aaron hoffer wrote: I've been banging on about water for years now, and it is practically impossible to get people to uncerstand the problem. Even here in watery, rain old Britain, East Agnlia (wheat-growing country, traditionally) experiences frequent droughts, and we have areas of chronic water shortage. There is a good elist: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Definitely worth checking out. But even there are people who think that the solution to the problem of water-mining, disappearance of the Ogallala Aquifer, desertification, etc, can be privatisation of the water utilities. It's the same as giving a burglar your gun and asking him to shoot himself. We've got it in Britain now, and they got the first part of the equation right (your water suddenly doubles in price) but not the second (they invest less than before, and water shortages only worsen). We will be living in a dry, hot, disease-ridden, thirsty world where the airports are parked up with hundreds of dirty, unused planes, where grass grows on the freeways and the 'burbs rot, and where rolling brownouts become electricity-supply, Rumanian style. It is happening *now*. Mark > > > Hi crashlist members, I usually just lurk, but I thought this may be of > interest. I'm grateful there is a list like this one - Aaron. > > The following is an article from the globeandmail.com Web Centre. > > > >Saturday, August 05, 2000 > >Oil of the future? > > > >By Alanna Mitchell > >The Globe and Mail > > > > > >Toronto � Scientists predict Canada could be a water superpower within 25 > >years when it becomes one of the few countries in the world with enough > >fresh water. > > _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
