Further to the discussion regarding the travesty of justice at Oakagee / Spot X (www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51313) and what it means to the continued degradation of our environment, our coast; please look at this / sign the e-pledge / raise some noise with your local politicians. The way governments' are treating the environment; choosing the wrong solutions for a just and sustainable future in favor of "progress" (ie. feathering the nest of international business, inappropriate development and political greed), more and more of our beaches (and our atmosphere) will be doomed.
This project; one of the world's largest 2 water factories (to produce 150 billion litres / year) will be placed behind a magnificent pristine coastline (not in an industrial zone nearer Melbourne where the water's destined); ruining the amenity of the place, resulting in bans on using a 2 km stretch of world class surfing / windsurfing coastline, threatening the quality of one of the country's greatest fast barreling waves and causing MASSIVE destruction to the marine environment via 8000 litres per second of effluent / killing of 30 tonnes of marine life per day / loud underwater noise contributing to the ruination of this important whale habitat. And, 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 per year (powered by brown coal!).
Why are they doing it when 750 billion litres of excess storm water and waste water is lost / wasted every year? Collecting just half of that is cheaper environmentally and economically.
This is crazy; cannot believe our "leaders" get away with this sort of crap. We have to make them accountable somehow.
Please watch the trailer (or if it won't open watch it at www.getrealonclimatechange.org) and visit our other websites; www.watershedvictoria.org.au