I think this is the beginnings of an economy based on perpetual growth and fossil fuel energy running headlong into geological energy constraints. Basically I see an undulatory downward path for the rest of my life. From here out, I think any rallies in our economic condition are going to be met with spiking commodity prices that knock us right back down.
Joined: Sep 06, 2004 Posts: 5315 Location: Smalltown New Zealand
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: OIL or WATER
max_power29 wrote:
....and in a lot of locations on this planet already, bottled water IS the only form of potable water
I presume it was still potable before it was put in the bottle? How about people stop thinking individual consumerism? What is the problem with water bowsers where you fill your own container? _________________ "Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 4 Location: New Zealand
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: Re: OIL or WATER
I've read that you can survive drinking seawater as long as you consume no more than 100 ml per day. Some French guy did it crossing the Atlantic. I don't plan on trying it...
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: Re: OIL or WATER
Raxozanne wrote:
I just finished reading the first part of Plan B by Lester Brown and the sections on fossil aquifer depletion for agricultural use and retreat of glaciers that feed into some of the most important rivers in the world(ganges/yellow river) is very scary. 3 billion people are at risk according to him.
If you are like me then you never find the time to read the second part of the book since it seems redundant.
Here an interesting article that I just picked up in the German Spiegel news magazine (sorry only in German). They state that with the current water injections in the German wells (yes they have a little bit of oil - in this case gas only- an increase in earthquakes has been reported over the last few years.
I wonder if the earth shakes stronger these days in Saudi Arabia as well...
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