Soon enough, with some more CO2 emissions etc, there will be water enough for all, and then some... in the right form, but we may not like having our beachfront homes under water...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Water: a commodity or a fundamental human right? > There's plenty of water. It's just not in the right place and in the > right form... > > Darryl McMahon wrote: > > >Additional reading (just pulled from my bookshelf). > > > >Best overview of the subject to date IMO. > >_Whose Water Is It? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World_ > >Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl, Editors > >ISBN# 0-7922-6238-7 > >Maude Barlow's piece in this book says: > >'Both the World Bank and the United Nations state that water is a "human > > need" not a "human right."' > > > >Also excellent IMO (winner of Canadian Governor General's Award). > >_Water_ > >Marq de Villiers > >ISBN#0-7737-6174-8 > > > >Solid coverage of the Walkerton Ontario scandal - public ownership gone bad. > >_Well of Lies - The Walkerton Water Tragedy_ > >Colin N. Perkel > >ISBN# 0-7710-7019-5 > > > >Quirky, but presents some very interesting history that makes good > >context for other reading. > >_Water Wars - Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst_ > >Diane Raines Ward > >ISBN# 1-57322-995-4 > > > >Strident, primary focus on privatization of water supplies. > >_Blue Gold_ > >Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke > >ISBN# 0-7710-1086-9 > > > >Darryl > > > >Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > >>"12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water, > >>and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World." > >> > >>Same as energy, same as food, same as money. > >> > >>Actually there is only one problem, IMHO, and this is it. > >> > >>For a glimpse at water issues worldwide in 2002 see: > >>http://snipurl.com/qcpd > >>Re: [biofuel] Sewage & Waste Water - was: Somewhat OT: Animal Waste > >> > >>Best > >> > >>Keith > >> > >> > >>--------------- > >> > >>New at Anup Shah's "Global Issues" web site. > >>http://www.globalissues.org > >> > >>* Trade-Related Issues > >>* Sustainable Development > >>* Water > >> > >>Much of the world lives without access to clean water. A recognized > >>global water crisis appears to come not so much from water scarcity > >>and "over-population" but from management of this precious resource. > >>Privatization has long been encouraged as the means to efficient > >>management and provision of service. However, the result has been > >>that often prices have increased, out of reach from poor people > >>around the world. This commoditization of water goes to the heart of > >>safe water access issues. This article looks into this issue in more > >>detail. > >> > >>http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Development/water/ > >> > >>Introduction-A Water Management Crisis Leading to Lack of Access to > >>Safe Water for Much of the World > >>* Coca Cola vs. Indian Farmers: Luxury vs. Necessity > >>* Privatization in both rich and poor countries can mean many cannot > >>access safe water > >>* Water Access Policy: Following Neoliberal Ideology > >>* Privatization vs. Democratic Accountability of Management of a > >>Fundamental Resource > >>* Water: A Human Right or a Commodity? > >>* Water and Environmental Issues > >>* International Agreements and Action > >>* More Information > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Biofuel mailing list > >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >> > >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >> > >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
