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Originally Posted by Moon
I'm not sure what your point is Ron. Are you worried Australia is going to be over run by Chinese people?
If I had to choose between having a Chinese neighbour or a wind turbine next door, I'd go for the Chinese neighbour.
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No, I am not afraid of Australia being over run by Chinese People.
As for wind power if it was in place out in Western Queensland and efficient,
it would be much more preferable than Cotton,which uses poisonous chemicals which leach into the river which flows into the Murray Darling river system, the food bowl of Australia.
If the drought had continued for another couple of years, we might not be having this discussion as Cubby Station would probably have been allowed to return to nature as it was in receivership and could not be sold.
Water in this country is a valuable asset and should not be controlled by a foreign country.
That Cotton along with Rice are the most water intensive crops are allowed to be grown in the outback of Australia,the so called driest occupied continent on Earth is just plain crazy
It was only allowed to go ahead because the Federal and state governments did not take due diligence in protecting the environment of our river systems and outback of Australia.
All someone had to do back then was to wave Dollars under the noses of the politicians and it got approved.
Still the same today to a certain extent.
China is buying up valuable farming land all over Africa and the Pacific as well as South America, and now we are the latest in it's plans to obtain as much land to feed and cloth it's expanding population for the Future.
So My Point is , we should do everything in our power to protect our natural assets and not hand them over to foreign government owned companies.
Cheers