I have no problem with desal. The technology obviously works...

I have no problem with desal. The technology obviously works (dubai and others) and of course what investor wouldnt want to get in on the act? But will that be the best outcome for the people? Quite obviously not imo.

7w

Read below, I am a coconut vendor.

Heres a bit more background.

excerpt: "He once denounced desalinated water as bottled electricity. But, with the drought extending into 2005, Premier Bob Carr went to Dubai last July. Just weeks before he quit he announced that a desalination plant would be built at Kurnell to guarantee Sydney's drinking water. Soon after it was revealed that Mr Carr would join infrastructure financier Macquarie Bank as a consultant, new Premier Morris Iemma recommitted his government to the desal plant but without private finance. A more environmentally conscious electorate was outraged at the original decision, made without local or state wide community consultation."

http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1567784.htm