts millions of gas guzzlers on the road. Talk to China if you've a problem with Oz exporting coal. China's economy drives the planet and for its economy to thrive it needs energy. China isn't going to go nuclear tomorrow - they keep uranium to make bombs! China produces MORE coal than Oz - they use ours 'cos it's hi quality and easily available. BTW, climate change is a lie.