Nth Qlders are going berserk with delirious joy as ADANI gets the go ahead to DIG DIG DIG and bury the smelly LUNATIC EXTREMIST GREENIES.

Just on the Lefties favorite station 2GB, that got Shorty dumped into the garbage bin.

BH is quick to play the sad sack. Is he a closet Greeny ?

The next BIG step is a HELE clean coal power station in Nth Qld using ADANI coal to produce endless CHEAP POWER.

And what about the dams ?

And the Bradfield Scheme ?

Things is moving up in Nth Qld as the Food Bowl heads towards a reality.

juliar wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 1:51pm:




Dams- simplistic solution. Maximise our efficiency in using water
Bradfield- Bradfield's scheme and others have been criticised because they are not practical.[2] This scheme has been criticised because of the high capital and ongoing running costs which would make the project uneconomical.

Elevation measurements were taken with a barometer, leading to inaccuracies in land heights and mistakes in the proposal.[4] In most cases no flow record of the rivers were available to Bradfield. He used an empirical formula which assumed 33% of the water flow would be lost to evaporation and seepage. The estimated water available for the scheme was 114 cubic metres per second (4,000 cu ft/s).[4]

The extreme evaporation rate in the interior is another negative determinant. No clear evidence has been provided that the amount of water supplied will exceed the evaporation rate. The reduction in river discharge to the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon may diminish coastal fisheries by reducing the supply of terrestrial organic matter to the coastal and estuarine environment.

In 1947, W.H.R. Nimmo, conducted a critical review of the scheme.[4] He proved that Bradfield's estimates of the amount of water available from the easterly flowing rivers were about two and half times greater than it actually was. The error was attributed to the methodology used to calculate flow estimates was based on German rivers where the average temperature was much less than in northern Australia.[4]

juliar wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:03pm:




1. Its not 500 years. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=coal_reserves

The US has it at about 300 based on current use.

2. I'm not anti or pro anything. There are many issues with the Bradfield scheme, hence why it shouldnt just be shouted out by someone with an IQ of a house plant.

Aussie wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:10pm:




Don't come up with reasonable objections. Juliar only deals in the irrational.

What will juliar do next:

- attack Bojack and call him names?

- abandon the thread?

- engage in intelligent debate?

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:17pm:



I have money on the 1st.

What a pity as full size Thorium reactors
are so close to realisation.
Safe, cheap, unlimited power.

Wow I have really got the Lefty naysayers running at full revs and blurting out the Greeny rubbish they have been so gullible to believe.

They are all perched on their armchairs waving the arms about like they are trying to fly. Flap Flap!!!

Water frequently flows into the dead center at certain times so all that is required is to store that huge amount of water in strategic dams when it falls.

The Qlders knew what they were doing when they shoved Shorty into the garbage bin.

All that fabulous commerce flooding into Nth Qld.

Wonder what they would throw at Bob Brown if he showed up there ?  A Gillard sandwich ?

So Queensland's Labor party has approved Adani, bloody Labor...

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:27pm:



what hope did she have??? the last election told her what the QLD people want...

not the 20 or 50 protesters  who think the world stops because they say so..

did Anna do a POLL before she decided...

juliar wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:03pm:


You're projecting again.

juliar wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:52pm:


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cods wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:33pm:

what are you on Cods,,, Captain Bligh is the one that started the whole Adani Mine it's been a Labor project from the beginning.....Nothing as at all to do with the Lib's... thankfully

Gosh inebriated Greggy is joined by the totally nutty Greeny Tweedledee pumping out her ignorance.

Just goes to show what energy coal creates.

Wonder how many LUNATIC EXTREMIST GREENIES will commit suicide ? They certainly won't be missed.

Greggy's tired mind is going crosseyed as he cannot think what to say as he is so out of his depth.

What Greggy needs is lots of profanities!!!!!!!

Greggy are you sure you are not inebriated ?

Bobby. wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 2:20pm:


Too little, too late booby. YOUR pack of vandals have got their way and we will all suffer the consequences. Can't wait to see all these jobs.
People are so bloody stupid! Now watch Clive pressure the libs to get his mine going to pay him off for his "electoral assistance". 

