"Holy pharkn soorious money" screamed Honoruru.
We had one of our mates, "Beaver", over to look at the gold and tell us what she thought. Beaver is a geologist by profession and hence really good at going down under. Beaver pulled out all sorts of program to help us analyse what sort of yield we could anticipate from the gold deposit under the Tree House. IT was years since I'd done any of this krigging type analysis and I was busy trying to get my head back around the nugget and sill variances on her variograms. I was trying to put it all into plain english for the Tree Housers and for Lazarus.
What I did see and understand was very impressive.
We had one of our mates, "Beaver", over to look at the gold and tell us what she thought. Beaver is a geologist by profession and hence really good at going down under. Beaver pulled out all sorts of program to help us analyse what sort of yield we could anticipate from the gold deposit under the Tree House. IT was years since I'd done any of this krigging type analysis and I was busy trying to get my head back around the nugget and sill variances on her variograms. I was trying to put it all into plain english for the Tree Housers and for Lazarus.
What I did see and understand was very impressive.
It turned out we'd have a billion dollars worth of gold within a 1km radius of the Tree House.
We grabbed a few 4064 Squadron beers and sat on the back deck. A few Golden Orb spiders had strung massive webs that shone brightly in the sunlight. It was a clear afternoon and we could see the sun setting through all the massive eucalypts over on the ridge. Down in the jungle the birds were all singing in the rainforest trees. The possums would be out late in the night.
Just as we were settling down Princess Leah and Dukie pulled up. They had been fishing with some of the local tribes in the Mighty River and they had a heap of beautiful fish for dinner. They were planning on cooking up a big curry as a heap of the native villagers were coming over.
Are you getting at what I am thinking here?
Should we waste this paradise for some foreign owned mining company for a token effort in royalty payments?
I didn't know what to do and I was sooriously against any grab for cash that would deplete the resources of the locals and destroy the landscape for some immediate and relatively small financial consideration.
I have been through it so many times with the Tree House Technologies and life in general. If it appears easy now and someone wants to give you money it is because someone else is getting it cheaply and will give you a few bucks to ruin your resource, your environment and possibly your life. In the case of the locals in the jungle it would ruin an entire culture, ecosystems and hundreds of lives. And that is irreplaceable as far as I am concerned. You can run a technology company and understand the need for progress but not at the expense of some very important values.
So we waited for all of the locals to turn up. I'd be upfront and honest with them and let them all decide. I knew we would have to provide options. We'd have to commit significant resources to developing the place so they had all of their requirements and could be "wealthy" without financial rewards.
It turned out to be easier than I thought. Lazarus had organised a few of the Elders from tribes up north to come and discuss their experiences with mining companies. What they had to say wasn't good and it made my job easier.
I gave a presentation on how we could sell "ecosystem services" to the local towns and tourists and get income. This includes maintaining clean water and native fish stocks through riparian vegetation management, carbon trading through the rainforest trees and others. Instead of selling the land and the resource under it we could sell the carbon in the rainforest trees to a mining company to offset their emissions from other operations. We could go into ecotourist operations on the edges of the jungle and build loads of tree houses. We could pay the local communities for indigenous culture like art and dancing and put the proceeds back into village development. This would include medicines and education.
Honoruru was not a big fan of this as she could see come immediate benefits in cashflow from selling out but she also respected my position. Honoruru stood up and gave an impressive presentation on finance and business plans and what we could do with the locals and ecosystem services.
We all agreed we'd keep this discovery secret and start with more business development with our business and finance knowledge and see how we went after six months.
Princess Leah cooked up the biggest and most beautiful jungle curry and rice and we all sat down to eat. I gave the locals some more of our natural pyrethrin insecticide stock and we farewelled them into the night. They all seemed very happy but I knew I would have to talk to Bella and make she sure jumped onto anything that seemed remotely like talk of a takeover of the Tree House or jungle. If this news escaped it could get out of control very quickly.
I asked Princess Leah and Dukie to make sure our ammunition stocks were full to overflowing and the Panster and all our vehicles were ready for immediate action. Lamb was tasked with finding another dozen AK-47s and ammunition. Honoruru had to get onto China Rhino and make sure we had access to all information from the government on mining negotiations. Blondie needed to make sure that we had adequate stocks of medicine and bandages and surgical equipment. I sent an email to Blondie to get any of her other nurse or doctor friends on call should we need them. Princess was also tasked with making sure we had enough frozen and tinned food should we be stuck here for a long war. Princess suggested we also might need alot of toilet paper and we all agreed.
The Tree House had the water back on but we needed to make sure that we had alot of purified water in bottles in case we needed it.
Lamb suggested that her and Long Hop could take their swags and build a few more camps in the area so we could always disperse if we needed it. We all agreed this was necessary. Lamb also thought she would bring in a heap of UHT milk from work.
Princess and Dukie agreed to work with all of the local tribes to keep them focused on our plans and the need for protecting natural resources. Honoruru would use her influence as Chair of the Casting Couch Committee (it was only formed recently) to get the Vaginamites, Brains Trust, the Fanny Pack and all the other girls happy with the Tree Housers.
