Posted on 10/26/2007 9:00:10 PM PDT by backtothestreets
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America, the picture is critically clear — the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
The government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages within five years because of a combination of rising temperatures, drought, population growth, urban sprawl, waste and excess.
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Coastal states like Florida and California face a water crisis not only from increased demand, but also from rising temperatures that are causing glaciers to melt and sea levels to rise. Higher temperatures mean more water lost to evaporation. And rising seas could push saltwater into underground sources of freshwater.
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Yes, it is insane! I hope people will ask what became of the evaporated water supposedly caused by global warming.
Yeah, I know. It is tropical moisture that would in most years have mostly fallen south of your region. I hope all works out fine for all enduring the rainfall.
Worth repeating your last paragraph:
“Some people are stupid by design. Liberals design stupid people.”
;)
LOL It sure does!
Craig Donohue, chief executive of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), said that water could become a commodity as droughts and demand place huge pressures on river systems and water tables.
Trading water as a commodity would, it is argued, put financial pressure on users to keep consumption down, in the same way that carbon emission trading schemes penalise the biggest polluters.
It would be a market-based mechanism to force greater efficiency among business users by penalising heavy consumption. While offering a lucrative option for traders, the market would be designed to reduce the pressures that are already said to have contributed to war and starvation.
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