It would be a very brave company that tried to build it with the huge amount of opposition that has been demonstrated.

I still think that a lot of hype and misinformation has been spread by people who should know better.

Firstly, have you been to a place where this kind of pulp mill operates? I haven’t, but I’ve been told by someone who has that modern technology, with scrubbers and filters has virtually eliminated the odour.

As someone who has worked in the Bell Bay area for many years I believe that the prevailing winds would blow most of the emissions over the Tipogree Hills, not up the Tamar Valley, but it would need a scientific study to prove this.

As for a water supply, millions of litres a day flow into the Tamar from the Trevallyn power station at Tailrace. Build a containment area to keep out saltwater from the tides, and there is an abundant water supply to be pumped to any industry in the area.

The claim that it would only produce 200 jobs doesn’t hold water. As with other large industries in the Bell Bay area, there are many small industries that provide service, parts and contractors for these mills.

With a pulp mill, there would be logging contractors and truck drivers all over the state with machinery that needs to be serviced, and also more business for the railway.

The list goes on and on.

There are innovative ways to solve any problems that arise with these industries without killing off all incentive to build anything new.

THE chicken or the egg. When you warm up a bottle of champagne, carbon dioxide is given off.

When you heat up the ocean, it gives off carbon dioxide. Is this perhaps what is happening, not the other way round. Glasshouse users add carbon dioxide to the air inside to produce more vegetation growth.