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FreeJoe

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10. I struggle to get worked up about it

Reply to Cleita (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 08:07 PM

May 2013

Where I live, people have big swimming pools in their backyards. Their yards are covered with water intensive landscaping. They wash their cars frequently. In short, they waste tons and tons of water. The amount used for things that are important - drinking, bathing, flushing - are so small relative to the total consumed that I don't see a water shortage as a real problem. Sure, it might hurt the swimming pool industry. It might mean that people, gasp, use native plants in their landscape and let their lawns go dormant during the heat of the summer. It might even mean that I see some dirty cars on the road. I don't see people struggling to get enough to drink.

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Brain fart and epiphany about the new wealth, blue gold. [View all] Cleita May 2013 OP

Enron was in the process of buying up water rights. But I don't think melting icecaps=more fresh H2O KittyWampus May 2013 #1

Correct. It means LESS fresh H2O available. KamaAina May 2013 #2

That's a possibility too. Much of this climate denial and other Cleita May 2013 #4

No it doesn't. Much of it goes into aquifers like the Guarani I mentioned that gets Cleita May 2013 #3

Why talk you down? You're exactly right. This has been studied and reported by Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #5

I guess die of thirst. Cleita May 2013 #6

I've concluded that Americans are so completely invested in their respective fantasy worlds that Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #8

100% spot-on. The next BIG wars, civil or international, will be over water. WinkyDink May 2013 #7

We, the people, need to mobilize to make sure the fresh water Cleita May 2013 #9

I struggle to get worked up about it FreeJoe May 2013 #10

Well, you must be well off. I suppose you don't have any problem filling Cleita May 2013 #11

How expensive do you think water is going to get? FreeJoe May 2013 #17

It will get hard to buy, but necessary, just like gas is today. Cleita May 2013 #19

"Where I live" is such a myopic world-view, I can't even. "Where I live" there are no tornadoes. SO? WinkyDink May 2013 #13

I used that phrase to distinguish my situation... FreeJoe May 2013 #18

You may get your wish when you can't afford it any more. Cleita May 2013 #20

There was speculation that the guy that bought the right of ways to the Horse with no Name May 2013 #12

I remember when Pickens was praised for wanting to use natural gas Cleita May 2013 #14

Yes. It is T. Boone blogslut May 2013 #15

and he has it. Horse with no Name May 2013 #16

Not so much blogslut May 2013 #21

Im a 1%er and I care... brooklynite May 2013 #22

Thank you. It's good to know that not all the 1%ers have traded in Cleita May 2013 #23