Cats eating into world fish stocks
GOURMET meals dished up to pampered pets could be threatening world fish supplies, Victorian scientists have warned.
Calculations by Deakin University researchers show an estimated 2.48 million tonnes of forage fish are used each year by the global cat food industry.
Leading this fishy business is the US, where more than 1.1 million tonnes of small forage fish, including sardines, herrings and anchovies, go into cat food.
Wind generators trial compressed air battery
From the New York Times When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg dreamed out loud last week about a New York skyline filled with wind turbines, one of the most serious issues raised by the naysayers was that the wind does not always blow when you need it. But a New Jersey company plans to announce on Continue Reading →
Japanese ships fitted with solar panels
From Physorg.com A huge freighter capable of carrying 6,400 automobiles will be equipped with 328 solar panels at a cost of 150 million yen (1.37 million dollars), said the official at shipping line Nippon Yusen. document.context=’YjozMiNjOjIwfA==’; <a href=’http://adms.physorg.com/openads/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a649a0c4&cb=%n’ target=’_blank’><img src=’http://adms.physorg.com/openads/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=8&n=a649a0c4&ct0=%c’ border=’0′ alt=” /></a> The ship, which is expected to be completed in December, will be Continue Reading →
New look Senate makes water its top priority
LUCY SKUTHORP in The Land A new-look Senate is cutting its teeth debating plans to fix the Lower Lakes in South Australia, with those holding the balance of power pushing for an emergency inquiry in a bid to transfer significant volumes of water from storages in the northern Murray Darling Basin. Wasting no time to Continue Reading →
Irrigation statistics challenge cliches
The figures come amid renewed calls for irrigation licences to be bought back in order to save South Australia’s Lower Lakes, and bickering between the farmers in the Basin States as to who was to blame for the over-use of water.
And while the northern Basin irrigators have been the target of the South Australian residents and green groups, the ABS statistics show that SA irrigators actually increased their water use in 2006-07 while extractions further north decreased.
Bendigo calls for genetic engineering ban
From the Bendigo Times BLINDING self-interest is the only motivation behind the Victorian Government’s insistence on pushing genetically modified farming on to central Victoria, Bendigo Mayor David Jones said yesterday. ‘‘The people who think the science is in on genetic engineering are the very same people who think the science is not in on climate Continue Reading →