Thread: Armidale almost out of water

Originally Posted by 4bee

Well, (no pun intended btw) in my example I also wonder about water originating from the Snowies & the Eastern Ranges being Higher than Mt Lofty, so why not? You couldn't say it was a Siphoning action, or could you? ? ? But something must have started that cycle in the beginning if it were.

Ah, the mysteries of life.

In this day and age I think understanding water and how it all flows is going to be vitally important. It's something most of us have taken for granted, especially those of us in the cities. For example, how on earth do we map an underground aquifer, where its water comes from, how much it holds, and how long it will last ? My brain hurts just thinking about it.

Originally Posted by bob10

In this day and age I think understanding water and how it all flows is going to be vitally important. ....

I think its far more simple than we're being led to believe.

1. it's an essential service
2. it's not a commodity for private or public organisations to profit from.

we've been managing water for thousands of years without too many issues(very rare, if any major).

Add in corrupt individuals to the ecosystem, and it was always going to be inevitable that a disaster was there to be made.

If you haven't, I suggest folks watch the ENRON doco on SBS if they can.
So many similarities, just the products being different.

Didn't something 'similar' also happen to Tas with water a few years back?
Electricity/hyrdo company privatised, they then proceeded to drain what's essentially an undrainable system to make short term profits, and left the state in the lurch both in terms of power AND water supply!

If you misuse a resource for anything other than it's main purpose, bad things always happen downstream(pun intended).

That's not the way free enterprise works Arthur, they gouge and charge as much as they can because they can. Water used to be what was considered "Utilities" along with power and gas, now with all those things privatised with the promise of cheaper everything because private enterprise can run so much cheaper than a government monolith. Funny how that never works out, nothing is EVER cheaper and when a foreign power or entity owns another countries resources we loose all control.
Take gas, Australians pay 60 times what is charged to overseas customers, why? Because they can.
Free enterprise is a licence to steal, we as consumers are forced to pay what they want to charge.

But but but 4gs, aren't we paying lots of people in Canberra to look after our interests? Duuuuhh. Silly me eh?

Originally Posted by 4bee

But but but 4gs, aren't we paying lots of people in Canberra to look after our interests? Duuuuhh. Silly me eh?

I am pretty certain that we are paying lots of people in Canberra to look after their OWN interests

Originally Posted by trout1105

I am pretty certain that we are paying lots of people in Canberra to look after their OWN interests

Hey, that's a bit harsh!.
But what I think you may have meant was their own, as well as their ex colleagues and mates interests. <_<

Maybe this was what John Howard really meant when he was adamant that the word 'mateship' be entered into the constitution.

Ooooohhhhh you are a cynic, Arthur.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Ooooohhhhh you are a cynic, Arthur.

Is cynic another word for realist, Des?
What'll happen when someone works out the way to harvest all the world's oxygen?