I am going to write about Cubbie Station again, because it is a diabolically bad decision to sell it to overseas investors.
It would be just like this Labor Government that next year after the sale has gone through that they strip a large volume of water off it anyway and we well know they are very capable of doing that.
Don't you reckon that would annoy the chinese somewhat, you bet it would and our economy would really suffer if this occurs.
Tony Burke and the MDBA had a golden opportunity to correct one of the big mistakes made by earlier governments, for that is what happened at Cubbie was, it needs rectifying and now is the perfect opportunity.
To the investors looking to buy Cubbie, be very very careful and remember that you are growing crops in our outback, it gets really hot and uses a lot of water, I heard that it wasn't profitable out there to irrigate once diesel got to $1.20 per litre, so maybe the chinese plan on building their own power station.
My god I have been harping on about the need for vision, commitment and common sense, at the moment I only see it coming from Barnaby Joyce and the National Party.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA'S ENVIRONMENT, WE MUST SIEZE THIS OPPORTUNITY, LET'S KEEP FIGHTING
Following are the contact details for 2 companies involved in the proposed purchase;
Shandong Ruyi (80%) Email: sry@shandongruyi.com Website: http://www.shandongruyi.com/
Lempriere (20%) Email: wool@lempriere.com.au Website: http://www.lempriere.com.au/
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DeleteThe property called Cubbie station in QLD has the capacity to grow 200 km² of cotton.
ReplyDeleteThe station is licenced to take 460,000 megalitres, the station is often derided for its large water usage requirements in a time of extreme drought in Australia and damage to the Murray Darling river system.
Imagine if they used that same farm to grow hemp?
The cotton plant needs about 50 percent more water per season than hemp, which can grow with little irrigation.
That is 230,000,000 litres of water in a very dry country very used to drought.
Hemp can be used for:
Body care products - moisturizers, soaps, shampoo
Building materials - Hempcrete, fiberglass, Fiberboard
Ropes
Clothing / textile
Food & Beverages - Hemp is the only plant that contains all of the essential fatty acids and amino acids required by the human body.
Paper - Paper made from hemp lasts hundreds of years longer than wood-pulp paper, The USDA reported in 1916 that an acre of hemp produced as much paper as four acres of trees annually!
Fuels for vehicles
Carbon sequestering, - A field of hemp will sequester around 22 tonnes of carbon!
Plastic - The new lotus has parts made from hemp
Chemical cleaning of soil - Hemp was grown in Chernobyl to help clean the soil some 250 - 400 plants per year were grown in Chernobyl.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
http://www.informationdistillery.com/hemp.htm
It is time to grow hemp!
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/26_14356.htm
The simple act of growing, harvesting and processing hemp on Cubbie could triple their income within months, Hemp grows at a rate of up to 13 feet in 90 days!
Time IS running out!