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| Magooly Newbie  Joined: 25/01/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 4 |
Hi all, are some people blind to certain facts or they just plain stupid? I was driving down the New England Hwy the other day, as I going through Scone I spotted this sign. 
What an idiot, not 10 minuets down the road is the worst blight on the landscape that I have ever seen, this open cut coal mining, from the road, looks to cover several thousand acres. How wrong can I be, when I got home I checked with Google Earth, all the light coloured paches are open cut coal mines, my estimate is 250 sq Kilometers.  |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5019 |
Yeah I dont understand this sort of thinking. I, like most people who would read these forums, think wind farms are the coolest looking things and would love to have one in their back yard. I visited Ravenshoe a couple of years ago and the windfarm up there is loved by the locals, even thougn there were a few objections before construction was started. I think this sort of thinking comes from very small minded people, who dont get the big picture. The view from their front gate is as far as they can see. They are not overy bright or worldly, and only care about their own backyard. Its frustrating, I know. You want to shake them and say "Look at this, have you considered that, and what about them". But they wont listen. They cant understand someone elses point of view. All you can do is ignore them, or they will just depress you. Maybe someone should paint over the sign with "Save our future, ignore the idiots" Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| petanque don Senior Member  Joined: 02/08/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 212 |
Perhaps he works in a coal mine or has shares in coal fired power stations. It seems that there are a lot of people who have vested interests and good spin doctors are out to push their own agenda rather than allow informed and unimpeded debate on an issue. I suppose one of the joys of freedom of speech is that even the ignorant, stupid and insane get to speak. How much people should listen to them is a different issue. |
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| petanque don Senior Member Joined: 02/08/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 212 |
On reflection http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5541543 the other towers in the photo seem to be more obvious. Is a photo of starfish hill south of Adelaide. I will suggest that phone towers are a lot more common and a lot uglier perhaps the environmentalists should ban mobile phones. This may even save some electricity as well. |
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