The impacts of the road 'renewal' projects in the Bellingen/ Gleniffer area
The stated rationale given for the $5.3 Million 'Road Renewal Program' was to boost tourism and businesses of the Promised Land and the Never Never River. The clearing of vegetation and lining the soil with bitumen and cement incidentally also eased access for the government's logging corporation (Tuckers Nob State Forests).
The year long road construction alone caused air pollution, noise, erosion, habitat loss, and greenhouse gas emissions.
The long term effects for wildlife and residents have been the loss of a livable habitat: Intensification of traffic on Gleniffer Road and Roses Road. Speeding, night time noise from traffic. More garbage in the 'gutter'.
Many fossil fuel enthusiasts are going for their ritualistic 'Sunday drive' on The Loop Drive to the Promised Land. Hoards of wanna be 'bikies' are now attracted to cruise the loop with their souped up machines. No, 'bikie gangs' are the others, here we have the fat grey nomads that finally can afford the 'Easy Rider' Harley-thingy-toy.
The area is also a niche for many local motorbike riders that are exceeding the 94 decibels limit in the age of electric motorcycles. People actually move to the countryside to enjoy the freedom of lawlessness in under-policed areas.
Compensating for the devastating #impacts of heatwaves, hurricanes and floods after they occur is too slow. With #climate risks accelerating, the world must predict who needs #funds and when.
Humanity extinction by #asteroid ☄️ impact
• Probabilistic risk assessment of giant #impacts 💥
• Risk from #NEAs
• Risks from observations
• Warning time
• Risks from long period comets (#LPC)
• Risk of complete extinction
• Risk reduction
• Effects of giant asteroid impact
• Survival on another #planet
• Survival in shelters on #Earth
• Cause of extinction
• Conclusion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328722000337