QUOTE Greenpeace UK’s chief scientist, Doug Parr, said: “Decades of neglecting its own infrastructure have left Southern Water having to choose between unappealing options as the climate crisis threatens supplies. Causing permanent damage to local ecosystems by taking more water would be a further foolish concession to the short-termism that got us into this mess.
“Tankering in huge quantities of water from Norway will inevitably be a costly and carbon-intensive alternative to that of doing a better job with the water resources that are available in a rainy country like the UK … Despite the obvious failings of planning, water companies need to start thinking of potable fresh water as a precious and finite resource, and plan to start treating it as such.” UNQUOTE
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Does anyone know the view of Greenpeace UK’s chief scientist, Doug Parr, on the subject of shipping huge quantities of specially-manufactured wood chippings to power Drax, a costly and carbon-intensive alternative to that of doing a better job?