The Future is Drying Up

[John R]

It a fairly long read, but quite informative. Next year's Mountainfilm primary topic is water(a few years late, imo)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/magazine/21water-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=magazine

I think NYT has removed the requirement for registration recently.

 

[seacrestkristi]

Thanks for the informative read, John R. Water is precious.

 

[Miss Kitty]

There was a film about water (and lack of it around the world) last year. I still remember it everytime I run water.

 

[elgordoboy]

Synthetic water!

 

[SHELLY]

Georgia is in pretty bad shape...noticed this on my trip--fashioned my flies to look like little bottles of Dasani.

Keep your eye on companies & ETFs who deal in water (but watchout for scams). Water just may be the new "gold" of the future.



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[John R]

Keep your eye on companies & ETFs who deal in water (but watchout for scams). Water just may be the new "gold" of the future.

it already is. bottled water costs more per gal. than gasoline.

 

[Capricious]

"...bottled water costs more per gal. than gasoline...."



And Starbucks costs more than bottled water.

Ya gotta wonder about people....

 

[NoHall]

Georgia is in pretty bad shape...noticed this on my trip--fashioned my flies to look like little bottles of Dasani.

Keep your eye on companies & ETFs who deal in water (but watchout for scams). Water just may be the new "gold" of the future.

I was refilling my water bottles from my tap--I have wonderful well water. Now...?

I don't want to throw away a gazillion bottles, so I guess I'll go buy the 1-gallon jugs of water.

 

[elgordoboy]

"...bottled water costs more per gal. than gasoline...."



And Starbucks costs more than bottled water.

Ya gotta wonder about people....

Good thing I don't drink 33 Gallons a week of coffee, like my truck does gas. I've always found the drinking "choose beverage here" comparison to gas a bit spurious. Quit washing hair..shampoo is downright outrageous by the same method.

 

[scooterbug44]

Water has always been a scarce commodity - we just aren't as aware of the problem here as they are in other places, like out West.

I keep waiting for the lightbulbs to go on/the water supply to become an issue here. It's great that many planned neighborhoods require "native vegetation" but it misses the point when they then also install 24/7 irrigation systems.

Most of the sprinklers I see do more watering of the pavement then the plants and there are some major violators whose sprinklers are always on - to the extent I don't bother to use my washer fluid spray because I know if one location doesn't clean my windshield for me, the next one will!