Comments on: Not enough water for pulp mill http://www.thistasmania.com/not-enough-water-for-pulp-mill/ Tasmania's Journal of Discovery Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Mitchell http://www.thistasmania.com/not-enough-water-for-pulp-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Tom Mitchell Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:00:20 +0000 http://www.thistasmania.com/2008/03/not-enough-water-for-pulp-mill/#comment-159 With a complex valued at over $2.5 billion one would think that a mere $1.5 million for a desalination plant would be small potatoes. The expected life of the plant is 25 years or so. If global warming and global dimming continue apace, do Gunns expect the plant to function under water or with wet feet? Or hasn't this been taken into account or been dismissed as unlikely? And, finally, does anyone else think that there has been and is too much by way of social welfare handouts for private enterprise? Investing is a gamble, pure and simple, if you do your dough then why should the government bail you out? Perhaps i might qualify for a handout vis a vis my non-winning Tatts ticket? With a complex valued at over $2.5 billion one would think that a mere $1.5 million for a desalination plant would be small potatoes.

The expected life of the plant is 25 years or so. If global warming and global dimming continue apace, do Gunns expect the plant to function under water or with wet feet? Or hasn’t this been taken into account or been dismissed as unlikely?

And, finally, does anyone else think that there has been and is too much by way of social welfare handouts for private enterprise? Investing is a gamble, pure and simple, if you do your dough then why should the government bail you out? Perhaps i might qualify for a handout vis a vis my non-winning Tatts ticket?

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