tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post6224934567989563653..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: A new dam in Queensland, work commenceskaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-50885966064274456322009-05-11T12:27:00.000+10:002009-05-11T12:27:00.000+10:00Skeeter -as a landowner losing most of my property...Skeeter -as a landowner losing most of my property to the Wyaralong Dam, I can assure you that ALL property owners affected are more than unhappy, as are the non-property owning residents who apparently don't even count. It's just that people have been worn down by the brutality of dealing with this government, and the lack of interest by most of the media. Land sales will no doubt be classed as voluntary, without mentioning the the threats of "if you don't reach agreement/sign by the end of the week, your land will be resumed", "if you don't sign by today, the legal fees won't be paid", etc.<br />Kae - the government is not pushing the water supply aspect because it is full of holes. They have been able to hide the true value of this dam by quoting a yield figure "when operated in conjunction with the Cedar Grove Weir". No water will be taken directly from the Wyaralong Dam on the little Teviot Brook. It will all come from the existing Cedar Grove Weir, many kilometres downstream on the Logan River. If you read the fine print, you'll find that most of the water will come directly from the Logan, from the Weir (3+ million litres), Bromelton off-stream storage (5 million litres) etc etc.<br />Peter Beattie told us that the reason this dam was selected, in spite of yielding so much less than the alternatives, was because fewer people were affected. This was after widespread advertising that his decision would be all about yield. I guess that's politics.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110169397754338775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-15336094926241162252009-05-10T07:52:00.000+10:002009-05-10T07:52:00.000+10:00Drove through the dam area last Saturday. Visited ...Drove through the dam area last Saturday. Visited Moogerah Dam and enjoyed a barbecue picnic beside the Maroon Dam, along with a lot of other happy campers. <br />The usual "No Dam" signs in the Wyaralong area showed that some of the 19 property owners affected by that dam were unhappy. <br />There are always good and bad results when dams are built. Friends who had their farm resumed for the Wolfdene Dam were delighted to get the money. Other friends got a good price for their farm on the Mary River when the land was resumed for the Traveston Crossing Dam. In both cases, the farms had been on the market for years with no buyers.<br /><br />Some dam-haters on TV were celebrating their killing of Tasmania's Gordon-Franklin scheme last week.<br />How wonderful it is that the wilderness will now be preserved forever. <br />No mention of the fact that Tasmania is now importing coal-fired electricity across the Bass Strait on the cable that was laid to export carbon-free, hydro-electricity to the mainland.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-45169364523458943572009-05-10T00:41:00.000+10:002009-05-10T00:41:00.000+10:00Pete gives a dam?Pete gives a dam?Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346595328288937657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-44324829854080549622009-05-09T20:01:00.000+10:002009-05-09T20:01:00.000+10:00that's really good news.
I think I'm feeling all w...that's really good news.<br />I think I'm feeling all warm towards Peter Garrett.daddy davehttp://www.empiricist.comnoreply@blogger.com