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Gregorian

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40. I'm so glad to see these posts this morning.

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 12:29 PM

Dec 2012

I respect very few people on this planet. Now I have a couple more. I know that sounds righteous and smug to most people. But I think you understand. It's rare to meet someone like you.

I watched Cat On A Hot Tin Roof last night. Breeding wasn't just expected, it was an order. I cringed watching it.

I'm also ashamed of how willfully ignorant even the most educated and liberal are. Even this forum is so far from being enlightened. Right now there's outrage on the front page. The DOJ is supposedly backing off the Monsanto case. Every time I see one of these threads, I have a one word reply. Population. We have to have Monsanto. And cue the angry replies. Oh, we can do it with organic farming. Well, go ahead then. Give that a try. But all of the problems we face are population related. Yet we're engineering this and that, and making new laws. Argh. I didn't need to even write all of this. You get it.

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Ogallala Aquifer Only 20 Years Of Water Left >>> Stuff I Didn't Know [View all] KittyWampus Nov 2012 OP

Need more bad news? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

I don't understand these people's brain. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #9

They honestly believe they are "better" and Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #14

The average annual depletion rate between 2000 and 2007 was more than twice that during the previous Earth_First Nov 2012 #2

There was a huge spike in exports in that time: joshcryer Nov 2012 #13

The D4 area in the middle almost exactly matches the outline of the Ogallala: GliderGuider Nov 2012 #16

This is precisely why I believe it will depleat sooner. joshcryer Nov 2012 #17

yep. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #34

What annoys me is that most of what was grown Warpy Nov 2012 #3

And all the states over it are fighting about it. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #4

makes me stop and think... janlyn Nov 2012 #5

Maybe people will begin to see the thing that all of these problems are revolving around. Gregorian Nov 2012 #6

No one wants to talk about the elephant in the room. luv_mykatz Dec 2012 #30

The outrage on this site when someone suggests we need to get our numbers under control, CrispyQ Dec 2012 #36

I'm so glad to see these posts this morning. Gregorian Dec 2012 #40

I suspect the reason they don't care about the tar sands pipeline is because magical thyme Nov 2012 #7

Where do you live? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #15

I was wonderin.g the same thing. Mojorabbit Nov 2012 #20

Exactly. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #32

If you find it, please let me know! nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #42

Your post hit a rather painful nerve here with me. I live on the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi. Selatius Dec 2012 #31

I didn't realize so many 1%ers lived north of nowhere. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #37

It's shangri-la if you can afford to heat your home magical thyme Dec 2012 #45

We gotta come up with a plan to desalinate water from the ocean. Octafish Nov 2012 #8

The technology is already here. The will to do it is missing Kaleva Nov 2012 #11

Hi there tama Nov 2012 #19

Yes, I'm a Michigan Finn Kaleva Dec 2012 #24

Whenever anyone talks about using ocean water I worry about just what the effect on the ocean jwirr Nov 2012 #22

I don't think it'll be even noticeable Kaleva Dec 2012 #25

Sea levels are rising relatively rapidly tama Dec 2012 #26

For now. This is the same short sighted thinking that got us into the mess we are now in. Unlimited jwirr Dec 2012 #33

Conservation alone isn't the answer. Kaleva Dec 2012 #39

There is so much of it, that it may as well be considered a infinite resource like sunlight. Chan790 Dec 2012 #41

And we're looking at protracted droughts, so it's going to get even worse. joshcryer Nov 2012 #10

This is why both Bush's have bought 200,000 acre's (total) oldbanjo Nov 2012 #12

exactly, and it's in paraguay shanti Nov 2012 #23

Perhaps the Bush Family wants to become the "Saudis of water." (nt) KansDem Dec 2012 #29

ENRON was leading the way in Florida. Octafish Dec 2012 #43

Those natural prairie grasses have roots that are 5 ft deep toby jo Nov 2012 #18

Forestation + stop pumping ground except for household tama Nov 2012 #21

Water - huge reason we protest fracking. madamesilverspurs Dec 2012 #27

It is terrorism. nt tama Dec 2012 #28

This is why it has been said for years redqueen Dec 2012 #35

I just watched "Blue Gold" World Water Wars." CrispyQ Dec 2012 #38

Anyone remember.... HuskyOffset Dec 2012 #44