tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7348679921952053697..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Water Wars a Decade OffThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50618353510178580432014-02-16T16:03:29.783-08:002014-02-16T16:03:29.783-08:00Maude Barlow's been saying this should be our ...Maude Barlow's been saying this should be our number one concern for over a decade. Maybe it's time to listen!Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5831463085742579402014-02-16T13:03:08.346-08:002014-02-16T13:03:08.346-08:00yes, you can live without oil, you might have to w...yes, you can live without oil, you might have to walk a tad more and do with less, but without water, you're dead. choice is ours, now.<br /><br />Countries need to start look at using sea water as an alternative. yes it maybe more expensive, but using the great lakes and aquifers as a major source of water and declaring business as usual, isn't going to work for long. might as well get with the agenda now, it will be less costly. Agribusiness may have to change how it does business and people may need to understand, having lettuce in winter isn't a necessity, along with their other unseasonal fruits and veggies.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49076557392661723062014-02-16T08:30:42.770-08:002014-02-16T08:30:42.770-08:00Ed, I've long speculated that the U.S. will fa...Ed, I've long speculated that the U.S. will face a significant 'internally displaced person' (IDP) problem triggered by a combination of sea level rise/storm surge/coastal inundation and sustained drought across the South. Southern politicians have already clamored to have Lake Michigan turned into a reservoir to maintain navigation on the Mississippi. Fortunately the Great Lakes states and provinces have rallied to push back - successfully, so far.<br /><br />I don't know, Deb. Maybe we could ask them for money to build a concrete trench and send them Tar Sands tailing pond waters. Maybe not.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-64847094763939882692014-02-15T16:47:25.626-08:002014-02-15T16:47:25.626-08:00yep and its when we will see the states flex their...yep and its when we will see the states flex their muscle at canada, for the water. and really what can we do? 35 million up against 350million and an arsenal of nukes.<br />thanks to harper he is already sowing the seeds of discontent.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17230156686226794005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-90515068892723107412014-02-15T13:51:59.490-08:002014-02-15T13:51:59.490-08:00We ain't seen nuthin' yet. Then there'...We ain't seen nuthin' yet. Then there's the great American drought in the South West, and those states are after the water from the Great Lakes, to which the states that are contiguous with the Great Lakes are adamantly opposed.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21014922624950256372014-02-15T12:09:28.925-08:002014-02-15T12:09:28.925-08:00Gwynne Dyer in 'Climate Wars' contends tha...Gwynne Dyer in 'Climate Wars' contends that it won't be climate change that kills but wars sparked by climate change impacts. He writes that before any society collapses it always resorts to raiding its neighbours.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-67812377416696794542014-02-15T11:18:40.983-08:002014-02-15T11:18:40.983-08:00very scary, and I almost certain that the wars we ...very scary, and I almost certain that the wars we will soon havae will be over water and not oildebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17230156686226794005noreply@blogger.com