[gungadin]

Funny if the conditions Australia is facing weren't so serious. However plans being implemented in Australia to recycle sewerage for drinking water is no joke.

[Darkwolf377]

Art Bell, one of the biggest names in American radio

I wish the person who wrote this article knew that Art Bell is a joke. Each time I've heard him he's made some moronic claim which never came true.

[geopyg]

They did some shown on the firestorms in/near Sydney on Discovery or whatever from a few years ago. Then went on with computer graphics etc. to show what could happen under more severe drought conditions and of course they showed a wall of flames covering most of the city as I recall. (”It Could Happen Tomorrow” or some such show).

[Domangart]

If they can grow wheat in SA, they can provide enough water for Australia.

[CarrotAndStick]

Auistralia has the world’s largest resources of Uranium, among other things. Ten nuclear power plants, exclusively dedicated to sea-water desalination, ought to do it. :^)

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

And it is being debated whether an Australian city, Perth, may one day be abandoned because of drought. Eleven million Australians would be about half the population. Australia is already the driest inhabited (so excluding Antarctica, though Antarctica could be wetter) on the planet, and its getting drier.

[tlb]

>>>Well, it’s all a bit of a joke - and the big laugh is on US talkback host Art Bell, one of the biggest names in American radio.

Or maybe that’s what THEY want you to think. And news.com.au is probably owned by Rupert Murdoch, so find the neocon, or the Greys. Whatever.

[JerseyHighlander]

Forget about the people, in 5 weeks the Murray-Darling water boards will find out their yearly water quotas. Hundreds and hundreds of ranches and marginally-productive farms will probably get 0% allocation of their water quotas for the next year. They are looking at abandoning something like 15% of the irrigation infrastructure in Australia, and for this year, a landmass the size of approx~ Colorado will be left to return to the wild.

[BigCinBigD]

I here by volunteer to shelter Three Australian women. As long as I can hand pick them. :0)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***However plans being implemented in Australia to recycle sewerage for drinking water is no joke.***

Some how a scene from Austin Powers comes to mind.

[Right Wing Assault]

Bell, who is on more radio stations than any other US broadcaster

They forgot to tell what time of 'day' he's on.

[JimRed]

Bell, who is on more radio stations than any other US broadcaster...

I never knew that; is it true?

That said, his middle of the wee small hours time slot has to limit the audience size.

[vox humana]

You can't blame Art Bell for making all of these ridiculous claims. Years ago, Art Bell was abducted by aliens, and they implanted chips in his brain. The aliens control everything he says on the air.

[Tribune7]

Well, it's all a bit of a joke - and the big laugh is on US talkback host Art Bell, one of the biggest names in American radio.

That's sort of like saying Weekly World News is one of the biggest names in American publishing.

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[Revelation 911]

However plans being implemented in Australia to recycle sewerage for drinking water is no joke.

[metesky]

recycle sewerage for drinking water

Some American cities already do that. Unless things have changed in the thirty-five years since I lived there, one of those cities is Lawrence, MA.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Welcome to Dune.

[redgolum]

Ah Art Bell.

I have often thought he is a guy who uses the tin foil nutty crowd to make a lot of money. Used to listen to him on night shift occasionally.

[headsonpikes]

I’ve just finished reading “Burning Bush - A Fire History of Australia” by Stephen Pyne. He reveals a world almost entirely unknown to me, of how wildfire has formed Australia’s ecosystems and how both aboriginal and settler Australians used fire to alter the landscape for economic reasons. A truly fascinating book - at least the first half. He badly needed an editor.

http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/PYNBUR.html

[M. Espinola]

Are the kangaroos listed in the Down Under evacuation?

[Lloyd227]

"...plans being implemented in Australia to recycle sewerage for drinking water is no joke"

We do that in the US, in Arizona for one place and likely lots of others...

water is water, doesn't matter where it's been, what matters is whether it's been returned to a relatively clean and sanitary condition