So why don't you focus on the actual quotes of Flannery, as you just did, rather than on made up quotes brought to you by your Number 1 radio host.
My quotes were basically what he etc said..."poetic licence"...but if you wish me to stick to actual quotes in future then that I shall do.
Back then NSW spent $2 billion building, and who knows how much per year maintaining, a desalination plant on the strength of his words.
Only now has it been switched on, as the dam level drops again. Might as well use it seeing it's sitting there.
Had the federal/state govt/s implemented my no1 radio host's "Watering Australia" plan back then or anytime since there'd be no need for desalination plants.
More rain falls on Sydney than falls on London...but 'none' of it is harvested.
Every home/building in Sydney should have a water tank/tanks...for starters.
Stormwater pouring into the seas should be captured...and piped inland and to wherever else it's needed.