Its terrible that we find ourselves in such a conundrum
I refer back to the ritzy cafe's you saw with the greenies within them. Did you see the pink polo shirt clad mildly rotund 45+ year old man with boat shoes and a mobile phone to his head?
Oh he's invisible in such places because he's so common. His contribution to the world is the sequential and relentless push into the outer suburbs with poorly designed economically driven subdivisions into increasingly unsuitable landscapes.
And suddenly we find ourselves with conflict between the bush and developed lands!
The next step is for those who now live in these suburbs to say that the bush must go because its endagering our life and property.
Meanwhile, the 'greenie' - who has no wealth of his/ her own to buy land like the developer to lock it up as conservation reserves (nor is there any real incentive to do so) also has an equally valid view but is increasingly denegrated for thier opinions because "its not within hte interests of society".
I ask, do you enjoy a bushwalk through national parks? Do you remember the Franklin River and the proposed dam? Who fought for these values and has had them preserved for future generations to appreciate?
May I remind you that the Franklin River dam was originally the must have asset according to the locals, council and state government at the time. NOW go and ask the same locals and government bodies if the right decision was made!
Mate I know this industry all too well. I have been involved in high level meetings on both sides of the fence and to put it succinctly both sides have an agenda its just one side has the money (which we all value to some degree) and the other has none.
In the case of the latter how do you value a greenies opinion when it does not add up in dollars and cents????
Enough said, I'm not interested in preaching to those who aren't interested.
