From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beckett wrote:
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
> news::
>> Damned straight about Australia.  They could have a brilliant future with
>> a resultant cultural, political and economic shift in the Anglosphere of
>> the future.
>
> There are many problems with Australia that many people are not aware of
> (I'm not suggesting this applies to you).
>
> Vast areas of North America have 20 feet or more of good quality top soil.
> There is nowhere in Australia like that. The Australian continent is
> ancient (meaning it has had little tectonic disturbance). It is flat, and
> what topsoils exist are easily washed away. When rain does fall, vast
> areas are flooded for weeks (because there is no fall to cause
> fast-running rivers to drain the flood).
>
> There is a thin belt of arable land around the rim of Australia. The soil
> in these areas is eroding, and needs constant fertilisation.
>
> I'm just warning that any people planning to mass-migrate to Australia as
> a backup plan may find it not as hospitable as they hoped.
>
> John
>

Ah but what happens if it stops being the driest continent? Say 30 years of
serious storms making it all the way to the interior?

Imagine if stuff starts to spin off the Pacific just like it does off the atlantic.

You've had a couple so far this year (& they've been from both sides).

If the pacific & indian get warmer then more water goes up & what
goes up must come down....

Adam

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