Right… however close to crisis we are, it is not a crisis now. Thus, no need to do anything about it. No matter how much I conserve, that aquifer will not gain one drop of water. Perhaps, if it is such a huge deal, the people who are using the water upstream should do something about it.
Did you know the snake river literally disappears into the dust because of the water being used by agriculture? It picks up again later as tributaries feed the riverbed but that is not the point.
It has been that way for a long time but there is no state of emergency. We just altered what we do and how we do it and *poof* it is not a serious problem anymore. Every time we face one of these crises, we take actions, spend money and avoid serious financial losses.
All I am saying is, you might see this as a great big emergency but no one else will, because it does not affect them. There is only one way to spur America in to action… hurt their pocketbooks. It is just one of those situations where knowledge doesn’t generate action, pain does.
I know this is pessimistic of me, but that is how I see it. A few might be swayed but those few will give up the fight when they begin feeling like they are doing all the work and reaping none of the reward.
Most of what was in the video, i knew already. That knowledge did nothing to get me to conserve.
Thanks for the comment, Jake. I’ll add a little text that says “your email address will not be shown”.
I agree that we are very inventive people, but your argument that conserving now is pointless because we have enough water for now seems a little short-sighted.
I highly recommend doing a search on the Ogallala Aquifer (in the Great Plains of America) to get a better perspective on how close we are to a crisis right here at home.
requiring an email in comments is … not something I think people like to do. It makes me feel like I am making it public and I don’t want that.
I liked the vid. Very pretty. Sounds like a new industry will be born out of necessity for clean water so Americans can continue to waste just as much as they always have.
Other countries may have to pay for the service, resulting in higher costs for agriculture making it more difficult to pay for food etc…
Still, if I conserve water here and now, it does not put one drop of water in the glass of the thirsty in Africa. Conserving now is pointless because right now America does have enough water.
When we don’t, I will conserve because the state or city law makers will place restrictions on my water allotment. I will feel less free having this restriction but I will ultimately benefit from it.
I may have to pay more for my water because the US is using new techniques like dragging icebergs up from Antarctica or through the use of desalination plants. There are many ways to get more potable water, but we don’t bother because we have enough… for now.
In short, the world will be just fine. We are very inventive people and there is no long term danger. In the short term we will feel the bite while these new processes and being developed and implemented.
I see vids like this as more inflammatory than informative because it comes across to me as doomsday propaganda.
Right… however close to crisis we are, it is not a crisis now. Thus, no need to do anything about it. No matter how much I conserve, that aquifer will not gain one drop of water. Perhaps, if it is such a huge deal, the people who are using the water upstream should do something about it.
Did you know the snake river literally disappears into the dust because of the water being used by agriculture? It picks up again later as tributaries feed the riverbed but that is not the point.
It has been that way for a long time but there is no state of emergency. We just altered what we do and how we do it and *poof* it is not a serious problem anymore. Every time we face one of these crises, we take actions, spend money and avoid serious financial losses.
All I am saying is, you might see this as a great big emergency but no one else will, because it does not affect them. There is only one way to spur America in to action… hurt their pocketbooks. It is just one of those situations where knowledge doesn’t generate action, pain does.
I know this is pessimistic of me, but that is how I see it. A few might be swayed but those few will give up the fight when they begin feeling like they are doing all the work and reaping none of the reward.
Most of what was in the video, i knew already. That knowledge did nothing to get me to conserve.
Thanks for the comment, Jake. I’ll add a little text that says “your email address will not be shown”.
I agree that we are very inventive people, but your argument that conserving now is pointless because we have enough water for now seems a little short-sighted.
I highly recommend doing a search on the Ogallala Aquifer (in the Great Plains of America) to get a better perspective on how close we are to a crisis right here at home.
requiring an email in comments is … not something I think people like to do. It makes me feel like I am making it public and I don’t want that.
I liked the vid. Very pretty. Sounds like a new industry will be born out of necessity for clean water so Americans can continue to waste just as much as they always have.
Other countries may have to pay for the service, resulting in higher costs for agriculture making it more difficult to pay for food etc…
Still, if I conserve water here and now, it does not put one drop of water in the glass of the thirsty in Africa. Conserving now is pointless because right now America does have enough water.
When we don’t, I will conserve because the state or city law makers will place restrictions on my water allotment. I will feel less free having this restriction but I will ultimately benefit from it.
I may have to pay more for my water because the US is using new techniques like dragging icebergs up from Antarctica or through the use of desalination plants. There are many ways to get more potable water, but we don’t bother because we have enough… for now.
In short, the world will be just fine. We are very inventive people and there is no long term danger. In the short term we will feel the bite while these new processes and being developed and implemented.
I see vids like this as more inflammatory than informative because it comes across to me as doomsday propaganda.