Re: Thirsty?

2014-06-08 Thread John Mikes
Thanx, LIZ and I appreciate that you did not write down  RENEWABLE
(energy).
JM


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:44 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 7 June 2014 08:28, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote:

 Liz: not WATER WARS - there is plenty in th oceans. *Potable* is the
 word.
 And it is not only for thirst: it is for technology, for irrigation, for
 'sweet-water'
 biology as well. To reduce the salt content of the seas requires ENERGY,
 more than we can think of today (however you would identify it ).


 Yes I do know there's lots of water around, 70% of the earh's surface I
 believe. It's not always accessible of course, even as sea water (lots of
 places are a large distance from the sea). I think water wars has more of
 a ring to it than potable water wars however -- and it's shorter to type.


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Re: Thirsty?

2014-06-06 Thread John Mikes
Liz: not WATER WARS - there is plenty in th oceans. *Potable* is the
word.
And it is not only for thirst: it is for technology, for irrigation, for
'sweet-water'
biology as well. To reduce the salt content of the seas requires ENERGY,
more than we can think of today (however you would identify it ).
John M



On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:20 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:

 You may soon have to pay through the nose for a drink (so to speak) !


 http://www.popularresistance.org/wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/

 Not a huge surprise, I guess. Lots of people have been expecting water
 wars to be the oil wars of the 21st century...

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Re: Thirsty?

2014-06-06 Thread LizR
On 7 June 2014 08:28, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote:

 Liz: not WATER WARS - there is plenty in th oceans. *Potable* is the
 word.
 And it is not only for thirst: it is for technology, for irrigation, for
 'sweet-water'
 biology as well. To reduce the salt content of the seas requires ENERGY,
 more than we can think of today (however you would identify it ).


Yes I do know there's lots of water around, 70% of the earh's surface I
believe. It's not always accessible of course, even as sea water (lots of
places are a large distance from the sea). I think water wars has more of
a ring to it than potable water wars however -- and it's shorter to type.

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Thirsty?

2014-06-05 Thread LizR
You may soon have to pay through the nose for a drink (so to speak) !

http://www.popularresistance.org/wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/

Not a huge surprise, I guess. Lots of people have been expecting water
wars to be the oil wars of the 21st century...

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Re: Thirsty?

2014-06-05 Thread meekerdb

On 6/5/2014 9:20 PM, LizR wrote:

You may soon have to pay through the nose for a drink (so to speak) !

http://www.popularresistance.org/wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/

Not a huge surprise, I guess. Lots of people have been expecting water wars to be the 
oil wars of the 21st century...


It takes a lot of water for fracking.

Brent

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