[LINK] Infrastructure issues

[Adam Todd]

At 11:42 AM 27/04/2007, Antony Barry wrote:

>On 26/04/2007, at 2:35 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>
>>"The reality is with no water, you can't live anywhere for long.
>>If this
>>goes on for years, there is a real question of how you provide water
>>supplies to these communities." ...
>
>With global warming the threat is that many of our inland cities will
>be uninhabitable, not just because of lack of water but because of
>persistent high temperatures. With carbon taxes and peak oil getting
>closer energy costs will inhibit air conditioning. Low lying areas
>won't do to well in the longer term. Goodbye Gold Coast.

And with the threat of global warming, our coast line cities will be 
inhabitable too.  The threat of rising sea levels, increased and more 
damaging cyclone and storms, and of course more tsunamis.

So lets live in the clouds!    Seems to be what the majority of 
babyboomers are leaving for the next generation.



>If we pass 550ppm of CO2 a move to Tasmania might be advisable.
>
>Tony
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