It is time to call out some of the madness that is infecting western civilization.  The despots who are peddling this psychotic agenda have set their sights on the west under the guise of saving the planet. The foundation stone of western civilization is democracy, with democracy comes government by consent, safety, prosperity, freedom of thought, expression and research, freedom from religious dogma and government authoritarian controls.  Back in 2010, the influential climate scientist James Lovelock suggested that it "may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while" to curb emissions.[i]  The lefty loonies have taken this to heart and have been eroding our food security, energy security and freedoms to fix an imaginary atmospheric problem. 

 

Any sane person would agree to fix an environmental problem you have to work on the problem.  Biodiversity loss, desertification, extinctions, erosion etc. must be dealt with at the source.  The people who are saying to save the planet you have to surrender your freedoms, possessions and live in smart cities eating insects will not be changing their lifestyles.   

 

First and foremost, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, it is an essential naturally present trace gas which all life on earth depends.  We currently have a concentration of 0.04% in the atmosphere, if this level were to drop to 0.02% there would not be enough to grow green vegetation resulting in the collapse of organized agriculture and therefore civilization.[ii]  The demonization of an essential trace gas will go down in history as the best orchestrated scam the modern world has fallen for. 

 

Biogenic methane released from grazing animals is not damaging to the environment.  If the livestock were not present the grass would be releasing methane as it rots or burns.  Livestock grazing grass is the environment, livestock cannot add to atmospheric gasses, they can only cycle them.[iii]  Carbon is used by plants to grow, the livestock eat the plant, the digestive system produces some methane which rapidly photo oxidizes in the atmosphere to form carbon and water to be used by grasses. 

 

Vehicles can either have a traditional internal combustion engine or the new external combustion engine (EV – electric vehicle).  Whilst external combustion engines may have a place in the cities, they simply do not have the range, power, or utility to work in the bush.  The energy needed to move an object such as a motor car is the same whether it is using diesel or electricity.  Somehow, we must stop using fossil fuel in the form of petroleum but its fine to use it to dig up raw materials for batteries, wind turbines, solar panels, or gas turbine generators.  Fossil fuels are a resource so by nature they are infinite, by virtue that once a resource becomes scarce it becomes uneconomic to use and a new resource or technology takes its place.  The stone age was replaced by the bronze age which was replaced by the iron age.

 

If a farmers destroys the environment that supports the business they are running, it would be sold up as an uneconomic unit and a farmer that could manage the environment would be put in their place.  Farmers generally do the best they can by the environment within their financial means.  If society wants better environmental outcomes they need to pay the farmers better.  I am yet to see a farmer who does not spend more on their land when finances allow.   Any other intervention will just result in shortages or more expensive food. 

 

Unless we want to have mindless carbon restrictions reducing our livestock numbers, menthane taxes, vehicles which are not fit for farm purpose and unworkable green tape, we need to get together and stand up for our industry.  Legislated advocacy bodies are not going to represent you, they are too busy doing their jobs to properly advocate for you, or engage with you, or listen to what you want. 

 

We must take responsibility and become our own advocates and a united political force.  Joining together as an online community where you can have a voice is the only way we can stop being on the receiving end of this northern hemisphere agenda.  It is a chicken and egg scenario where no one wants to join an online movement until everyone else is online – none of us are as good as all of us together.  www.onfarm.co has been built for this purpose and is free for you to use.  The future is ours to decide, at the moment. 

 

George King

Carcoar.

 

 

 

 

 

[i] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock#:~:text=In%20a%202010%20interview%20with,hold%20for%20the%20time%20being.

[ii] https://www.quora.com/If-CO2-is-halved-we-could-all-die-cause-plant-life-start-to-die-under-200-ppm-yet-if-CO2-quadruples-1600-ppm-than-we-would-be-in-the-ideal-range-for-plant-life-So-how-exactly-is-carbon-destroying-a-planet-that-is

 

[iii] https://www.goodmeat.com.au/environmental-sustainability/biogenic-carbon-cycle/