I am sympathetic to the argument against a big population but I dont think
the film made the argument very well - full of assumptions and non
sequeters. It didnt seem to consider that we did and continue to do great
environmental damage in areas of small population in Australia, with most
people showing very little commitment to compromise our lifestyles to
protect the environment. I think it stimulated debate and that is useful,
but it felt like Nimbyism.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> I had the good fortune last night to attend the launch of Dick Smith's film
> "Population Puzzle". The event was hosted by Kelvin Thomson - the only
> Federal MP who has been prepared to speak out consistently against a "Big
> Australia" and Dick himself was in attendance at the end to answer
> questions. The film is wide ranging, looking at development issues, why we
> need to import skilled labour (and the effect this has on developing
> countries), food resources (if we keep paying farmers to stop growing
> things
> what does the future hold) and greenhouse gases (hard to take from someone
> travelling around by helicopter and large 4WD!). Inevitably the film is
> simplistic in places and one-sided, but hopefully will stimulate debate. As
> birders we should surely be concerned about how much space will be left for
> birds in a country of 35million!
>
> The film shows on ABC1 on Thu 12th 8:30pm.
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