NEA valuation, page-137

pretty epic of you to ignore basic facts. He never said "it will never rain again", and the de sal plant is good as a safeguard for many years to come. it's like many things, we keep reserves of oil in case there is a war that prevents shipping, you might think it's silly to spend money on storing oil, but you won't think it's dumb if that scenario ever occurs.

The de sal plant is similar, it is a safeguard that we hope to not use. also no one is debating Tim Flannery is giving science a bad name, but that's a conversation for another time