Water water everywhere....
14/11/06 10:46 |
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Recently
I received a paper from my local council explaining
the need for a recycling policy which would mean an
extra bin for recyclable rubbish and an alternating
weekly collection. What fascinated me was the
argument being used
"...the recycling processes often use less
natural resources (such as precious water) than when
working with raw materials" Have
I been asleep? Since when did water become
"precious"?
My
understanding of science is this planet has a fixed
amount of water. The amount never changes, it is just
re-cycled. What does change is the form in which
water is to be found, whether it be as ice, ocean or
steam etc.
So what they should have said is that 'drinking' water is precious and indeed it will be unless the water companies change their piratical practises and invest in long term rather than short term gain. They should cease their plunder of assets which should have been used to improve storage, pipework, new technology and the like. In addition the government. whether local or national, should give up their crackpot ideas for covering the South East of England with new housing until they have fathomed a way to increase the water supply to an already overstretched area of the country.
Global warming is apparently already melting the ice caps and raising the sea levels, so in reality what we are going to see is not a lack of water but a great deal more!!. If we believe the environmental forecasting models most of the Thames gateway and all it's associated new housing is likely to be an underwater city anyway.
We should never let fact get in the way of good spin!
So what they should have said is that 'drinking' water is precious and indeed it will be unless the water companies change their piratical practises and invest in long term rather than short term gain. They should cease their plunder of assets which should have been used to improve storage, pipework, new technology and the like. In addition the government. whether local or national, should give up their crackpot ideas for covering the South East of England with new housing until they have fathomed a way to increase the water supply to an already overstretched area of the country.
Global warming is apparently already melting the ice caps and raising the sea levels, so in reality what we are going to see is not a lack of water but a great deal more!!. If we believe the environmental forecasting models most of the Thames gateway and all it's associated new housing is likely to be an underwater city anyway.
We should never let fact get in the way of good spin!
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