Original artwork, not a still
Never, ever did I think that there would be a debate in this arid country about which was more important – gas or water. We can survive without gas. We cannot live without water.
— Karoo Anti-Fracking Speech to Shell in Cape Town, 25 March 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Pugh sets two needs side by side and makes the choice obvious. Gas can be done without, but water can't. In a dry country, he finds it almost unbelievable that the question even needs debating at all.
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