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Are you driving towards the conclusion that we don't need to be concerned about management of water resources because this happens naturally? That sounds close
by lllr_finger 7y ago
Are you driving towards the conclusion that we don't need to be concerned about management of water resources because this happens naturally?
That sounds close to the argument that we shouldn't do anything about climate change since the Earth naturally warms and cools.
- PixyMisa 7y ago> Are you driving towards the conclusion that we don't need to be concerned about management of water resources because this happens naturally? Not at all. My point is that if this is taken as an example of climate change it does a terrible disservice to real climate science, because this is something that has been happening on a regular basis for as long as we have records.
- kieranmaine 7y agoAs pointed out by others the article talks about water use not climate change: "At Menindee, 830 km west of Sydney, despair has turned to anger as residents blame the government for exacerbating the drought by drawing down river water in 2017 for irrigation and other uses downstream."
- tootahe45 7y agoIronically in New Zealand, climate activists are the first to block any water retention infrastructure even after a series of very bad fires in my area, I'm guessing it's no different in Australia.