Posted on 12/23/2008 6:44:52 AM PST by Mister Ghost
Lily Cole, Keira Knightley and Kelly Brook were chosen as spokesmodels to draw attention to the problem of fresh water access. All have been photographed underwater by Oscar winning photographer, Candice for the charity fresh2o. “These extraordinary portraits are designed to connect, engage and motivate consumers worldwide, alerting the globe to the fresh water crisis,” say fresh2o’s website.
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So why are they being photographed in seawater, then?
“Fresh water is important! To show how important it is, I’m going to jump into the ocean and have my picture taken!”
So, where these images photographed in a freshwater pool?
Beat me by 7 seconds!
LOL! It was just too glaring. My next comment is, “But isn’t silicone a contaminant? Now the water is wasted!”
How do you know it’s seawater? Could be some Roman aquifer or something.
The bigger question is, how is this silly photo campaign going to “raise awareness” on the subject of shortages of fresh water around the world?
Might be better to show actual photos of drought-stricken areas with some shots of poverty-stricken children, all dust-covered, in those areas. I mean, that would actually make some sense.
That’s some good looking calamari!
Most Roman or Greek underwater ruins are in the Mediterranean Sea or the Black Sea. It could be a mockup, of course, but the obvious impression is seawater.
“Might be better to show actual photos of drought-stricken areas with some shots of poverty-stricken children, “
Knightly and Cole will collect more clicks.
That is knot a squid!
Of course, the thought of building more water purification centers is a foreign concept.
I was disappointed, though, in not seeing pictures of them fishing off a big ol' bass boat and reeling in a nice catch. :=) (Priorities, folks. Priorities!)
Maybe I can wail and knash my teeth and tear my outer garment asunder.
I mean, really, what do they expect of us.
If fresh water is important, then by all means, we should be building machinery to MAKE large, no, VAST quantities of fresh water out of brackish estuaries and sea water.
For this we need a heat generator, to change the pool of water that is to undergo treatment into water vapor, then condensing the water vapor in a cooling tower. The residue that is left by the evaporating water is flushed away and a new charge of water is brought into the heat generation plant, to be heated and vaporized in its turn.
Now there are several sources of heat that can be used. With proper application of reflective surfaces, sunlight is a perfectly satisfactory source. But much more dependable, and one that would run 24/7/365 with little or no down time would be to take advantage of the heat generated in an atomic reaction pile. The water is brought to a very fast boil, cooled to condensation in a tower, and the output is free of all mineral content and bacterial contaminants. If the heat generation unit is large enough, a veritable river can be flowing from the output, and this would be more than adequate to support the needs of most municipalities without resorting to importing water from sources that may be hundreds of miles away.
Technically, we have the means available. What we lack is the will to apply them.
I am well aware of the use of “reverse osmosis” membrane systems, and one of them is in use in the Tampa Bay area. But for technical reasons, it has performed poorly, never getting up to expected output, and has had high maintenance costs in terms of replacing the osmosis filters. Apparently they clog up quite easily.
Now college chemistry was 35 years ago, mind you, but shouldn’t it be “freshO2”?
The Pictish warrior
“Most Roman or Greek underwater ruins are in the Mediterranean Sea or the Black Sea. It could be a mockup, of course, but the obvious impression is seawater.”
Those are probably Obama’s columns and it was probably shot at the Ceasars Palace pool.
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