The development of the area means more cars on the road, more noise and more people, so that means less food and less space for the kangaroos to retreat to.

Kangaroos are losing their habitat at an alarming rate and are being pushed out to find food and warmth.

Something needs to be done. We can't just keep developing without caring about what is happening with the wildlife inhabitants of the land.

It's time the developers and council came together to find a better way.

The Lakes Mail website also featured a story about deers now being "an added hazard to motorists".

It's the same issue here as with the kangaroos.

How about "added motorists a hazard to deers"?

One person commented online: "They are a dangerous menace and one ran out in front of my car on Freemans Drive."

I think we are the menace - people. It is our fault this is happening.

Another person commented in response: "And we have white ones as well, making driving really dangerous."

Who cares what colour they are? They actually sound beautiful.

We're aware they are in the area. We're aware they're being pushed out into the open. They aren't running onto the road and in front of our cars on purpose. They've been living there for much longer than many of the people.

It is the people who are the danger.

- Cathi Rosewarne, Thornton

THE figures being presented regarding renewable energy's capacity to go it alone are becoming tiresome. More recently the 5000 panels on the Lake Haven Centre ("Lake Haven goes solar", Lakes Mail, July 18) were said to generate enough power to supply 450 homes, being 11 panels per home. But 11 panels will not power the average home.

The numbers cited regarding the capacity of renewables always refer to the average home, which is domestic power supply, not industrial and commercial base-load power supply.

Most large factories and shopping centres supply their own base-load power, as a complete power supply, or stand-by supply, in the form of diesel engines or gas-powered turbines driving generators. Factories and shopping centres cannot afford shut downs at any time.

Even multi-level housing units are having emergency generators installed to operate industrial air-conditioning, lifts and escalators that require base-load power all the time. Can you imagine the Sydney metro system trying to run on batteries, or future electric cars waiting for the sun to shine?

Yes, there is a place for renewable energy for the domestic market, which can operate with shut downs, but never for the industrial and commercial market, the powerhouse that drives our existence.

- Carl Stevenson, Dora Creek

DEPUTY Premier John Barilaro made an appearance in the Hunter Region recently, spending $4.25 million from the government's drought stimulus package on roads.

Funny how that money can be spent to help the Upper Hunter, but yet the government won't commit to finish the Glendale Interchange.

Maybe Glendale should be declared a drought zone.

I HAVE loved owning dogs. However, the only thing worse than a constantly yapping little (or barking big) dog is the constantly yapping (or barking) dog's owner for not stopping the rotten dog's rotten behaviour.

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