tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post1676262334870315041..comments2024-01-21T02:12:02.710-05:00Comments on Green Assassin Brigade: Water could be our next crisisCarter Apps, dabbler of stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12537543127195801256noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-5594218457796001832008-08-08T16:51:00.000-04:002008-08-08T16:51:00.000-04:00JimBobby wrote:"This whole bottled water scam has ...JimBobby wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>"This whole bottled water scam has gotta stop. People waterin' their lush lawns and wastin' water with old-timey toilets has gotta stop, too."</I><BR/><BR/>Not sure why you refer to bottled water as a scam. Who wants to drink smelly public water that is laced with fluoride, and perhaps E.coli? Not me. Remember Walkerton, Ontario?<BR/><BR/>A person who spends money to Steve Lalannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12257236994766166129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-22979358978241559362008-08-08T16:13:00.000-04:002008-08-08T16:13:00.000-04:00" . . . decisions will have to be made balancing t...<I>" . . . decisions will have to be made balancing the importance of water for agriculture vs. drinking , water for agriculture vs. industry and with water being commercialized the danger will be that without water for industry there may be no jobs so people can afford clean drinking water."</I><BR/><BR/>The market does this automatically via price signalling. Of course, state intervention Steve Lalannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12257236994766166129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-38960302002410679372008-06-24T08:04:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:04:00.000-04:00Personal use, showers , washing, cooking are thing...Personal use, showers , washing, cooking are things I find harder to curb but in other areas I'm quite anal. <BR/><BR/>I've only wash my car if I have something like a wedding to go to and don't want to chance dirtying my close, 1 every 2 years or so. Otherwise let the rain rinse it off.<BR/><BR/>I never water or fertilize lawns, I don't like cutting them and wasting more time and energy so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-42718298619786292462008-06-23T14:56:00.000-04:002008-06-23T14:56:00.000-04:00I've been reading the book Blue Gold lately, and t...I've been reading the book Blue Gold lately, and the worldwide water situation is really quite frightening. I've cut down my water use a lot, but still use way more than my fair share - working on that. <BR/><BR/>This whole thing about the government reclassifying rivers and lakes into tailings ponds for mines really has me in an uproar as well - fired off a letter about that to the government Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-14702413644360042502008-06-05T13:58:00.000-04:002008-06-05T13:58:00.000-04:00Paul, we are facing a number of shortages but few ...Paul, we are facing a number of shortages but few people look at the big picture of how one commodity impacts another, each person has their own pet niche but in reality each is related. The availability and cost of water, energy, metals, food can in different degrees impact the cost and availability of the others.<BR/><BR/>The simple truth is we consume to much of everything and with certain Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-59093739601263262822008-06-05T11:48:00.000-04:002008-06-05T11:48:00.000-04:00Water Consumption is something we all need to take...Water Consumption is something we all need to take a look at. I work in a restaurant and its ridiculous how much water is wasted. When they thaw out food instead of putting it in water they keep it running constantly for an hour or two. But one place I'm proud of is my friend's car wash because they recycle nearly all their water. They have huge filters that they use to continuously use the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100059440353610537.post-44312018591524665682008-06-04T14:53:00.000-04:002008-06-04T14:53:00.000-04:00Whooee! You ain't just whistlin' Dixie, WealthLord...Whooee! You ain't just whistlin' <I>Dixie</I>, WealthLord.<BR/><BR/>First thing that turned me off ethanol was the amount of fresh, clean H20 it requires. <BR/><BR/>If the Merkans decide they "need" our water, they'll take it and I don't reckon even King Steve's new, improved Canadian Forces will be able to stop 'em.<BR/><BR/>This whole bottled water scam has gotta stop. People waterin' their JimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.com