Re: Re: water water everywhere

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Canada, of course, is the OPEC of water.

Rod Hay wrote:

> 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.
> >
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