Hon Water ministers ( Thwaites and Turnbull ) proved in the drought period the reality that the biggest danger to realistic action on risk management ( they were talking about spending billions to engineer ourselves out of a earthborne limit ) is probably from those who think they can do the impossible.
It has been said that if men do not believe and trust in God they become gods - testimonies abound for men and movements , even in recent history , who have failed because they have made the god ( or if you like "God is not there" ) assumption.
Unlike Canute, such mere men ,overestimate their ability to godlike proportions. The myth of course is that they can do anything with enough .............
If you don't believe its a mental disease in Canberra, compare the money thrown at targets and the actual shape and substance of those targets .
