Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Unsustainanable reactive approches



The beach is almost gone and the rock treatments are bigger than ever. The erosion of the beach ridge system is completely avoidable, but the works which caused it have not been dealt with . No mistake has been admitted and money has for the fifth time in a decade been thrown at a solution which fails to deal with the basic problem ( not mentioning it here because noone since 2006 has raised it with me )

Many people want to be called conservationist, but they don't really know what that means - its means preventing problems from happening , not trying to fix up " damage" How can our Shire Call itself conservationist when they try to solve environmental problems with more and more engineering solutions.If land is soft we make it hard with rock--- well if you are real simple and see things in only 2 dimensions its completely rational .
Conservation just becomes a matter of money and people are just allowed to do what they like. Our leadesr are afraid to mention the word mistake and mistaken .At least Labor talked about planning - Libs appear not to really believe in it .
Care is not something you do ahead of time but something you do after an accident or a tragedy . Many new age conservationists are really techno tragics - hooked on the idea that a price on the problem will fix the problem .

Some people at Apollo bay now have Ocean views after that annoying dune washed away .
Mr Mulder will no doubt fund some more works to repair the damage that rich and unthinking people have created on the foreshore . Who needs a beach to sit on when when you can have rocks . Note this problem was identified here in 2006 . http://otwaysonline.blogspot.com/2006/12/welcome-to-our-beautiful-rocky-beaches.html
Why should anyone vote Liberal when they fall for the same old reactionary non science that plaqued their predecessors.

1 Comments:

Blogger journeymanj said...

Let me just say now in December 2012 that (yes I wasted a lot of time with deaf counsellors trying to get sense as a geomorphic planner and soils engineer ) When I started work in 1980's , no self respecting Vic roads person would have allowed engineers to do what they did in last 20 years on Apollo bay North shore .Its a disgrace . I don't know who is advising Mr Mulder now but he clearly ought to know better than to accept the advice previously given . A complete plan was provide to the Shire more than 20 years ago and it would have worked to provide parking, long term beach protection and a bypass around the area.Not so easy now but it can still be done .Quite a few rocks to dig out of our wrecked beaches !

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