Originally posted by smw6869I'll ask you again: do you think the article is wrong? Because either it
How do you know MOST people don't conserve water? Everyone in my Township is required to conserve. You're allowed a certain # of gal/mo at a certain rate. Over that amount you pay alot more. Over that amount you get fined big time. My monthly water bill is around $70 at the lowest rate. Trust me, i'm looking to conserve. You're not even allowed to fill a swi ...[text shortened]... ple actually hire tankers the bring them water to fill their pools...Dumb asses!
GRANNY.
is (and I am) or you are. It's that simple. Either everyone is just like
you and your township, conserving water mindfully and this article is
much ado about nothing, or I'm right, and the article is addressing the
fact that most people don't give a damn about conserving water.
So, what do you think? You think everyone is just like you, a good,
green-and-blue environmentalist attentive to Mother Earth's limitations,
or do you think I'm right?
Nemesio
Originally posted by NemesioI don't doubt the article is correct, but I would say Most people conserve as much as possible. Why? Cause it ain't cheap anymore!
I'll ask you again: do you think the article is wrong? Because either it
is (and I am) or you are. It's that simple. Either everyone is just like
you and your township, conserving water mindfully and this article is
much ado about nothing, or I'm right, and the article is addressing the
fact that most people don't give a damn about conserving water.
...[text shortened]... nmentalist attentive to Mother Earth's limitations,
or do you think I'm right?
Nemesio
GRANNY.
I find it rather amusing that Thailand is a tropical country with average temps above 30C year round. The monsoon comes for just 2 months of the year and then there is mainly drought with the odd rainfall. However, water is never a shortage. In fact, it's in abundance. It may well need to be filtered before use, but it is still there, readily available.
The UK gets 3 or 4 days of sun, after it pisses down all year, and there'a an immediate hose pipe ban and the reservoirs drop to dangerously low levels. India has no problem with conserving water, again it needs UV treatment and filtering.. but it's there, so much so that it kills thousands of people in floods.
So why is there a claim of massive water shortage problems coming? Are they coming to the super developed countries, or is somebody trying to promote scare mongering?
Fact: 60% of the readily available water in Thailand is better quality than that of Spain (thanks to Phillips) re Bromium levels which are the way drinkable water is mainly monitored. OK, the other 40% is bottled.... that's simply because it's a cheaper way to supply it!.......
+ every bottle is recycled here efficiently!
Some people's perceptions of other parts of the world are really quite distorted, and those from people who probably don't even possess a passport! 🙁
I think it is great that you and your township conserves water granny. Although in places where water is abundant and cheap, there is a lot of misuse and waste. I don't doubt in areas where fresh drinking water is hard to come that there is much more diligent conservation efforts but from my area, water is cheap and constantly just wasted. Aside from conserving water, pollution is another big problem because it turns drinkable water into undrinkable water despite the Earth's natural recycling efforts. Before I wrote this article, I was pretty ignorant to this issue but after doing a good amount of research, I have come to realize that the problem is very real and that many countries outside of the United States are already dealing first hand with the effects of water scarcity. I just want to make people aware of the situation before they become forced to deal with it so as to preempt future disaster.