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Comment Re:As evil as it sounds... (Score 1) 225

Google Steven Conroy, go to his ministerial website and click on "contact". This will bring up a pre-addressed email blank in your email client. (Works in Seamonkey anyway). Best Regards, R. Vines "Where the people fear the government, you have tyranny; where the government fears the people, you have liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

Comment Re:Showboating (Score 1) 271

As I said, water seeks its own level and the only influence can be the gravitational effect of the moon and maybe the shifting of the molten layer between the Earth's surface layer and the core. I forget what it's called but it is responsible for the shifting magnetic poles. If anything, I think you'll find the ocean levels dropping this northern winter as the ice cap is getting larger each winter. However, this whole thing is designed to scare people into accepting world marxism. Kiss your freedom goodbye if they succeed

Comment Re:Showboating (Score 1) 271

Maybe Port Arthur is sinking too. I know the station in South Australia is. Water DOES seek its own level despite what the Climate Change proponents like to say. But then, why let facts get in the way? If you want a real authority on sea levels, look up Nils-Axel Morner. Besides, please don't include Tassie in Australia, the population in the rest of the continent do NOT have two heads. This whole climate change (AGW) is a lot of political garbage, driven by people who want a totalitarian world (Marxist)government. It has NOTHING to do with the weather. It's a new world order. Maybe the Soviet Union's most avid proponnets took over the Greenies?

Comment Re:Showboating (Score 2, Informative) 271

All in all, the sea level rise is the same pace for over 150 years. Nonsense. http://www.cmar.csiro.au/sealevel/sl_hist_few_hundred.html (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.) Quote: "We have used a combination of historical tide-gauge data and satellite-altimeter data to estimate global averaged sea level change from 1870 to 2004. During this period, global-averaged sea level rose almost 20 cm, with an average rate of rise of about 1.7 mm/yr over the 20th Century. The sea level record indicates a statistically significant increase in the rate of rise between 1870 to 2004." (emphasis mine) CC.

I think you'll find CSIRO also found that the Maldives is affected by the fact they "mine" the protective coral reef for building materials thus exposing the islands to the sea with greatly reduced protection for the community. The odd thing is, they are still building large resorts, using coral. How fair dinkum is this fraud? I also believe you'll find that the oceans have not risen significantly over the 20th century. The rise, beginning in 1870 (the greatest rise in the earlier years) is due to the Little Ice Age ending. In addition, some parts of the Earth's surface are "sinking" and others are "rising" If the sea floor rises, of course sea water will be displaced. Additionally, there has been no change to Australia's National Datum (to my knowledge), neither have any airports been required to reset the local altimeter settings. Finally, there is no discernable rise in sea level in any major Australian port, at the many airfields that are on the shore, have a runway extending into the sea or are situated in areas of swamp. I always thought that water always sought its own level, so tidal effects aside, if the sea is rising in the Maldives it should be rising everywhere.

Comment Re:taxes (Score 1) 776

Hey, this is all a lead up to getting us to accept the governments taxation of the air we breathe (CO2 tax). They have to service loans that will increase to 114% of GDP in 3-4 years.

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