By admin | November 29, 2009
Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
Israeli companies in leak detection and water meters.
A good post on the difference between drought (variations in supply) and shortage (the gap between supply and demand). Here’s the picture:
Want people to use less? Water meters need to be easy to read; bills easy to understand; conservation easy to measure. Hear hear!
Mexico is enduring its worst drought in six decades.
A blurb on Planet Water: Investing in the World’s Most Valuable Resource is written by the guy who created the first water-based exchange-traded fund.
Mexican drug lords face competition from… California pot growers. The DEA is making prices go higher, but local potheads are making them go lower. Guess which direction hurts drug gangs more? Fire the DEA and legalize it (like in Portland?).
Climate refugees. 10 million now, 25 million by 2050 (or earlier?)
An article on swoopo.com, an ““entertainment shopping” site [sic] that runs a version of all-pay auctions (see this post) for stuff. One person will buy a laptop for $23.27, but the losing bidders will pay $1,396. Entertainment? evil? a scam? Caveat emptor!
Information on drip techniques, pest control, etc. from these guys: “The Agriculture Guide Organization is an online organization that gets its power from TURKEY and of course, OUR READERS. Our task is to give TURKISH AGRICULTURE adequate publicity while at the same time, enlightening the PUBLIC regarding agricultural terms, techniques, background information, applications and methods.”
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