Re: water water everywhere

[Rod Hay <rodhay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Now here I admit is a problem. Not so much in the quantity of water, but the
difficulties of transporting it. The distribution of population in the world does
not match the distribution of the fresh water. And or course moving the people to
Northern Canada will just exacerbate the energy situation. It gets cold up there.
Ask Ken, and he is not all the way up there.

In Ontario while there is lots of water, there is a problem keeping it clean. A
recent outbreak of E. coli bacteria, near me, is suspected to have begun when heavy
runoff from farmers' fields infected the town's water system.

If weather patterns are changing. It would require an immense adjustment to
accommodate.

Rod



Michael Perelman wrote:

> One of the problems with this debate is the certainty being bandied about.  I
> admit that I have not been able to read all the posts.
>
> Let me suggest that I suspect that the crisis in water will hit before the
> energy crisis.  For many, it already has.  My daughter tells me that even soggy
> Portland is worried about enough water.
>
> The water crisis may be even more intractable than the energy crisis -- I don't
> know.  The first step would be to develop forms of communication, which come
> before organizing.  Yelling at each other is exactly what not to do.  Tell me
> how I can talk to my father or my neighbor about such things in a way that they
> can understand.
>
> --
>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Chico, CA 95929
> 530-898-5321
> fax 530-898-5901

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