Heatwaves may mean Sydney is too hot for people to live in 'within decades'

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Sydney is such a nice place. We've really fucked this planet.

I reckon, I used to live in inner west Syd, watched the local councils cut down all the trees for various reasons. Now you can barely walk down the street as it's basically a concrete slow cooker in summer.

I'm curious — what were the reasons?

Big reason for chopping down trees was they didn't like the mess/poop left behind by birds. Or didn't want to manage the trees from falling limbs an such. The irony is now the birds have no trees they thrash living in the courtyards of the malls and shit everywhere ten times worse as it's on concrete now not in a park.

Taxation will make Australia "unsurvivable" for people faster than any climate change.

Quick question (and don't look it up). One government spends 35% of GDP, another spends 37%. Which is Australia, and which the USA? That's a normal year: COVID stimulus sent both off the charts, of course.

The difference is that Australians are, for the most part, paying the bills as they come due.

Yes, this is a common talking point from the Murdoch media and mining industry about why we cannot make any changes to Australia's climate policy. It's not true, but it's a common talking point.

Taxation has been far higher in our past than now, and has been far higher internationally than it has ever been in Australia, and often coincides with economic booms and record low inequality.

edit: Also a big LOL to the thought that the Australian government raises more tax in a year than would cost the Australian economy per year to enact policies to ensure the ongoing survival of Sydney.

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