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Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:20pm

White elephants during drought

Building new ones are as risky as betting behind drunken sailors at a casino since rain patterns will shift due to AGW

And in flood, weapons of mass destruction.

So why some in the old parties so keen on old ideas like Dams

Tony Abbott's dam solution for flooded rivers

TONY Abbott will develop a plan to build a series of dams around the nation, as part of the Coalition's policy platform for the next election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-dam-solution-for-f...

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FriYAY Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7395	Re: Why Do Libs Support More Dams Reply #1 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm If there were no dams you would not be here, idiot.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Why Do Libs Support More Dams Reply #2 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:30pm FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm: If there were no dams you would not be here, idiot. How many dams do the Liberals plan to build in the Nullarbor ... and how many people will they support?
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Reply #3 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:43pm

The Dams in WA are almost always empty and are useless most of the time.....That is why we will build two desalination plants to ensure supply.....Perth is also the only capitol city to be built on an aquifer .....How the Eastern States will handle inevitable droughts is not going to be solved by building more dams.....Old school stupidity IMO!!!

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Re: Why Do Libs Support More Dams
Reply #4 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:50pm

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:30pm:

FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

If there were no dams you would not be here, idiot.

How many dams do the Liberals plan to build in the Nullarbor ... and how many people will they support?

Moronic response. Large dams would be saving water right now. For the environment and people.

Who gives a fig if they dry out? They'll fill up again.

The key is to build storage away from the main flow and pump/direct excess water there, not dam the actual river.

Greens thinking is disasterous.

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Reply #5 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 4:09am

FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:50pm:

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:30pm:

FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

If there were no dams you would not be here, idiot.

How many dams do the Liberals plan to build in the Nullarbor ... and how many people will they support?

Moronic response. Large dams would be saving water right now. For the environment and people.

Who gives a fig if they dry out? They'll fill up again.

The key is to build storage away from the main flow and pump/direct excess water there, not dam the actual river.

Greens thinking is disasterous.

So who should finance the building of white elephant dams

Don't tell me someone from the right believes public debt can be a tool for investments.

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Reply #6 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 6:58am

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:43pm:

The Dams in WA are almost always empty and are useless most of the time.....That is why we will build two desalination plants to ensure supply.....Perth is also the only capitol city to be built on an aquifer .....How the Eastern States will handle inevitable droughts is not going to be solved by building more dams.....Old school stupidity IMO!!!

Fools rush in where fools have been before.
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an intelligent person wouldnt extrapolate their own circumstances and apply it to every other city regardless. if the eastern states and SA had built more dams and reservoirs during the drought, the current wet times would have filled them therefore greatly reducing the need for desal plants. but no... we decided to ONLY build these uber-expensive monstrosities when quite literally some more HOLES INTHE GROUND would ahve fized the problem,

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Reply #7 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:02am

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 6:58am:

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:43pm:

The Dams in WA are almost always empty and are useless most of the time.....That is why we will build two desalination plants to ensure supply.....Perth is also the only capitol city to be built on an aquifer .....How the Eastern States will handle inevitable droughts is not going to be solved by building more dams.....Old school stupidity IMO!!!

Fools rush in where fools have been before.
Unknown

an intelligent person wouldnt extrapolate their own circumstances and apply it to every other city regardless. if the eastern states and SA had built more dams and reservoirs during the drought, the current wet times would have filled them therefore greatly reducing the need for desal plants. but no... we decided to ONLY build these uber-expensive monstrosities when quite literally some more HOLES INTHE GROUND would ahve fized the problem,

And during the next drought, fill then with toxic water from the dying Murray.

Or even better, with blue green algae from the Torrens.

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Re: Why Do Libs Support More Dams
Reply #8 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:13am

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:20pm:

White elephants during drought

Building new ones are as risky as betting behind drunken sailors at a casino since rain patterns will shift due to AGW

And in flood, weapons of mass destruction.

So why some in the old parties so keen on old ideas like Dams

Tony Abbott's dam solution for flooded rivers

TONY Abbott will develop a plan to build a series of dams around the nation, as part of the Coalition's policy platform for the next election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-dam-solution-for-f...

Heavy rain leaves Warragamba bursting and sends residents packing

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/heavy-rain-leaves-warragamba-bursting-...

What a question for this period when all the rainwater is lost again, running into the sea!

You really need a shrink!

If dams had already been built, ready for this rain, billions would not have been spent on desalination plants that now aren't needed.

Aside from this, droughts will return and these plants will be of use that's if Labor politicians don't let them rust up in the meantime.

Down with all communists!

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Reply #9 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:16am

olde.sault wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:20pm:

White elephants during drought

Building new ones are as risky as betting behind drunken sailors at a casino since rain patterns will shift due to AGW

And in flood, weapons of mass destruction.

So why some in the old parties so keen on old ideas like Dams

Tony Abbott's dam solution for flooded rivers

TONY Abbott will develop a plan to build a series of dams around the nation, as part of the Coalition's policy platform for the next election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-dam-solution-for-f...

Heavy rain leaves Warragamba bursting and sends residents packing

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/heavy-rain-leaves-warragamba-bursting-...

What a question for this period when all the rainwater is lost again, running into the sea!

You really need a shrink!

If dams had already been built, ready for this rain, billions would not have been spent on desalination plants that now aren't needed.

Aside from this, droughts will return and these plants will be of use that's if Labor politicians don't let them rust up in the meantime.

Down with all communists!

water storage is awlays vastyl cheaper than desal plants. the state govts of all persuasions ahve been atrocisious at forward planning. Sydney and NSW in general could be filling these new dams now. SE QLD could have large nuymbers of fulll reservoirs now if not for a lack of them. it is the green influence which for reasons that defy commonsense oppose dams but love desal plants.

