tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post3814807101285740912..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Water resource problems - more politics than economics?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-72584192302869858622008-02-29T16:17:00.000+11:002008-02-29T16:17:00.000+11:00Yep, the Nats were lead in Johnny's saddlebags and...Yep, the Nats were lead in Johnny's saddlebags and will be lead in Brendan's too. He should think about dissolving the coalition while in opposition and not re-forming it until he gets into government - IIRC that has been the pattern in a number of states in the past.<BR/><BR/>There is no stupidity like rural stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-52530751944899274222008-02-29T11:16:00.000+11:002008-02-29T11:16:00.000+11:00Buyback seems fairly logical but it assumes some o...Buyback seems fairly logical but it assumes some overarching authority can actually control the useage. Victoria is the sticking point there, although any eventual singular authority would need the teeth to police 'theft' of an increasingly valuable resource. It's no good buying some water rights to have it sipped away further downstream. That's SA's problem now with opting for desal with high CO2 emissions cost, when it would be more cost effective to buy MD water from existing users.<BR/><BR/>ObservaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com