Now this is Farmer passion

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By Dwain Duxson.

Now this is Farmer passion - I said I would give this energy stuff a rest for a while, and I promise I will, but I got a reply this morning that outlined to me the passion Farmers have for Farming. If I was awarding reply of the week, it would win hands down...See below. Have a great Weekend.

“Dwain, Don’t give the renewables subject a rest! Your man, the Hall of Famer, is spot on! Total waste of money, and the environment will be worse off. We shouldn’t be giving this topic a rest, instead we just shouldn’t be preaching to the converted! Is there any way all these arguments you’ve gathered against renewables in Farming areas can be put into more mainstream media rather than through Farm Tender or The Farmers Club emails? 

This is the time to put the foot down and finally get rural Australia’s point of view across, if the sentiment for renewables is as you say, waning, now is the time to go harder and kill it off before it has a chance to regroup. 

These wind turbines and solar and transmission lines across the Farming are going to be an environmental basket case and will only take more productive Land out of Farming. These things are cancer in the “body” of Agriculture, and we should be hitting it straight with nuclear radiation (how’s that for a metaphor!). I’m not saying nuclear is the answer (I just loved that metaphor); far from it, we have an age of coal and gas left in Australia. We just need to use it here instead of selling it. Finally, make our country self-sufficient. 

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This is the time to put the foot down and finally get rural Australia’s point of view across, if the sentiment for renewables is as you say, waning, now is the time to go harder and kill it off before it has a chance to regroup. 

These wind turbines and solar and transmission lines across the Farming are going to be an environmental basket case and will only take more productive Land out of Farming. These things are cancer in the “body” of Agriculture, and we should be hitting it straight with nuclear radiation (how’s that for a metaphor!). I’m not saying nuclear is the answer (I just loved that metaphor); far from it, we have an age of coal and gas left in Australia. We just need to use it here instead of selling it. Finally, make our country self-sufficient. 

It’s about bloody time that rural Australia stood up for itself. Look in the paper at the moment; it’s largely all bad news for Agriculture, and it’s all from government legislation. As follows:

- wind turbines/solar panels/Towers in Farming areas.

- water buybacks.

- lockup of state forests from logging and grazing.

- live export of Sheep.

- wanting to push the cost of biosecurity back onto Farmers.

- lack of healthcare in rural areas.

- methane emissions in Sheep and Cattle

All red tape can be simply fixed by the stroke of a pen or a change in government. And all stand in the way of increasing productivity on Farm. Less and less Farmland every day, with less water to use it on. 

I hope that the rally in Canberra gets a good following and gets the noise it deserves. Farmers are no good at being activists, we are all too busy focusing inwards and not outwards. 

Geez these things make me angry, sorry Dwain, you must get some great emails, with ideas and opinions and reactions. I wonder if you could use them somehow to show what rural Australia is thinking on a bigger level, a kind of pulse reading for rural Australia, it could be a weekly Column in the Australian or something. Showing the city folk what their rural third cousins are really thinking. 

Now, there’s your answer to your newfound love of writing! Million dollar idea there! Actually the more I type, the better this idea gets! These things should be published somewhere where they can do some good for the country and our industry.

Think about the column thing. I reckon that is right up your alley and suits your style”. Reply to dwaind@farmtender.com.au

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