Given that the world governments are too stupid to take bold action to mitigate climate change, all that's left is adaptation.

Penny Wong's release of the coastal communities impacts reports is one realistic assessment that confirms what we have known since the late 1980's. Clearly the Australian government has given up pretending that it can take any action while it is held hostage by a combination of No No LibNuts, big oil, big coal and big Media (just check out what Rupert Murdoch has said on the issue).

In the meantime comedian Rod Quantock gave a delightful lecture on water issues at the ANU and it is a scream (Deniers will call it scaremongering) but in the light of $$$$'s post, Quantock has nominated Invercargill in NZ as the place to survive, even over our own Tasmania.

Being on what he described as the happy side of deceased now, I guess I won't be here to see the big changes... the current heatwaves and the constant lack of water are bad enough.