tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1095527133858950649..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Forget Peak Oil, Peak Water is the Greater Threat to MankindThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18659718045786965062013-07-10T08:29:42.235-07:002013-07-10T08:29:42.235-07:00It's best not to forget one peak and remember ...It's best not to forget one peak and remember another. Rather, assume peak many things.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51312463396351322132013-07-06T19:23:54.508-07:002013-07-06T19:23:54.508-07:00'The Last Picture Show" was a nice piece ...'The Last Picture Show" was a nice piece of art. 'Chinatown' was a powerful piece of art. Watch them side by side. Can you spot the difference between nice and powerful?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-60497693913654869062013-07-06T16:10:08.010-07:002013-07-06T16:10:08.010-07:00I'm not sure whether we're insane but we&#...I'm not sure whether we're insane but we're seriously dysfunctional. We have become increasingly incapable of addressing our problems, unwilling to bear the price of solutions. We seem to have developed a lethal instinct to simply kick problems down the road, bequeathing them to the next generation.<br /><br />Some American municipalities are now exploring waste water recycling. Given that every drop of water you or I ever consumed had previously passed four times through some dinosaur or another, we should be a bit more sanguine about that sort of thing.<br /><br />It's ironic that it is the swimming pools and artificial lakes and fountains that make desert living so beautiful. Take away all that blue beauty and you're left with a glorified version of The Last Picture Show.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22794824156601579902013-07-06T15:32:15.026-07:002013-07-06T15:32:15.026-07:00Anon 2
Another mind bending waste of water in th...<br />Anon 2<br /><br />Another mind bending waste of water in the US is golf courses.<br /><br />"There are now approximately 16,000 courses in the United States — about half the total in all the world <br /><br />Audubon International estimates that the average American course uses 312,000 gallons per day. In a place like Palm Springs, where 57 golf courses challenge the desert, each course eats up a million gallons a day."<br /><br />The Americans might also give some thought to ending the averaged $5 billion per year corn subsidies to make it less attractive to grow. As 75% of all their Ag subsidies go to just 10% of the total farm interests, most of which are Corporate Ag like ADM, General Mills and even the Koch Bros., they largely benefit Corporate interests anyway. aka, Corporate Welfare for crony capitalists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-78590770655339780922013-07-06T15:00:26.239-07:002013-07-06T15:00:26.239-07:00This has been a long time coming. My first knowle...This has been a long time coming. My first knowledge of hydrological mismanagement was courtesy the Roman Polanski film 'Chinatown'. Over a decade ago I read about Coke, in India, using all the aquifer water to such an extent that farmers could no longer irrigate their crops. They protested, some were murdered. And today Albertans are using up their aquifers to mine bitumen.<br /><br />I'm coming to the conclusion that the human species is, according to our own definition, insane.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54295746196380792442013-07-06T12:50:16.429-07:002013-07-06T12:50:16.429-07:00Hey, Lorne. So far I have yet to find any medium a...Hey, Lorne. So far I have yet to find any medium and long-range assessment of the impacts this altered hydrological cycle will have on Canadian agriculture. We have always considered ourselves a food-secure country and I suspect that will remain the case although agriculture will have to change to adapt to our new climate realities. I suspect the days of really cheap food are numbered.<br /><br />People are reluctant to change their ways, to temper opulence. Witness the number of people who, when municipal water restrictions are imposed banning the filling of swimming pools, simply hire water contractors to truck supplies to their pools.<br /><br />Then look at the lakes and fountains of Las Vegas and the pipelines being built to divert essential water resources from agricultural regions of Nevada to the desert resorts. I'm told that affluent parts of the southwest still spritz the sidewalks to keep pedestrians more comfortable.<br /><br />Some warn that sea level rise and the southwest drought will create a major internal displacement problem for the U.S. with population migrating inland and out of the south.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84536346008557590422013-07-06T11:59:19.440-07:002013-07-06T11:59:19.440-07:00Excellent work on the climate file as usual, Mound...Excellent work on the climate file as usual, Mound. Just two quick things to add: <br /><br />First, regarding the unpredictability of rainfall and farm output, close to my area, the tender-fruit growers of Niagara had to contend last year with early blossoming followed by a killer frost, which destroyed most of their crops; this year, there has been far too much rain, and the cherries are rotting on the trees. It has now become something of a salvage operation.<br /><br />Second, despite the dwindling water resources in the south and southwestern U.S., millions upon millions of water is being wasted/diverted to fill up homeowners' backyard pools, and to my knowledge, no politician has had the courage to impose any restrictions, once more amply illustrating that we are our own worst enemy.<br />Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com