By admin | July 1, 2009
Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
- Chronicle of a Death [of a River] Foretold (here one year ago): “Last October, Chinese engineers finished construction of the Xiaowan dam on the upper reaches of the River Mekong… the hydroelectric dam will for the first time catch the great Mekong flood that rushes out of the Himalayan mountains, and then gathers monsoon rains and snowmelt as it surges through the steep gorges of Yunnan. The reservoir will eventually be 105 miles long. The first electricity will be generated next year and help keep the lights on as far away as Shanghai, more than 1,200 miles to the east…The Mekong is destined to become China’s new water tower and electrical powerhouse.”
- Bombs Not Bottles: “A plane passenger was able to take a six-inch serrated knife past airport security but was stopped before boarding for carrying a bottle of water.” [Insert TSA horror story here...]
- “Until the world’s population stops growing, there will be no end to the need to squeeze individuals’ consumption of fossil fuels and other natural resources… Population growth constantly pushes the consequences of any level of individual consumption to a higher plateau, and reductions in individual consumption can always be overwhelmed by increases in population. The simple reality is that acting on both, consistently and simultaneously, is the key to long-term environmental sustainability. The sustainability benefits of level or falling human numbers are too powerful to ignore for long.”
- “Swedish authorities recommend citizens to reduce their meat and rice consumption as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The first of their kind, the guidelines are now being sent out for reactions and inspiration from other EU countries. ‘Meat – beef, lamb, pork and chicken – is the food group that has the greatest impact on the environment…’”
- As I said here, water fraud (at Nevada Irrigation District) was NOT the work of a “few bad apples” but a systemic fraud to increase supplies by over-estimating “use it or lose it” use.
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