Re: Re: Re: water water everywhere

[phillp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Careful Michael,
Canada has a large STOCK of fresh water, but a limited FLOW of
'excess' fresh water.  If I remember the figures correctly, only about
15 % of Canada's water could be exported without severely causing
a water crisis in Canada.  This would hardly solve California's water
problem, never mind the rest of the worlds.

Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba

Date sent:      	Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:11:18 -0700
From:           	Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject:        	[PEN-L:21086] Re: Re: water water everywhere
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> 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Michael Perelman
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> > > California State University
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> >
> > --
> > Rod Hay
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>
> --
>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Chico, CA 95929
> 530-898-5321
> fax 530-898-5901
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