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Old 10-01-2008, 06:57 AM posted to aus.gardens
Jonno[_16_] Jonno[_16_] is offline
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Default Irrigating Australia - food for thought

Terryc wrote:
Jonno wrote:

The problem is the powers that are have made scarce resources by not
allowing dams and privatisation would like to keep it this way, making
water a resource by which to hold people to ransom... This is the way
it is panning out.


You are going to have to explain how privatisation will fix this and
provide cheap water.

Dont even think about privatisation fixing it. They will tie you down
and screw you until you are handing over the family jewels. Whatever you
perceive them to be. Privatization only serves to do this.