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Let’s get over our dam phobia

by Andrew Robb

27 Jan 05:45am

Filed under: Bob Brown, Climate Change, Csiro, Dams, El Nino, Queensland Floods, Wivenhoe Dam

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Bob Brown is ever the opportunist, even if his timing leaves a very bad taste in everyone’s mouths.

Photo: Stuart McEvoy.

His recent pronouncement that our coal industry is to blame for the devastation caused by the floods in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania is both absurd and insensitive.

All the experts, whatever their views on climate change, agree that the increased rainfalls are driven by the long-established cycles of La Nina weather events, just as El Nino is associated with drought.

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NJP says:

05:30pm | 04/03/11

Yes I recall that Traveston was canceled because of a turtle and a fish. I’ve asked on occasion, of those whom supported the decision, what the effects of this already endangered species finally being wiped out. None so far have been able to give an answer, not even the simplest… Read more »
NJP says:

05:17pm | 04/03/11

I’ll give you a handy shortcut for your homework Gregg: the best potential dam sites are in national parks. They were legislated precisely to prevent dams from being built in the area. Your idea of a series of small, interconnected dams may have some merit if it were not so… Read more »

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