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The coastal areas of Australia have literally some of the highest rainfall anywhere in the world. Sydney has more annual rainfall than 'rainy' Seattle or London
by AnotherGoodName 3y ago
The coastal areas of Australia have literally some of the highest rainfall anywhere in the world. Sydney has more annual rainfall than 'rainy' Seattle or London.
For Australia the correct thing is to store the damn (or should I say dam) water that falls where people live.
- mr_toad 3y agoTransport costs are everything. There’s water on the coasts, but the cost of transporting it inland is too high.
- midoridensha 3y agoWhy would you transport it inland? The people live on the coasts. Are we talking about water for use by people, or for agriculture?
- dukeyukey 3y agoI imagine agriculture, but wow, I knew Australia's population was mostly coastal, but I looked it up and out on the 25 biggest Australian cities, only Canberra is inland.
- defrost 3y agoIn a delicious moment of turnabout is fair play, Jack Davis frequently referred to European Australians as fringedwellers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(playwright) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(playwright) https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/davis-jack-17788 https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/davis-jack-17788