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AUSSIE: "Speaking for myself, I could not care less about 298 human beings having their life snuffed out in a nano-second, or what impact that loss has on Members of their family, their parents..."

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Reply #10 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:17am

____ wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:02am:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 6:58am:

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:43pm:

The Dams in WA are almost always empty and are useless most of the time.....That is why we will build two desalination plants to ensure supply.....Perth is also the only capitol city to be built on an aquifer .....How the Eastern States will handle inevitable droughts is not going to be solved by building more dams.....Old school stupidity IMO!!!

Fools rush in where fools have been before.
Unknown

an intelligent person wouldnt extrapolate their own circumstances and apply it to every other city regardless. if the eastern states and SA had built more dams and reservoirs during the drought, the current wet times would have filled them therefore greatly reducing the need for desal plants. but no... we decided to ONLY build these uber-expensive monstrosities when quite literally some more HOLES INTHE GROUND would ahve fized the problem,

And during the next drought, fill then with toxic water from the dying Murray.

Or even better, with blue green algae from the Torrens.

it might not have occured to a limited intelligence such as you but it is possible to empty dams and fill them with... AIR.

idiot.

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Reply #11 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:22am

olde.sault wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:20pm:

White elephants during drought

Building new ones are as risky as betting behind drunken sailors at a casino since rain patterns will shift due to AGW

And in flood, weapons of mass destruction.

So why some in the old parties so keen on old ideas like Dams

Tony Abbott's dam solution for flooded rivers

TONY Abbott will develop a plan to build a series of dams around the nation, as part of the Coalition's policy platform for the next election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-dam-solution-for-f...

Heavy rain leaves Warragamba bursting and sends residents packing

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/heavy-rain-leaves-warragamba-bursting-...

What a question for this period when all the rainwater is lost again, running into the sea!

You really need a shrink!

If dams had already been built, ready for this rain, billions would not have been spent on desalination plants that now aren't needed.

Aside from this, droughts will return and these plants will be of use that's if Labor politicians don't let them rust up in the meantime.

Down with all communists!

When the droughts are back, these white elephants sit idle

and still no one from the right have said where the cash will come from to build white elephants.

If we are to waterproof, how about starting with a measure that is less costly and more efficient

i.e water efficiencies, rainwater harvesting, water tanks and so on..

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Reply #12 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:24am

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:16am:

olde.sault wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:20pm:

White elephants during drought

Building new ones are as risky as betting behind drunken sailors at a casino since rain patterns will shift due to AGW

And in flood, weapons of mass destruction.

So why some in the old parties so keen on old ideas like Dams

Tony Abbott's dam solution for flooded rivers

TONY Abbott will develop a plan to build a series of dams around the nation, as part of the Coalition's policy platform for the next election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-dam-solution-for-f...

Heavy rain leaves Warragamba bursting and sends residents packing

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/heavy-rain-leaves-warragamba-bursting-...

What a question for this period when all the rainwater is lost again, running into the sea!

You really need a shrink!

If dams had already been built, ready for this rain, billions would not have been spent on desalination plants that now aren't needed.

Aside from this, droughts will return and these plants will be of use that's if Labor politicians don't let them rust up in the meantime.

Down with all communists!

water storage is awlays vastyl cheaper than desal plants. the state govts of all persuasions ahve been atrocisious at forward planning. Sydney and NSW in general could be filling these new dams now. SE QLD could have large nuymbers of fulll reservoirs now if not for a lack of them. it is the green influence which for reasons that defy commonsense oppose dams but love desal plants.

I ignored you two lies about Jane Lomax Smith, yet not this lie.

Greens do not support desal

http://nsw.greens.org.au/policies/water_urban

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Reply #13 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:40am

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:17am:

____ wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 7:02am:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 6:58am:

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:43pm:

The Dams in WA are almost always empty and are useless most of the time.....That is why we will build two desalination plants to ensure supply.....Perth is also the only capitol city to be built on an aquifer .....How the Eastern States will handle inevitable droughts is not going to be solved by building more dams.....Old school stupidity IMO!!!

Fools rush in where fools have been before.
Unknown

an intelligent person wouldnt extrapolate their own circumstances and apply it to every other city regardless. if the eastern states and SA had built more dams and reservoirs during the drought, the current wet times would have filled them therefore greatly reducing the need for desal plants. but no... we decided to ONLY build these uber-expensive monstrosities when quite literally some more HOLES INTHE GROUND would ahve fized the problem,

And during the next drought, fill then with toxic water from the dying Murray.

Or even better, with blue green algae from the Torrens.

it might not have occured to a limited intelligence such as you but it is possible to empty dams and fill them with... AIR.

idiot.

And where is the financial profit from this ... or do you expect tax payers to pay for dams that hold air now.

Labor ~ Pink Batt / Liberals ~ White Elephants

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Reply #14 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 8:03am

____ wrote on Mar 4^th, 2012 at 4:09am:

FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:50pm:

____ wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:30pm:

FriYAY wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

If there were no dams you would not be here, idiot.

How many dams do the Liberals plan to build in the Nullarbor ... and how many people will they support?

Moronic response. Large dams would be saving water right now. For the environment and people.

Who gives a fig if they dry out? They'll fill up again.

The key is to build storage away from the main flow and pump/direct excess water there, not dam the actual river.

Greens thinking is disasterous.

So who should finance the building of white elephant dams

Don't tell me someone from the right believes public debt can be a tool for investments.

I think there a few white elephant desal plants around at the moment that no one wanted...and if I recollect correctly the last couple of actual dam proposals (where they have got into serious planning territory) have been by Bligh in Queensland and Keneally from NSW.

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