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2008-09-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-25 10:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Sorry, mods - thought I put this in non-WOT.

On the other hand....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-25 10:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-25 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Before 9/11, it was predicted that war over water supplies was going to cause the next world-wide convulsion. There's a long list of simple, low-cost conservation techniques that could put the problem off for a while (fix leaking pipes being the first item) that a large part of the world, including the U.S., have not bothered to implement. After all, water falls from the sky.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-25 10:41|| 2008-09-25 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 ...---... ...---... we are sinking, we are sinking!

Hallo, hallo.....vat are you sinking?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-25 10:42|| 2008-09-25 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 It was around my third year of engineering school when we learned how to calculate how much a well can safely put out. Safely as in sustainably. If you overtax an aquifer it compacts, permanently, thus reducing its hydraulic conductivity. That's just engineering talk for the speed water moves through a permeable layer of earth, the point is it is permanently decreased with overuse.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-25 11:05|| 2008-09-25 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Now would be a good time to think about GC crops, the Evil JEW crops that use much less water.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-25 11:08|| 2008-09-25 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 sounds like time to invest in solar stills along our coast lines.

Posted by DLR 2008-09-25 13:04|| http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html]">[http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html] 2008-09-25 13:04|| Front Page Top

#7 So, we got Al Goreacle telling us we are all gonna drown because of rising sea levels. At the same time, these augifers are being depleted. Seems like we need to build a slew of desalination plants to suck water out of the ocean instead of from the ground. They can be powered by tidal/wave energy right off shore. Problem solved...bingo, bango, bongo.

Posted by remoteman 2008-09-25 13:36|| 2008-09-25 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a new nanotech filter that only passes through water molecules, nothing larger. Plus it only uses 1/4th the power of conventional reverse osmosis, and is both scalable and low maintenance.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-25 13:54|| 2008-09-25 13:54|| Front Page Top

#9 To which we can add a bit of baking soda and iodine-free table salt, and instant healthy potability! ;-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-25 13:57|| 2008-09-25 13:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Waiting for the Dems to also add THIS to their no drill agenda in 5, 4, 3,...

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-25 14:27|| 2008-09-25 14:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Can't count on solar power as much if the solar wind continues to wind down. No solar wind = more cloud cover = global cooling.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-09-25 15:17|| 2008-09-25 15:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Moose, what is this, do you have a link? I ask because I use a lab grade RO/DI and the rejection rate is 4:1 - that's alot to spew off for a clean gallon.

Posted by bombay">bombay 2008-09-25 17:05|| 2008-09-25 17:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Someone has to say it.

IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!

Posted by no mo uro 2008-09-25 18:41|| 2008-09-25 18:41|| Front Page Top

#14 And those cities shall sink.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-09-25 21:34|| 2008-09-25 21:34|| Front Page Top

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