The Japanese Whalers were a huge battle, but that would be nothing compared to a war we would have with mining companies and even the Republic government if they got wind of this.
We would prepare immediately. If we had too, Princess and Dukie would lead the military in our most important advance attacks. Lamb and Long Hop would back up with the engineering division and Rocky would be there as well. Bella would act as surveillance. Honoruru and I would negotiate when we knew who we were up against. Blondie and her mates would look after any casualties. Camilla would keep the Tree House clean.
I think we have it all under control.
Goodnight Girls. You are worth your weight in gold.
Lukie SW.
XXX
We grabbed a few 4064 Squadron beers and sat on the back deck. A few Golden Orb spiders had strung massive webs that shone brightly in the sunlight. It was a clear afternoon and we could see the sun setting through all the massive eucalypts over on the ridge. Down in the jungle the birds were all singing in the rainforest trees. The possums would be out late in the night.
Just as we were settling down Princess Leah and Dukie pulled up. They had been fishing with some of the local tribes in the Mighty River and they had a heap of beautiful fish for dinner. They were planning on cooking up a big curry as a heap of the native villagers were coming over.
Are you getting at what I am thinking here?
Should we waste this paradise for some foreign owned mining company for a token effort in royalty payments?
I didn't know what to do and I was sooriously against any grab for cash that would deplete the resources of the locals and destroy the landscape for some immediate and relatively small financial consideration.
I have been through it so many times with the Tree House Technologies and life in general. If it appears easy now and someone wants to give you money it is because someone else is getting it cheaply and will give you a few bucks to ruin your resource, your environment and possibly your life. In the case of the locals in the jungle it would ruin an entire culture, ecosystems and hundreds of lives. And that is irreplaceable as far as I am concerned. You can run a technology company and understand the need for progress but not at the expense of some very important values.
So we waited for all of the locals to turn up. I'd be upfront and honest with them and let them all decide. I knew we would have to provide options. We'd have to commit significant resources to developing the place so they had all of their requirements and could be "wealthy" without financial rewards.
It turned out to be easier than I thought. Lazarus had organised a few of the Elders from tribes up north to come and discuss their experiences with mining companies. What they had to say wasn't good and it made my job easier.
I gave a presentation on how we could sell "ecosystem services" to the local towns and tourists and get income. This includes maintaining clean water and native fish stocks through riparian vegetation management, carbon trading through the rainforest trees and others. Instead of selling the land and the resource under it we could sell the carbon in the rainforest trees to a mining company to offset their emissions from other operations. We could go into ecotourist operations on the edges of the jungle and build loads of tree houses. We could pay the local communities for indigenous culture like art and dancing and put the proceeds back into village development. This would include medicines and education.
Honoruru was not a big fan of this as she could see come immediate benefits in cashflow from selling out but she also respected my position. Honoruru stood up and gave an impressive presentation on finance and business plans and what we could do with the locals and ecosystem services.
We all agreed we'd keep this discovery secret and start with more business development with our business and finance knowledge and see how we went after six months.
Princess Leah cooked up the biggest and most beautiful jungle curry and rice and we all sat down to eat. I gave the locals some more of our natural pyrethrin insecticide stock and we farewelled them into the night. They all seemed very happy but I knew I would have to talk to Bella and make she sure jumped onto anything that seemed remotely like talk of a takeover of the Tree House or jungle. If this news escaped it could get out of control very quickly.
I asked Princess Leah and Dukie to make sure our ammunition stocks were full to overflowing and the Panster and all our vehicles were ready for immediate action. Lamb was tasked with finding another dozen AK-47s and ammunition. Honoruru had to get onto China Rhino and make sure we had access to all information from the government on mining negotiations. Blondie needed to make sure that we had adequate stocks of medicine and bandages and surgical equipment. I sent an email to Blondie to get any of her other nurse or doctor friends on call should we need them. Princess was also tasked with making sure we had enough frozen and tinned food should we be stuck here for a long war. Princess suggested we also might need alot of toilet paper and we all agreed.
The Tree House had the water back on but we needed to make sure that we had alot of purified water in bottles in case we needed it.
Lamb suggested that her and Long Hop could take their swags and build a few more camps in the area so we could always disperse if we needed it. We all agreed this was necessary. Lamb also thought she would bring in a heap of UHT milk from work.
Princess and Dukie agreed to work with all of the local tribes to keep them focused on our plans and the need for protecting natural resources. Honoruru would use her influence as Chair of the Casting Couch Committee (it was only formed recently) to get the Vaginamites, Brains Trust, the Fanny Pack and all the other girls happy with the Tree Housers.
The Japanese Whalers were a huge battle, but that would be nothing compared to a war we would have with mining companies and even the Republic government if they got wind of this.
We would prepare immediately. If we had too, Princess and Dukie would lead the military in our most important advance attacks. Lamb and Long Hop would back up with the engineering division and Rocky would be there as well. Bella would act as surveillance. Honoruru and I would negotiate when we knew who we were up against. Blondie and her mates would look after any casualties. Camilla would keep the Tree House clean.
I think we have it all under control.
Goodnight Girls. You are worth your weight in gold.
Lukie SW.
XXX
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