'Dam-phobia' has permeated almost every level of govt | Sky News Australia

Sky News host Peta Credlin says 'dam-phobia' has permeated almost every level of government with no "big, new water storages built for years". Ms Credlin said given a choice between "keeping water in a swamp" or "keeping a town supplied" she'd "put people first every time".

She noted that since 1990, the population has grown "almost 50 per cent" but there has been "only a three per cent increase in dam capacity". "Regardless of climate change politics, we know that there always will be floods just as there always will be droughts. "Our forefathers... would be ashamed to see how little we build... how little we plan for the future and how much time and effort we waste with the bickering.

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I’ve been saying for YEARS we need more dams, and I have no idea why the government doesn’t build them.... unless of course they want us dead...

You need mountains or hills AND RAIN it doesn’t rain much where they want dams.

so can we just rebuild the snowy river hydro scheme again and again , downstream, in some sort of tiered terrace system

Credlin is now a dam expert too.... damn that woman gets around... someone should give her a (real) job!

Peta who?

It might be because you can’t just knock one up wherever you want. As in real estate, location is the key.

Or maybe it's because EXPERTS looked at the numbers and don't think it's a good idea.... Same with coal

Out of x30 water dams x28 are dry x2 are down to 50% full. how is the the government is going to fill these water dams rain is not enough..

They are actually reducing dam sizes. Oh well more desalination plants then. So long as they force recycled sewage on us to drink.

So the RWNJs on sky who say renewables don't work because you would have to store power from intermittent sources for use later want dam's which litteraly store water from intermittent sources for later use 😂😂😂 the only thing the right do better than corruption is hypocrisy 😂

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Can some one please explain to the intellectually limited Peta Credlin that you can only build dams at the base of mountains where water falls. They won't build them on properties owned by newscorp or macquarie execs. DESAL PLANTS.

aussie000050 And still no conversations or plans for any .

There will be

There's no fucking rain to fill them anyway!

This wouldn't be cause of the UN Agenda that controls us Credlin

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