tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500250914284715491.post4552666160156810778..comments2023-08-19T22:25:39.865+10:00Comments on Vegetable Vagabond: Imagine a Tasmania….Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500250914284715491.post-91232535151283230252014-08-11T20:08:26.462+10:002014-08-11T20:08:26.462+10:00Thanks Kate. I have since found this site called G...Thanks Kate. I have since found this site called Good Fish Bad Fish and I'm currently reading through some of the debate there but it is very hard sorting out media bias, marketing spin and fact. I also acknowledge that in these situations like the fish farming, there is certainly no black and white and we have to strike the right shades of grey. This link may also be of interest to others too (though it's just an interest topic for me as I don't eat fish LOL) http://goodfishbadfish.com.au/?page_id=1092Tanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500250914284715491.post-34390574741877519942014-08-11T10:33:32.056+10:002014-08-11T10:33:32.056+10:00Hi Tanya,
Lovely to have your comments. Yes Hydro ...Hi Tanya,<br />Lovely to have your comments. Yes Hydro Tasmania has been doing a fabulous job creating 100% sustainable power from hydro and wind etc but the ridiculous removal by current governments of the financial benefits (carbon tax + emissions targets) to Hydro Tas for all this research and infrastructure means they are now struggling to exist and projects ready to start are now on hold, just at the time when workers from the west coast need jobs after mining collapses etc.<br />Re fish farming: it can be wonderfully sustainable but the laws and rules in Tasmania are lax meaning pollution from the dense fish numbers in the pens is causing havoc to sea beds and inland waterways where I am in the Huon area. I want them to be leaders not lagging decades behind world best practice.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500250914284715491.post-14465022275463125422014-08-11T10:02:19.462+10:002014-08-11T10:02:19.462+10:00I try to be well informed but I guess we can't...I try to be well informed but I guess we can't know everything all of the time so I am a bit puzzled by a couple of things in your post and hope you will be able to enlighten me. Firstly, hydro power is generated from water flow from the highlands and creates energy from a renewable natural source doesn't it? In times of low water it will be great to have the extra of wind farms. I'm certainly in favour of them but I thought Tasmania pretty much already produced our own power and sold extra to the Victorian grid?<br />I'm also confused about the unsustainable fish farming. I was led to believe that they are getting it right and it is in fact ocean fish harvesting that is currently an unsustainable practice? I don't know about the southern farms but I thought the ones in Macquarie Harbour were very "clean green" and sustainable. I know these are probably big topics but a brief answer and maybe a link to help me find further information would be helpful. I was optimistic that a growing fish farming industry might supply more jobs for the West Coast with the losses in forestry and mining.Tanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.com