And......over to you now Adani.  Time to stump up.  Money/mouth.  We'll see.

juliar wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 6:27pm:


Because the jobs and investment that was promised came with a price tag of Australian Tax Payers money.  Since then, Adani has been walking back what they'll deliver in return.

Now that they've got the OK we'll see what happened.

If it's only 100 jobs, is it worth it?

The cost to the taxpayers, the damage to the environment, are you that desperate for what you think is liberal tears?

Who is the extremist again?

The dreary old Greeny Kangyroo is bemoaning the FACT that the LUNATIC EXTREMIST GREENIES have done themselves in with their idiotic nation destroying UN Agenda 2030 rubbish.

They have overdone it and made themselves look silly so that the normal straight people of Australia now see them as treasonous traitors and enemies of Australia.

The LUNATIC EXTREMIST GREENIES are finished!!!    And Bob Brown drove the final nail into their coffin with his idiotic intrusion into ADANI territory which ALSO sunk Labor.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/taxpayers-fork-out-31-million-to-c...

Mine comes with taxpayer-funded cleanup bill, if the past is the anything to go with.

That is my concern as well.  However, the Adani mine is just the tip, there are a number of other mines by larger companies at under application. 

Authorised Holder Name      Permit Name      Permit Number      Size km2      Status
ADANI MINING PTY LTD      CARMICHAEL      ML 70441      260      Granted
ADANI MINING PTY LTD      CARMICHAEL EAST      ML 70505      135      Granted
ADANI MINING PTY LTD      CARMICHAEL NORTH      ML 70506      16      Granted
ALPHA COAL PTY LTD      SOUTH GALILEE COAL PROJECT      ML 70453      309      Application
HANCOCK COAL PTY LTD      ALPHA      ML 70426      324      Application
HANCOCK GALILEE PTY LTD      KEVIN'S CORNER      ML 70425      374      Application
MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD      PCS EAST      ML 70514      49      Application
MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD      PCS SOUTH      ML 70515      47      Application
MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD      PCS WEST      ML 70516      47      Application
MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD      PCS CENTRAL      ML 70517      32      Application
MACMINES AUSTASIA PTY LTD      PCS NORTH      ML 70518      26      Application
WARATAH COAL PTY LTD      NORTH ALPHA MINING LEASE      ML 70489      1048      Application
WARATAH COAL PTY LTD      CHINA FIRST COAL PROJECT      ML 70454      756      Application

As you can see adani at best, is one of the moderate sized operations due to be potentially approved in the area.  If all approved, some 3423 square km will be used for mining.  The environmental impact will be perhaps twice of that, and due to the fact that coal mining is very water intense, it will draw on the existing supply of water from the river systems.  This will be in competition to the current local major economic activities dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing.   The use of waters from existing river system, and the great artesian basin, and the risk of contamination will have the potential to effect a greater area into NT, NSW and SA. 

Just assume the best possible senario, is that all of these projections combined will bring in a total of 10000 direct jobs, into an area population of 12000.  In order to cope with this increase in demand, there will have to be increased spending on infrastrutures to support what it is a transient population.   After the life of the mine had finished usually 30 years, the economical activities of the areas will die down, and by then, there will be no going back to farmying forestry or fishing as you will have containmnated zones that is good for nothing for hundreds of years.

tickleandrose wrote on Jun 17^th, 2019 at 2:45pm:


Palmer will want the favour returned for getting the LNP over the line with his bulk preference deal

tickleandrose wrote on Jun 17^th, 2019 at 2:45pm:



... and during the 'boom' time of production, prices will be sky-high, many Suckers will buy a house there in the hopes of establishing a home and family, and then at close down time find it is worth nothing and they will lose possibly millions, given the cost of a mortgage etc.  Many will walk away with nothing leaving an empty house or a furniture filled house that nobody wants, since it is too expensive to transport away the furniture etc.  Plenty of ghost towns out West from mining booms....

Oh - and many non-residents may foolishly 'invest' in 'hot property' for rental in a boom town, only to lose in the same way ...... then the poor can pick up a house for $7k again .....