Water charges imperative if we are going to deplete our natural capital
YOU are reading the words of the biggest eejit in Ireland. Yes, I’m the eejit who bought the water harvester. That’s the gigantic yoke that’s sitting in the back garden and looks like an oil tank. It’s the yoke that I strategically placed in the sunniest corner of the garden where I wish I had a greenhouse.
It’s not great. But I can’t blame anyone but myself. I wanted to Do The Right Thing. Planet first, the kids can wait. Yes, it’s true that the water harvester, sourced in Ireland from Killarney Plastics, now Tricel, cost about €5,000, the kind of money which could buy anything from the dream holiday to less time writing in my back shed when the kids need help with their homework.
