"It's a misunderstanding of the natural system in Australia, which goes from big droughts to big floods," said Willem Vervoort, a professor of hydrology and catchment management at Sydney University. He said the idea was "a bit of a knee-jerk reaction and an old-fashioned view on this kind of issue, when most of the international research shows dams to be detrimental to the environment." "
Big droughts, big floods, bushfires, ... are they not detrimental to the environment ? What would his answer be to ensuring our water needs for the future for increasing population and food requirements ? Why, so big a difference in attitudes between Australia and China who are building about 60 new dams at the moment, and we have these experts saying no dams at all for us ?
("expert", ... ex = has been, spurt = a drip under pressure. :) )
