Desal or not desal?
Is it just me or does everyone feel very sceptical about planned desalination plants on the Sunshine Coast?
I am not a conspiracy theorist – in general I don’t think governments are out to get us – and if the Bligh government is concerned about whether or not we’ll have enough water in 20 years time, then I think we’d be mad to dismiss that point of view.
Having said that, desalination plants are expensive to build – consume enormous amounts of energy and leave a community with massive amounts of hot, toxic brine – which has to be disposed of.
I believe in global warming – a heating planet is part of our increased need for water – it seems more than a little incongruous to build something that will spew carbon – to fix a problem caused, in part by spewing carbon.
The government is working pretty hard to get water tanks into South East Queensland back yards - for my money, that can’t happen quickly enough. Our family will never be without one again – the bigger the better!
And maybe, just maybe, if we all did that, we wouldn’t need de-sal plants at all….
And for the record, desal plants are not a foregone conclusion – the public comment period ends July 31.
I am not a conspiracy theorist – in general I don’t think governments are out to get us – and if the Bligh government is concerned about whether or not we’ll have enough water in 20 years time, then I think we’d be mad to dismiss that point of view.
Having said that, desalination plants are expensive to build – consume enormous amounts of energy and leave a community with massive amounts of hot, toxic brine – which has to be disposed of.
I believe in global warming – a heating planet is part of our increased need for water – it seems more than a little incongruous to build something that will spew carbon – to fix a problem caused, in part by spewing carbon.
The government is working pretty hard to get water tanks into South East Queensland back yards - for my money, that can’t happen quickly enough. Our family will never be without one again – the bigger the better!
And maybe, just maybe, if we all did that, we wouldn’t need de-sal plants at all….
And for the record, desal plants are not a foregone conclusion – the public comment period ends July 31.
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 10:10 AM
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