Comments on: RIP the Australian environment http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=2545 Green politics, history (particularly women's history) science and books. Always feminist Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:45:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: david ware http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=2545&cpage=1#comment-1200110 david ware Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:55:07 +0000 http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=2545#comment-1200110 I spotted that NY Times story too--and a sentimental luddite buried within me asked, "how long until the Chinese figure out how to make sail-powered transport pay?" At this rate, maybe not so long... As for the decline and fall of the Australian environment, it's something that many outsiders miss because their (our) image of Australia is defined by reefs, crocodiles and picturesque deserts. Farmland and good (sustainable) stock-grazing country aren't so high on the touristic beat. I spotted that NY Times story too–and a sentimental luddite buried within me asked, “how long until the Chinese figure out how to make sail-powered transport pay?” At this rate, maybe not so long…

As for the decline and fall of the Australian environment, it’s something that many outsiders miss because their (our) image of Australia is defined by reefs, crocodiles and picturesque deserts. Farmland and good (sustainable) stock-grazing country aren’t so high on the touristic beat.

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