[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

The world of junk science just keeps getting funnier.

Not so sure what you mean by this. Are you saying that calculating that more water is being taken out of the ground than returned is junk science?

If so, I don't quite comprehend how it fulfills the criteria. Obviously if you take more out than is being put back eventually there will be none left. If people rely on the water to grow food and there is suddenly no water left, they wont be able to grow enough food. The exact amounts and timing may be open to debate but the logic is flawless. Or, do you actually believe that Rambo can keep shooting without reloading?

[hushpad]

Are you saying that calculating that more water is being taken out of the ground than returned is junk science?<<<<

Yes, I am. KEY WORD: CALCULATING!

Mere man can run all the calculations he wants to, but the truth is, the earth will take care of itself. It's been turning for billions of years, through billions of changes.

Usually, I can see the politics behind these scare tactics, they are very transparent. We will always have a water source, even if we are reduced to catching rain in barrells (like that will happen - LOL!)

Oil for instance, COMES FROM THE GROUND! It is a natural (if smelly) product that man has found a use for, but that other countries and enviros with their own agenda are demonizing. Yeah, birds and other widdle helpless animals get covered in oil spills, but nature is a hard mistress, and animals do get hurt on occassion, in more natural ways like starvation and getting hunted down.

[monday]

"Obviously if you take more out than is being put back eventually there will be none left. If people rely on the water to grow food and there is suddenly no water left, they wont be able to grow enough food."

And so everyone will die, and the WORLD WILL COME TO AN END huh? It is so fashionable to scare people into a panic over every problem.

You should know that people have overcome worse problems than this and they will overcome this one too. Farmers will learn how to grow crops using less water. Hydroponics, reverse osmosis, water recycling, these are not new technologies. The third world will have to learn them, and you better believe that they will if it means their survival.

People are pretty smart when it comes to figuring out a way to survive. The only problems will come if the governments get involved. Government waste, bungling, and in some cases, cruelty, could cause this to become a serious problem. Bureaucrats and politicians have caused close to 100% of all famines since 1900.