Practitioners would ease pressure
THE article “Cygnet Family Practice run by a nurse practitioner” clearly shows what the Derwent Valley community has been calling for through three petitions tabled in state parliament for the introduction of nurse practitioners 24/7 at the New Norfolk Hospital.
When you consider people can be waiting weeks to see a GP and that there are no after hours/weekend medical/health services, this article clearly shows how the introduction of nurse practitioners to allow people to be able to present at the New Norfolk Hospital would dramatically improve health outcomes and take pressure off the Derwent Valley Medical Centre. Bill Dermody
New Norfolk
QUESTIONING THE ‘FACTS’
The Nationals probably do remember their school science and that’s why they are weighing up this nation-changing decision.
Carbon dioxide is plant food, that’s why the planet is greener now than in memory. Science is not cherrypicking facts to suit an argument, such as temperature readings back to a period that suits, as well as other so-called facts concerning sea levels that will take probably decades to rise to modelled levels, models that get more inaccurate as the time period extends.
Models created by people who are funded by third parties with an agenda, and probably weather scientists who can’t get tomorrow’s weather forecast right.
Some saving of finite fossil fuels is a worthy goal but not if first world nations become third world nations.
Tim Evans New Norfolk
CLOSER LOOK AT COAL
With the coming conference on climate change in Glasgow it is time we properly looked at coal exports in relation to apportioning the carbon pollution effect of it.
There was talk of including coal exports into Australia’s carbon footprint – a ridiculous argument!
Coal does not pollute until it is burnt and it is only burnt when there is a reason – for power for local use or to manufacturer goods for local consumption or export.
Local use should be attributed to the country using the energy for local use. However, exported goods be it cars, refrigerators or TVs all have taken power to produce and thus carbon pollution. Thus to be fair, this carbon footprint from exported goods should be attributed to the country importing the goods – not to the coal producer or the country manufacturing the goods.
Complex yes, but possible these days. If you did this many of the non-producing or non-manufacturing countries would take responsibility for the carbon pollution from the goods and even food they import and remove their “Holier than thou” attitude because currently they are only showing carbon pollution from their low local energy use!
Roger Latham
Kingston
UNDERPASS NEEDED
The safety of pedestrians, cyclists and others trying to navigate the Mornington roundabout would be greatly enhanced with a multi-user underpass off the end of Bligh St, Warrane.
The long-term solution for vehicular congestion is to fly South Arm Highway over Cambridge Rd while constructing the long-awaited Tasman Highway ramps at Rosny Park is low hanging fruit
that will divert much of the Cambridge Rd traffic.
The Bligh St extension and the Gordons Hill Rd ramps will buy time for a complete rework of the whole South Arm and Tasman highway interconnector, including the Flagstaff Gully Link to Geilston Bay that will bypass the Tasman Bridge.
Cr Tony Mulder Clarence Council
DECISION ALREADY MADE
Ms Reynolds (Mercury, October 22) will move the council investigates how it can help meet the netzero target and look at projects to reduce emissions by 2030?
Council voted on emissions already. They voted against a project that promises to remove 1000+
tonnes of CO2 per annum from our atmosphere by replacing over 180,000 car trips a year on Pinnacle Rd with a cable car driven entirely on renewable energy.
They voted for a mountain hub bus depot and a fleet of diesel-powered vehicles driving hundreds of kilometres per day instead.
They voted against a mode of alpine transport that has been proven time and again around the world to have the lowest emissions (including noise) out of any other form of transport by several orders of magnitude. So, please, spare us the virtue signalling.
Tony Donaghy On behalf of Hobart Cable
Car Supporters
THANKS FOR SUPPORT
Thank you, Mercury editor, for defending the arts after an unprecedented attack by a wannabe city councillor.
Working on the tried and tired practice used by the Liberal Party to get its chosen into politics, name recognition is key – what they say has to be a headline.
In this case, the candidate has attacked an industry on its knees after Covid.
The HCC is to be commended for its support of a variety of innovative programs.
A place without the arts is a place lacking in imagination, creativity, and joy.
The prospective candidate who denigrates such things might explain how her grant of $100,000 from the Liberal Party to lobby itself on behalf of cashed-up landlords improves the fabric of our society.
Gillian Unicomb Sandford