Letters It’s time to act With the evidence for human induced climate change no longer in contention, and the imminent cost to our commonwealth and the public purse, when will our government get serious about pursuing those companies, both mining and agricultural, who have profited from the rape of our environment, and the politicians who aided and abetted them? Or do we, the people, accept ‘business as usual’? Jim Nutter Main Arm
Hurry up SloMo With the tragic bush fire events and the unfolding ecological disaster I hope climate change deniers can finally lose the cuddly rug of denial and face up and stand up to the reality and consequences of anthropogenic climate disruption. Then a government can be elected that is capable of working with responsible nations in dealing with this reality as quickly as possible. We are living on a heating planet. Eleanor Ashworth Lennox Head
ſĶĈĕ şĪ żſşǕ Ɛȃ In the same week when German company Siemens
has approved its deal with Adani, I have just finished reading the heartbreaking memoir by my friends Freda Widawski and Adele Abraham which recounts the harrowing treatment of their Polish Jewish parents, Mina and Jacob, during WW2. They survived nine camps – where millions of others tragically lost their lives. Many of the camps they were in, and others, were run by German engineering giants and used the concentration camp prisoners as forced labour. One such company was Siemens and in the 1990s they paid millions of dollars to camp survivors while using the excuse – ‘we had no choice’. Those excuses are still on their official website. Will they be using the same excuse while counting their profits from the Adani coal mine while our planet continues to choke and burn? Diane Hart Mullumbimby
Don’t panic. I had a chat with the Big Guy and he was just having a joke… We’re back on track building MY STAIRCASE in STEEL.
On a regular basis I am almost hit by cars travelling at inappropriate speeds on these roads, most likely racing back to their illegal AirBnB. Council regularly sends a truck to spray bitumen over existing potholes. This band-aid solution would be laughable, if not so sad. It washes away the moment it rains. Kudos to council for regularly sending us a work crew. Why they do such a shit job each time, is a mystery. Nick Mills Eureka
Dear James
Pothole capital
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Yay, I just paid an $824 bill for one broken wheel, no doubt a subliminal message from my car saying ‘enough’ of the treacherous Springvale Road, Eureka which is bursting with eager and helpful potholes.
RMS statistics say the most likely driver to lose their lives in NSW is now a male aged 50 to 59, on country roads, close to their homes. Yay for me and my husband.
Roads in our region are busy over summer, and so too are our local health services.
According to the RMS we need to slow down. It’s our fault you see. I am somehow to blame, as I delicately pick my way across the scarred and ruinous blacktop. Ask any of my neighbours who regularly get stuck behind me, and you will know it is not from my driving too fast. Our roads are a disgrace.
Thank you for supporting acknowledgement of climate change. Your father is all about bums on seats. An example of this is Sky News. He signs up living entities who have a large following. An example would be Paul Murray and Allen Jones. Lets say they average 50,000 viewers per night. A survey finds that each viewer spends $10 per day on advertised products. Consider that each show is on 300 days a year. Yearly viewer spending owing to advertising would be 150 million dollars. Management shows these figures to advert companies. Let’s say they make 30 million per show. Mr Murray and Mr Jones agents also show these figures to management.
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People ask why Sky is a bit toxic towards the lefties. There’s 150 million reasons why. Bernard Hinchcliffe Mullumbimby
Scottie from marketing I really cannot believe Tina Petroff’s letter in last weeks Echo. Is she wearing both blinkers and rose coloured glasses at the same time? We all knew you were a conservative Tina, but by showing support for such an incompetent moron as Scottie from marketing you damage your own causes in the eyes of most people. There are also his religious beliefs, which you obviously don’t take into consideration. A person who believes in the Rapture – when he and his fellow believers will be transported to heaven and who sees disasters as a prelude to this event, is not going to feel any urgency in changing anything. There is also his utter devotion to market driven capitalism to be considered. David Gilet Byron Bay
¨ĶŔĕ Īşſ ĕƶƐĶŕĈƐĶşŕȃ In some parts of the Sahara they only get about 12 to 13cm per year of rainfall but they have a lot of fog. A German experiment is going on where mesh vertical walls (like a heavy duty fly screen) capture the fog, which drips downward as water, and is collected in receptacles. Mesh walls with mostly vertical wires seem to be the most efficient. If the walls are electrically charged they suck more water toward them. ▶ Continued on next page
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