tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5679600947207510386..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Burying Our Heads in the Sands of Climate ChangeThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-79138494321615154072010-04-05T15:50:35.065-07:002010-04-05T15:50:35.065-07:00Thanks I'll check it out. I'm just finish...Thanks I'll check it out. I'm just finishing up Maude Barlow's "Blue Covenant." It addresses the challenges from the commercialization of water resources, particularly desalination. <br /><br />Barlow warns that, for every litre of potable water produced through desalination, the plant discharges a litre of toxins consisting of the extracted brine plus chemicals and heavy metals used in the refining process. This, of course, is discharged back into the sea.<br /><br />I suppose it doesn't sound like much of a problem considering the vastness of our oceans and seas but, as we've seen from one mine in Howe Sound, a limited amount of toxic discharge can contaminate an enormous region and the marine life it supports.<br /><br />It's more than a bit disconcerting to learn of the interaction between the WTO, the IMF and the World Water Forum, the would-be OPEC of global freshwater.<br /><br />Once again, this is an issue on which our governments should be raising public awareness but won't. We, or our children, may pay dearly for that before long.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19275789013200445902010-04-05T15:32:27.614-07:002010-04-05T15:32:27.614-07:00There is a great article in National Geographic fo...There is a great article in National Geographic for April 2010. It is titled "Water. Our Thirsty World." Frightening.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.com